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Film X Has Launched. Nollywood Producers Can Finally See Their Box Office Numbers in Something Close to Real Time. This Is the Infrastructure the Industry Has Been Missing.

Fusion Intelligence has launched Film X — a platform giving Nollywood producers faster access to box office data. For an industry where box office figures have historically arrived…

By Rotimi Fash 3 min read 6 Jun 2026

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#	Title	Wk	Cumulative Gross	Trend
1	Michael Nigeria (Hollywood)	Wk 2	₦323.6M	LEAD
2	The Return of Arinzo Nigeria	Wk 5	₦333.9M
3	The Devil Wears Prada Nigeria (Hollywood)	Wk 1	₦62.2M	NEW
4	The Fisherman Ghana / East Africa	Wk 6	In run
5	Sebata: The Beast South Africa	Wk 8	In run

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Film X Has Launched. Nollywood Producers Can Finally See Their Box Office Numbers in Something Close to Real Time. This Is the Infrastructure the Industry Has Been Missing.

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My Father’s Shadow Is Back in Nigerian Cinemas. The AMVCA Best Movie Returns to the Big Screen — and to the Theatrical Argument It Has Always Embodied.

Why Are African Films Expected to Be So Heavy at International Festivals? The Two African Films That Won at Cannes This Year Were About Genocide and a Militia Shooting. We Need to Talk About the Trauma Expectation.

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iThonga Swept the SAFTAs Acting Categories. The South African Telenovela Is Producing the Best Television Performances on the Continent — and Almost Nobody Outside South Africa Is Watching.

Film X Has Launched. Nollywood Producers Can Finally See Their Box Office Numbers in Something Close to Real Time. This Is the Infrastructure the Industry Has Been Missing.

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