Feb 22 2009
Tyler Perry’s ‘Madea Goes to Jail’ Wins Box Office Battle
Tyler Perry’s “Madea Goes to Jail” is the big winner of this weekends box office battles, earning an estimated $41.1 million, and far outdistancing his closest competitor, “Taken”, which brought in $11.4 million.
Perry seems to have found a winning formula with his raucous outtakes of dysfunctional characters in otherwise normal families, and his creations are riding high with the success of his two popular TBS series, “House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns”.
This weekends’ haul was the best by far for a Tyler Perry opening. His previous best, “Madea’s Family Reunion”, took in $30 million in it’s opening weekend. And the Tyler Perry franchise continues to grow with several other projects in the works.
But Perry remains humble about his success. In a recent interview with Dr. Phil, he says that much of what he writes comes from life experiences, and he continues to give credit to the talented actors who bring his characters to life.
