[size=14pt]Mirror Boy rakes in over N12m in one week[/size]
By Samuel Olatunji
Sunday, August 21, 2011


The movie, Mirror Boy, prior to its arrival in Nigeria, was premiered at the prestigious Empire Leicester Square in London, making it the first African movie to be premiere in such venue. This earned it a lot of praises and achievements, placing the Nigerian movie industry on the world stage.

In Ghana, Mirror Boy reigned to become the highest selling movie ever in Ghanaian cinemas. Having succeeded abroad, nobody doubted that Mirror Boy would succeed in Nigeria, but not at the rate the movie is impacting on Nigerian cinemas in so short a time. Only in its second week, Mirror Boy has garnered over N10 million in ticket sales from cinemas across Nigeria.

However, earning such amount would not come as a surprise, because the movie, since its remarkable premiere at the Silverbird Galleria on August 5, 2011, has garnered a lot of accoldes from movie industry stakeholders and lovers in general.
When asked to comment on the success of Mirror Boy, producer, Obi Emelonye said, “I am extremely glad. It is my desire that Mirror Boy’s success in Nigeria surpasses the movie’s earlier successes, because this is the homecoming of the movie. With Mirror Boy, I think we can further show the world that Nigeria is capable of making good movies.”




The film, which was written, produced and directed by Obi Emelonye, is made up of a multi-talented cast with the likes of Nigeria’s Genevieve Nnaji and Osita Iheme, The Gambia’s Fatima Jabbe, and Uganda’s Edward Kagutuzi. The movie revolves around the life of a 12-year-old London-born African boy, Tijani, who was sent back to his country of origin by his mother when he was involved in a street fight.

Things take a dramatic turn when he gets lost in a crowded market in The Gambia after witnessing an apparition in the mirror, which leads him on a journey of self-discovery through the forest and later re-emerges with a greater appreciation of his homeland and a better understanding of his relationship with the father he never met.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showbiz/2011/aug/21/showbiz-21-08-2011-002.html

Did I tell you majority of the movie was done in my country. It's the Gambian aura in the movie that is why it raked that amount. Ahaha