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MOVIE
Half of a Yellow Sun
2014
111 minutes (1 hrs 51 mins)
CAST & DIRECTOR
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Production Country
Nigeria • United Kingdom
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Biyi Bandele
Starring
Thandiwe Newton
·
Chiwetel Ejiofor
· Anika Noni Rose · Joseph Mawle ·
John Boyega
· Onyeka Onwenu
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release:
16th May 2014
United Kingdom release:
21st March 2014
Australia release:
27th March 2014
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
11th Apr '14
Debut position: 20
Highest position: 18
Debut gross: £32.5 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 12
US box office
Box Office debut: 16th May '14
Debut position: 71
Highest position: 71
Debut gross: $4.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 5
Chart position history
UK box office
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
M
Not Rated
Total grosses
UK total gross
£151.6 Thousand
US total gross
$54.5 Thousand
Global total gross
$306.4 Thousand
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Total views:
94
First viewed:
31st May 2026
Last viewed:
31st Jul 2026
News from around the web
Half of a Yellow Sun review – 'Well-intentioned and heartfelt'
The Guardian
Thu, 10th April 2014
In Nigeria, the Personal and the Political Clash (Published 2014)
The New York Times
Thu, 15th May 2014
Why can’t Nigerians watch the country’s biggest movie?
CNN
Wed, 21st May 2014
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN (WITH INTRODUCTION FROM OBUMNEKE ANYANWU)
Irish Film Institute
Wed, 17th September 2025
Half Of A Yellow Sun
Eye For Film
Mon, 3rd March 2014
Half Of A Yellow Sun
Screen Daily
Sun, 8th September 2013
US release: 16th May 2014
United Kingdom release: 21st March 2014
Australia release: 27th March 2014
£151.6 Thousand 
$54.5 Thousand 
$306.4 Thousand