Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail laughed up a hefty $14.9 million gross to lead the Friday box office by a big margin, according to Box Office Mojo. The dramedy is on pace to earn more than $30 mil for the weekend, which could make it Perry’s biggest movie box office success to date. Otherwise, the multiplex was rather quiet in this typically slow Academy Awards frame; the other major new release, Fired Up!, brought in a low-but-expected $2.3 mil. Friday’s totals are below, and please check back here on Sunday for a full weekend recap in the Box Office Report.
1. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail — $14.9 mil
2. Taken — $3.5 mil
3. He’s Just Not That Into You — $2.9 mil
4. Coraline — $2.8 mil
5. Friday the 13th — $2.8 mil
6. Confessions of a Shopaholic — $2.3 mil
7. Fired Up! — $2.3 mil
8. Slumdog Millionaire — $2.1 mil
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop — $1.9 mil
10. The International — $1.4 mil
More Box Office News:
Box Office Preview: Tyler Perry takes on Oscar weekend
Friday the 13th slashes records
EW.com’s Box Office Chart
He’s Just Not That Into You gets lots of love
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The only thing worse than a Tyler Perry play is a Tyler Perry film.
spot on nathan, spot on.
How is this possible? He continues to make horrible movies and people continue to see them…I don’t get it. I’ve seen the whole Madea gig, it’s not funny. These type of films cater to the lowest common denominator of human intelligence.
and, as always, perry was underestimated. that’s why he’s worth millions upon millions. he’s a shrewd businessman who’s turned low expectations into gold.
That’s pathetic.
I am proud that Tyler Perry realized there was an audience out there that was being underrepresented. Now, if only a capable writer or director would start making movies for black contemporary families. They deserve better.
i saw one of his movies– they werent that good. i really dont understand why they do so well. and damnnnn fri the 13th took a tumble. lets see if it can top 10 mil by sunday. if its lucky it might make 12. and lets see if by somke mini miracle slumddog can top 100 mil by sunday
i saw one of his movies– they werent that good. i really dont understand why they do so well. and damnnnn fri the 13th took a tumble. lets see if it can top 10 mil by sunday. if its lucky it might make 12. and lets see if by somke mini miracle slumddog can top 100 mil by sunday
i still can’t believe that mall cop movie is still making money
Hate on Tyler Perry all you want, but his movies may be low brow comedy drama but he knows what HIS audience finds entertaining and they come out to support him. Most film snobs forget that most people go to the movies to be just entertained and escape reality. After all, look at the success of Paul Blart Mall Cop.
It’s hard to understand the success of TP films that take a comedic look at family values, social codes of conduct, and lifting oneself up from nothing when you’re not carrying a moral compass to begin with. How is it possible that Paul Blart Mall Cop has made over 100 million dollars for a completely unfunny, corny film that caters to the lowest common denominator of human intelligence?
omg, thank god for EW! If you lurk on the comments section of this Tyler Perry movie review on E! Online, there’s like 30 comments actually defending the movie and Mr. Perry! Granted, most of them might have come from the same IP address, but hot damn!
I guess these Madea movies are sort of the 21st century version of those Earnest movies. Next we’ll have Madea Goes To Camp, Madea Saves Christmas. Congratulations Tyler Perry, you’re the new Jim Varney.
Matt 2…get off your high horse buddy. And just so you know, you don’t “carry” a moral compass”. Either you have one or you don’t…it’s not an object that you “carry” around it’s a figure of speech. I have no problem with low brow comedy. I think escapist entertainment is fine as long as it includes some semblance of creativity. I laughed at the first two “Scary Movie” films but Tyler Perry is just taking a lame recycled joke and throwing on a fat suit and a wig. It’s lazy and it’s not funny.
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can’t carry = have essentially? I don’t think they thought it was an actual object.
For all the Tyler Perry haters out there.. you guys do realize that his films are targeted at BLACK audiences right? There is humor in there that is more cultural and pertains more to African-Americans than to other people. So, the people who go see the movies are those people and WE find it funny. You don’t have to like it, but that doesn’t mean that the audience it was targeted to doesn’t.
One thing people fail to realize is that we, black people, tend to latch onto anything thats black, just because it is black, regardless of how stupid it is, or how stupid it makes us look. Thats not to say Tyler Perry is all that bad, especially considerin how we fare in other situations like reality television, i.e flavor of love and whatnot.
The point is, our standards are drastically low for whatever reason, and we have few saving graces, like will smith, who will challenge us to think outside the box…
“Why Did I Get Married” is a pretty decent film, individual performances were very good in it. Jill Scott was amazing, and that other lady who is like a female Eddie Murphy or Wanda Sykes, the real thin one, she was hilarious! I like his flicks for being what they are too – something different. Plus anyone w/ guts to name a movie “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” gets kudos from me!! GO TYLER.
Fallon…the expression uses the word “have” not “carry”. That’s all that I was trying to point out. For example, he/she does not have a moral compass. Meaning the inherent nature of his/her personality lacks a sense of morality. You would never say he/she does not “carry” a moral compass, not has anyone every phrased that figure of speech using the word “carry”.
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