- Guinness counted 51,000 viewers at the Tafawa Balewa Square screening
- The old record of 43,624 was set at a 2015 screening in the Philippines
- The screening fell on Nigeria Cinema Day, when tickets were ₦3,000 nationwide
Black Market sets Guinness World Record with 51,000 viewers in Lagos
Nollywood crime thriller Black Market drew a verified 51,000 people to Tafawa Balewa Square, beating a record that had stood since 2015.
Nollywood has a new world record. Black Market, the crime thriller directed by Fatimah Binta Gimsay, drew 51,000 viewers to a single screening at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos on Saturday, 26 September, setting the Guinness World Record for the largest audience at a film screening in one location. That 51,000 is the figure Guinness World Records verified, and it…