Nigeria

=== Cinema ===
{{Main|Cinema of Nigeria}}
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* ''[[Omo Ghetto: The Saga]]'' (₦636 million)<ref name="Top 20 films 9th 15th April 2021 - Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria">{{cite web |url=https://www.ceanigeria.com/box-office/206-top-20-films-report-9th-15th-april-2021 |title=Top 20 Films Report 9th-15th April 2021 |publisher=CEAN |location=Nigeria |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[The Wedding Party (2016 film)|The Wedding Party]]'' (₦452 million)<ref name="premiumtimesng.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/371619-wedding-party-1-named-highest-grossing-nollywood-movie-of-the-decade.html |title='Wedding Party 1' named highest-grossing Nollywood movie of the decade |newspaper=Premium Times |date=7 January 2020 |first=Jayne |last=Augoye |access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[The Wedding Party 2]]'' (₦433 million)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/wedding-party-2-destination-dubai-costs-n300m-producer/ |title='The Wedding Party 2 -Destination Dubai" costs N300m–Producer|date=31 January 2018|accessdate=3 July 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Chief Daddy]]'' (₦387 million)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ceanigeria.com/box-office/120-top-20-films-27th-december-2019-2nd-january-2020|title=Top 20 films 27th December 2019 2nd January 2020 - Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria|website=ceanigeria.com}}</ref>
* ''[[King of Thieves (2022 film)|King of Thieves]]'' (2022, ₦321 million)<ref name="Top 20 films 24th 26th June 2022 - Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria">{{cite web|url=https://www.ceanigeria.com/box-office/324-top-20-films-weekend-24th-26th-june|title=Top 20 films 24th - 26th June 2022 - Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria|website=ceanigeria.com}}</ref>
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The Nigerian film industry is known as [[Nollywood]] (a [[Blend word|blend]] of "Nigeria" and "Hollywood")<ref>{{cite news |title=Lights, camera, Africa |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2010/12/16/lights-camera-africa?story_id=17723124&CFID=153287426&CFTOKEN=59754693 |access-date=2022-11-12 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> and is now the second-largest producer of movies in the world, having surpassed Hollywood. Only India's [[Bollywood]] is larger. Nigerian [[film studios]] are based in [[Lagos]], [[Kano (city)|Kano]], and [[Enugu]], and form a major portion of the local economy of these cities. Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry in terms of both value and the number of movies produced per year. Although Nigerian films have been produced since the 1960s, the country's film industry has been aided by the rise of affordable [[Digital cinema|digital filming and editing]] technologies.
The 2009 thriller film ''[[The Figurine]]'' heightened the media attention towards the [[New Nigerian Cinema]] revolution. The film was a critical and commercial success in Nigeria, and it was also screened in international film festivals.<ref name="Thorburn, Jane2">{{cite web|author=Thorburn, Jane|title=NOLLYWOOD 2 Doing It Right|url=http://www.janethorburn.co.uk/nollywood2DoingItRight.html#pixsmall48adfc|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> The 2010 film ''[[Ijé]]'' by Chineze Anyaene, overtook ''The Figurine'' to become the [[List of highest-grossing films in Nigeria|highest-grossing Nigerian film]]; a record it held for four years until it was overtaken in 2014 by ''[[Half of a Yellow Sun (film)|Half of a Yellow Sun]]'' (2013).<ref name="The Economist2">{{cite news|date=17 July 2014|title=Nigerian films try to move upmarket: Nollywood's new scoreboard|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2014/07/nigerian-films-try-move-upmarket|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Akande, Victor|date=14 September 2014|title=Toronto: Nigerians disagree over new Nollywood|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/toronto-nigerians-disagree-over-new-nollywood/|access-date=24 March 2015|work=The Nation Newspaper|publisher=The Nation Online}}</ref> By 2016, this record was held by ''[[The Wedding Party (2016 film)|The Wedding Party]]'' by [[Kemi Adetiba]].

By the end of 2013, the film industry reportedly hit a record-breaking revenue of ₦1.72&nbsp;trillion (US$4.1&nbsp;billion). As of 2014, the industry was worth ₦853.9&nbsp;billion (US$5.1&nbsp;billion), making it the third most valuable film industry in the world behind the [[United States]] and [[India]]. It contributed about 1.4% to Nigeria's economy; this was attributed to the increase in the number of quality films produced and more formal distribution methods.<ref>{{cite web|author=Liston, Enjoli|date=10 April 2014|title=Hello Nollywood: how Nigeria became Africa's biggest economy overnight|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/nigeria-africa-biggest-economy-nollywood|access-date=12 April 2014|work=The Guardian Newspaper}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hazlewood, Phil|date=7 April 2014|title=Nollywood helps Nigeria kick South Africa's economic butt|url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/world/2014/04/07/nollywood-helps-nigeria-kick-south-africa-s-economic-butt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145853/http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/world/2014/04/07/nollywood-helps-nigeria-kick-south-africa-s-economic-butt|archive-date=13 April 2014|access-date=12 April 2014|publisher=Sowetan Live}}</ref>

[[T.B. Joshua]]'s [[Emmanuel TV]], originating from Nigeria, is one of the most viewed television stations across Africa.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manasa|first=Makweembo|date=11 February 2010|title=TB Joshua – 21st Century Prophet in Our Midst?|work=Zambian Watchdog|url=http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/2010/02/11/tb-joshua-21st-century-prophet-in-our-midst/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710080804/http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/2010/02/11/tb-joshua-21st-century-prophet-in-our-midst/|archive-date=10 July 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>