Olumide Oworu Finally Reveals How Much Was Spent to Make The Black Book

Nollywood blockbuster movie The Black Book is breaking global records. The movie directed by Editi Effiong last month became the biggest African title to stream globally on Netflix. According to Netflix, between September 25th to October 1st, the movie became one of the most watched movies globally on Netflix garnering 11.2 million views and a bewildering 21.3 million hours watched within that time frame alone. It also reportedly ranked number one on Netflix global.

In addition to the movie being such a commercial success, it is also being reported to be one of Nollywood's most expensive movies to ever be made. While these claims have been going around, nobody has yet substantiated it - however during a new interview with actor and cast member of The Black Book, Olumide Oworu, the actor revealed how much was actually spent to make the blockbuster flick, amongst other things. Here's what Olumide Oworu had to say about the movie.

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Speaking about how he feels about The Black Book breaking so many world records, Olumide Oworu responded saying:

OLUMIDE OWORU: I'm very excited. These are very exciting times for Nollywood and just being able to be a part of this next phase that Nollywood is going into, I mean, personally I'm very excited. I'm very honored. I can't lie. I still pinch myself. I remember like when the news broke that we were number one, I couldn't even sleep. Like I was fully just like in a dream state so to speak. It's crazy just where Nollywood is and the potential that we have to even be bigger than we are right now. It's amazing.

Responding to reports that The Black Book is Nollywood's most expensive film and finally clearing up if it's true, Olumide Oworu said:

OLUMIDE OWORU: Uhmm, yes. Arguably so. The budget for the film was about a million dollars and in my opinion, that's why the quality is so amazing. You can see that every department was very intentional in making sure that we got as best as we could in terms of output.

Speaking about if he thought the movie would ever become this big, Olumide Oworu said:

OLUMIDE OWORU: Part of why I accepted to even do the movie was because I thought it was a very audacious attempt. The script was good, the ideas that the producers had for the film were big from the very beginning. But again it's one thing to talk about a project and another thing to be a part of it and see the project do well after it's come out especially in such a short period. I'm just really so proud to be a part of the project to be honest.

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