Outspoken actor, Gideon Okeke has shared his views on the box office numbers accrued in recent times from Nollywood movies in the cinemas.
Okeke stated that artiste fee is not a sustainable remuneration in Nollywood, adding that film-making is a collaborative sport.
According to him: “Nollywood and the ever growing scam of “500 million” scam in the opening week. While this is a beautiful and welcome development, please also quote to the fans how those numbers accrue or equate to residuals, royalties or back end, in favour of the actor whose face sells the picture.Artiste fee is not a sustainable remuneration for the performer within the business module run by Nollywood”, he wrote on Instagram.
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Continuing, he wrote:” They need your talent to fulfill their rather clandestine goals but forget to fulfil your own monetary goals when they rake in the box office numbers.Wait! They think we came here to be popular? Some of us saved money and went to school for this.When next you see me perform in Film, Theatre or TV, I challenge you to pay Maximum RESPECT to whoever it is I chose to bubble with”
His statement has generated a myriad of reactions from fans on social media.