Madea Goes To Jail

[JayBee74]

Tyler Perry is obviously a talent and gets a lot of bang for his buck, but his most successful movie grossed a modest $63+ million, so why is Madea Goes To Jail being double screened at most theaters in this area (Metro New Orleans)?

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

Tyler Perry is obviously a talent and gets a lot of bang for his buck, but his most successful movie grossed a modest $63+ million, so why is Madea Goes To Jail being double screened at most theaters in this area (Metro New Orleans)?

Simple equation:

Tyler Perry Madea Movie + City w/ a lot of Black People + Opening Weekend = A lot of sold out theaters.

I live about 30 min outside of DC and 20 outside of Baltimore. Where I live (which is majority white) the movie is playing in one theater. In the theater in my old neighborhood (majority black) its playing in 3.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Simple equation: Tyler Perry Madea Movie + City w/ a lot of Black People + Opening Weekend = A lot of sold out theaters. I live about 30 min outside of DC and 20 outside of Baltimore. Where I live (which is majority white) the movie is playing in one theater. In the theater in my old neighborhood (majority black) its playing in 3.

That's where my thinking was, except this is also occurring in the mostly white suburbs of Kenner and the heavily white suburbs of Metarie.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

That's where my thinking was, except this is also occurring in the mostly white suburbs of Kenner and the heavily white suburbs of Metarie.

Well white people make up a significant chunk of that 60 million dollars. I would say 60 to 70 percent of these moviegoers are going to be black but alot will be non black. Also, I know a ton of black people who live in black neighborhoods but go to movies in white neighborhoods to get away from the foolishness in some black theaters (babies crying, cell phones, talking etc.)

[jmood88]

I hate Tyler Perry and his movies so much. That's offtopic but I didn't think I'd see a topic about this movie on here.

[Stumbleweed]

I mostly just hate his commercials. Just when I though that the "House of Payne" commercials were chipping away at my last nerve, here comes another family sitcom with exaggerated characters called "Meet the Browns"... good god man, get a new concept.

[mgoblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stumbleweed

I mostly just hate his commercials. Just when I though that the "House of Payne" commercials were chipping away at my last nerve, here comes another family sitcom with exaggerated characters called "Meet the Browns"... good god man, get a new concept.

I totally get that Tyler Perry's movies/shows aren't aimed at me at all...

What ends up annoying me (and most comedians you hear) is all the "Tyler Perry" adding on to names. It just gets obnoxious hearing "Tyler Perry" all the time, especially on TBS commercials.

[yamabushi]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmood88

I hate Tyler Perry and his movies so much. That's offtopic but I didn't think I'd see a topic about this movie on here.

What he said.