The CNN Report Transcripts

kinglove · Dec 28, 2004

Egbon sola, khami, crazy-t, if I am correct, your argument is not only based on the movie sales but the backward and forward linkages (ripple effect)? If so, I can see why the figure can be high although I don't know how high.

Henchey · Dec 29, 2004

Sola said:

Uncle Sola
Nothing spoil.
Nobody can prove anything. We are 'arguing' on the likelihood. Nobody is killing or even abusing anybody. Its all fun to me, and most.
Controversies such as this are what make website discussion forums work. If it goes on for ever, the better for your site. It means you are relevant.
So chill and enjoy the fun. Life as you say is too short to take evrything too seriously.
Peace.
PS. I still maintain it is impozzible! :roll

Sola · Dec 29, 2004

kinglove said:

I hear you bro. Although at the risk of being killed by the guys, $2B is a lot of money o! Its a sorry system we have that does not provide stats to resolve small matters like this. Neither side can be right until figures can be backed up with facts beyond what we have so far. From a newsman's perspective, the CNN reporter wouldn't have spoken flippantly without being sure, although $1.1B qualifies as "multi" billion these days.

vince · Dec 29, 2004

Henchey said:

Abi o!
People are desperately trying to convince us say na true as if their slary depends on it!
Is it not normal for anyone with any measure of accountability and any long term plans to seek out credible and verifiable information before he jumps to conclusions?
In the absence of that, is it therefore not wiser to take a conservative estimate based on verifiable indicators than to assume the grandiose?
But no o, Nigerians would rather believe that we are a 'world power', or 'best in the world', or 'Giant of Africa', or 'The Most this' or 'The Greatest that'.
All well and good, but we never have anything worthwhile to show for it. So next thing is to go ahead and 'celebrate' mediocrity. Nigerian speciality.
There's no point boasting about being multi-billion anything if you cannot make a simple film that will stand up to international scrutiny. In fact, its a crying shame.
Its like a Nigerian cleaner in a New York hospital toilet telling everyone that cared to listen that he was actually a Nigerian-trained doctor, but was yet to pass his exams to allow him practice. He sadly cannot see how this is a shame on his own country Nigeria.
Okay now, Mr Doctor. Make you pass first, then we can talk.

The important thing for Nollywood na to raise its game, rather than claiming this and that. as things stand now, that multi-billion dollar tag is an embarassment, considering the quality of what we are producing.
Smaller countries with far smaller markets are doing much much greater things in film.
Naija, we too like 'title'.!!!!

Wonderfully put,henchey! :action-sm
I am just wondering,if the entire nollywood should be put up for a take-over bid by a very rich buyer,how much would it go for,considering it's level of developement right now?
Now that would be a very interesting thing to know.

youngblood · Jan 13, 2005

Folks, sorry to bust everyone's bubble but $2billion is a pipedream right now. Maybe 10yrs from now but that remains to be seen .... By my estimation, the best case scenerio valuation of the Nollywood market is no more than $100 million but I personnally feel that realistically, the value is no more than $30million to $50million. My best case scenerio estimation is based on a combination of research + first hand knowledge + my projections based on my knowledge. The average movie sells no more than 30,000 copies (of course there are exceptions like Osuofia in London, etc, etc... those are increasingly rare and few.... and may exceed 100,000 copies). The 30k figure is based on talking with markerters + folks at the Nigeria FIlm Market + seeing that producers are crying real loud about paying $5,000 to $10,000 for an A-list Nollywood actor/actress... if that don't tip you off, I don't know what will. Further, on average, 50 movies are released PER WEEK (like clockwork every Monday) via Nigeria Film Market (I've seen this with my 2 korokoro eyes). A combination of piracy + video clubs + the average naija customer prefering to borrow a movie rather than get their own copy means that most movies realeased (70% or more) will not sell close to 30,000 copies. Maybe 15,000 copies, if things go right. If you doubt me, go to the producers + the marketers and ask them first hand. I have, and I know how some of them roll... so lets leave it at that ... And if you do the maths based on the 15,000 copies sold at N200 wholesale, you'll understand why producers/marketers are complaining about increasing actor fees in an environment of decreasing movie revenues. Forget the fancy numbers. This is reality on the ground. Doing the maths at 15k copies at 50 movies per week at N200 per copy gives you about $50million. And I've been there and have direct contact with some of the biggest names in Nollywood. Can Nollywood get to $2billion with proper planning and governmental 'protection'? I believe so. But It's a long tough road away from reality right now. So there you have it. $50million realistically... maybe $100million if the sun, the stars, and the moon align at the same time. God bless.

vince · Jan 14, 2005

youngblood said:

Folks, sorry to bust everyone's bubble but $2billion is a pipedream right now. Maybe 10yrs from now but that remains to be seen .... By my estimation, the best case scenerio valuation of the Nollywood market is no more than $100 million but I personnally feel that realistically, the value is no more than $30million to $50million. My best case scenerio estimation is based on a combination of research + first hand knowledge + my projections based on my knowledge. The average movie sells no more than 30,000 copies (of course there are exceptions like Osuofia in London, etc, etc... those are increasingly rare and few.... and may exceed 100,000 copies). The 30k figure is based on talking with markerters + folks at the Nigeria FIlm Market + seeing that producers are crying real loud about paying $5,000 to $10,000 for an A-list Nollywood actor/actress... if that don't tip you off, I don't know what will. Further, on average, 50 movies are released PER WEEK (like clockwork every Monday) via Nigeria Film Market (I've seen this with my 2 korokoro eyes). A combination of piracy + video clubs + the average naija customer prefering to borrow a movie rather than get their own copy means that most movies realeased (70% or more) will not sell close to 30,000 copies. Maybe 15,000 copies, if things go right. If you doubt me, go to the producers + the marketers and ask them first hand. I have, and I know how some of them roll... so lets leave it at that ... And if you do the maths based on the 15,000 copies sold at N200 wholesale, you'll understand why producers/marketers are complaining about increasing actor fees in an environment of decreasing movie revenues. Forget the fancy numbers. This is reality on the ground. Doing the maths at 15k copies at 50 movies per week at N200 per copy gives you about $50million. And I've been there and have direct contact with some of the biggest names in Nollywood. Can Nollywood get to $2billion with proper planning and governmental 'protection'? I believe so. But It's a long tough road away from reality right now. So there you have it. $50million realistically... maybe $100million if the sun, the stars, and the moon align at the same time. God bless.

Thanks for that,my guy! grinning:

Henchey · Jan 18, 2005

Thanks Youngblood.
Yours definitely sounds more realistic.

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