The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Oct. 24, edition that a Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa's most populous country has reached record viewership numbers on Netflix charts globally. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the Black Book has taken the streaming world by storm, spending three weeks among the platform's top 10 English-language titles globally, peaking at No. 3 in the second week. It garnered 5.6 million views just 48 hours after its Sept. 22 release and by its second week was featured among the top 10 titles in 69 countries, according to Netflix. "Films are made for audiences, and the bigger the audience for a film, the better the chances of your message going out," producer Editi Effiong told AP. "The reality for us is that we made a film, made by Nigerians, funded by Nigerian money, go global." Nollywood, Nigeria's film industry, has been a global phenomenon since the 1990s when it rose to fame with such films as Living in Bondage, a thriller with Kunle Afolayan's Anikulapo released in 2022 and peaking at No. 1 on Netflix's global chart.