#MADEA FAMILY REUNION CAST MOVIE#

Perry's stories about empowerment of women set among Madea's family have a built-in following among black audiences familiar with his plays and video versions of the tales. Among the characters Perry plays is the heavyset, pistol-packing Grandma Madea, whom he also played in 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman.' The top 12 movies took in $99.8 million, down 4.4 percent from the same weekend last year.īased on Perry's stage play, 'Madea's Family Reunion' depicts a variety of domestic crises as a clan prepares for a reunion. Though 'Madea's Family Reunion' opened more strongly than 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman,' the overall weekend box office declined.

'Eight Below' grossed $45.1 million in 10 days. 1 movie, Disney's dog tale 'Eight Below,' which slipped to second place with $15.7 million. New Line's crime thriller 'Running Scared,' starring Paul Walker as a mobster scrambling to recover a gun used in the slaying of a cop, opened at No. animated tale 'Doogal,' a fairy-tale adventure with a voice cast that includes Whoopi Goldberg, Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Fallon, debuted at No. This weekend's other new wide releases flopped. 'If we were out at Christmas, we'd be competing with the big holiday and Oscar films, but late February with Black History Month and less competition is a great time period for us.' 'It's a time when we can really dominate the box office,' Rothenberg said.

#MADEA FAMILY REUNION CAST MOVIE#

Lionsgate hopes to have a third Perry movie out over the same weekend next year, said Steve Rothenberg, the company's president of distribution. 1 with $21.9 million on the same weekend last year. It was a second gold mine for Lionsgate Films, which also released Perry's 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman,' the movie that opened as No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion,' a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women.

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