Tyler Perry

===Film===
Perry raised a US$5.5&nbsp;million budget in part from the ticket sales of his stage productions to fund his first movie, ''[[Diary of a Mad Black Woman]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=Shaheem|title=Tyler Perry's 'Mad Black Woman' Was No Overnight Success|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1498236/tyler-perrys-mad-black-woman-was-no-overnight-success/|website=MTV News}}</ref> which went on to gross US$50.6&nbsp;million domestically, while scoring a 16% approval rating at the film review web site ''[[Rotten Tomatoes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diary_of_a_mad_black_woman | title=Diary of Mad Black Woman | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | date=February 25, 2005 | access-date=October 29, 2008}}</ref> Perry made his directorial debut on his next film, an adaptation of ''[[Madea's Family Reunion]]'', and has directed all of his subsequent Madea films. On its opening weekend, February 24–26, 2006, ''Madea's Family Reunion'' opened at number one at the box office with $30.3&nbsp;million. The film eventually grossed $65&nbsp;million. Perry and his co-stars promoted the film on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''. <!--this next information is repeated in last para. of "Film."--> As with ''Diary'', almost all of the ''Madea{{'}}''s earnings have been generated in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=madeasfamilyreunion.htm |title=Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion|publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=April 27, 2006 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref>

Perry's next [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate]] project, ''[[Daddy's Little Girls]]'', starred [[Gabrielle Union]] and [[Idris Elba]] and was released in the United States on February 14, 2007. It grossed over US$31&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=daddyslittlegirls.htm |title=Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls |publisher= Boxofficemojo.com |date=March 29, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> Perry wrote, directed, produced and starred in his next film, ''[[Why Did I Get Married?]]'', released on October 12, 2007. It opened at number one, grossing US$21.4&nbsp;million that weekend. It is loosely based on his play of the same name. Filming began March 5, 2007, in [[Whistler, British Columbia]], a resort town north of [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], then moved to Atlanta, where Perry had opened his own studio. [[Janet Jackson]], [[Sharon Leal]], [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]], and [[Tasha Smith]] appeared in the film. Perry's 2008 film, ''[[Meet the Browns (film)|Meet the Browns]]'', released on March 21, opened at number 2 with a US$20.1&nbsp;million weekend gross.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=meetthebrowns.htm|work=Box office mojo|access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref> ''[[The Family That Preys]]'' opened on September 12, 2008, and grossed over US$37.1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=familythatpreys.htm|work=boxofficemojo|access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref>

''[[Madea Goes to Jail]]'' opened at number one on February 20, 2009, grossing US$41&nbsp;million and becoming his largest opening to date. This was Perry's seventh film with Lionsgate Entertainment. At the request of director [[J. J. Abrams]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christian |first=Margena A. |date=October 2008 |title=Becoming Tyler |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtMDAAAAMBAJ&q=83 |magazine=Ebony |page=83}}</ref> also in 2009, Perry had a small role as the [[Starfleet Academy]] commandant Admiral Barnett in ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', which opened on May 8. This was his first film appearance outside of his own projects.
Perry next wrote, directed, and starred in ''[[I Can Do Bad All By Myself (film)|I Can Do Bad All By Myself]]'' (2009), a film structured around his Madea character. This was Perry's eighth film and it also made number one at the box office.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20299647,00.html |date=August 21, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 3, 2009 |first=Tanner |last=Stransky |archive-date=November 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120225045/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20299647,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Perry teamed with Oprah Winfrey to present ''[[Precious (film)|Precious]],'' a film based on the novel ''[[Push (novel)|Push]]'' by [[Sapphire (author)|Sapphire]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title={{-'}}Precious' trailer: Mo'Nique... potential Oscar nominee? |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/05/13/precious-traile/ |date=May 13, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 3, 2009}}</ref>
''[[Why Did I Get Married Too?]]'', the sequel to ''Why Did I Get Married?'', opened in theaters on April 2, 2010. It featured [[Janet Jackson]], [[Tasha Smith]],
[[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]], and [[Malik Yoba]]. The film grossed US$60&nbsp;million domestically, with US$29&nbsp;million made the opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1618707969/|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>

[[File:82nd Academy Awards, Tyler Perry - army mil-66455-2010-03-09-180359 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Perry at the [[82nd Academy Awards]] ceremony, 2010]]
Perry directed a [[For Colored Girls|film adaptation]] of [[Ntozake Shange]]'s 1975 [[choreopoem]] ''[[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf]]'', which was released in theaters November 5, 2010.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=124459269 "More Than 'Madea': Tyler Perry Changes Course"], ''[[All Things Considered]]'', March 8, 2010.</ref>
He appeared in the stage show ''[[Madea's Big Happy Family]]'', which toured the U.S. as a stage play and was released as a movie in 2011, written, directed by and starring Perry. The film version of ''[[Madea's Big Happy Family (film)|Madea's Big Happy Family]]'' raked in US$25.8&nbsp;million at the box office, taking second place.<ref>{{cite news|title=Box Office: 'Rio' flies past 'Madea's Big Happy Family' to stay no. 1|url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/box-office-rio-flies-past-madeas-big-happy-family-to-stay-no-1|access-date=May 24, 2013|newspaper=Hitfix|date=April 24, 2011}}</ref>

Perry's next film with Lionsgate was ''[[Good Deeds]]'', in which Perry plays lead character Wesley Deeds. ''Good Deeds'' is a romantic drama film written, directed by, and starring Perry. The film was released on February 24, 2012. It is the tenth of eleven films that Perry directed and appears in. The film received a 29% rating by review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and opened with a box office US$15.5 million gross.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|title=Tyler Perry to Direct, Star in 'Good Deeds' for Lionsgate|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tyler-perry-direct-star-good-174431/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 4, 2011|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref> The movie also stars [[Thandie Newton]], [[Rebecca Romijn]], [[Gabrielle Union]], [[Eddie Cibrian]], [[Jamie Kennedy]], [[Phylicia Rashad]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caverley|first=Alyssa|title=Rebecca Romijin Joins Tyler Perry's Good Deeds|date=April 20, 2011|url=http://www.moviefanatic.com/2011/04/rebecca-romijin-joins-tyler-perrys-good-deeds/|publisher=Movie Fanatic}}</ref>

{{As of|June 2011}}, Perry's films had grossed over US$500&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|last=Segal|first=Andy|title=Perry's greatest accomplishment has nothing to do with business|date=July 23, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/07/23/bia.tyler.perry/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=September 12, 2009}}</ref> Perry's ''[[Madea's Witness Protection]]'', his seventh film within the Madea franchise, was released on June 29, 2012.

Perry took over the role of [[James Patterson]]'s [[Alex Cross]] from [[Morgan Freeman]] for a new film in the series, titled ''[[Alex Cross (film)|Alex Cross]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Fleming | first=Mike |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/01/tyler-perry-as-alex-cross/ | title=Tyler Perry As Alex Cross in James Patterson Franchise Reboot | website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] | date=January 31, 2011 | access-date=October 17, 2012 }}</ref> The film which opened on October 19, 2012, was panned by critics and audiences, with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 11% & 47% positive respectively, and became a [[box office bomb]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Alex Cross|date=October 19, 2012 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alex_cross|language=en|access-date=2022-01-24}}</ref> His performance gained the attention of director [[David Fincher]], who subsequently cast Perry in his 2014 thriller ''[[Gone Girl (film)|Gone Girl]]'', co-starring with [[Ben Affleck]], [[Rosamund Pike]], and [[Neil Patrick Harris]].

Perry released his thirteenth film, ''[[Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor]]'' (based on his 2008 play of the same name) on March 29, 2013. The film stars [[Lance Gross]], [[Jurnee Smollett]], [[Brandy Norwood]], [[Robbie Jones (actor)|Robbie Jones]], [[Vanessa L. Williams]], and [[Kim Kardashian]]. He produced ''[[Tyler Perry Presents Peeples]]'', released on May 10, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/peeples-movie-trailer-craig-robinson/ |title='Peeples' Trailer Makes Meeting the Parents More Awkward Than Usual |website=Screenrant.com |date=February 23, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> He returned to the big screen with ''[[A Madea Christmas (film)|A Madea Christmas]]'', released on December 13, 2013.<ref name="urbanbridgez1">{{cite web|url=http://urbanbridgez.com/ubgblog/2013/01/02/tyler-perrys-madea-gets-a-job-available-on-dvd-february-5th/|title=Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job&nbsp;– Available on DVD February 5th|work=Urban Entertainment E-Zine|access-date=January 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116232932/http://urbanbridgez.com/ubgblog/2013/01/02/tyler-perrys-madea-gets-a-job-available-on-dvd-february-5th/|archive-date=January 16, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Perry directed the film ''[[The Single Moms Club]]'', which opened on March 14, 2014. His first animated movie ''[[Madea's Tough Love]]'' was released on DVD January 20, 2015. In 2016, Perry played scientist [[Baxter Stockman]] in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/23/tyler-perry-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2 |title=Tyler Perry joins Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 cast |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 23, 2015 |access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref>

In mid-January 2016, Perry started filming his seventeenth film, and ninth within the Madea franchise, ''[[Boo! A Madea Halloween]]''. The film was released on October 21, 2016. A sequel, ''[[Boo 2! A Madea Halloween]]'', was released in October 2017. Perry, alongside [[Oprah Winfrey]], lent his voice in his first computer-animated film, called ''[[The Star (2017 film)|The Star]]'', which is based on the [[Nativity of Jesus]]. Developed by [[Sony Pictures Animation]], the film was released on November 17, 2017.<ref name="THR2017Forecast">{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|title=Studios' 2017 Forecast: Big Bets, Franchise Fears and Executive Intrigue|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-movies-biggest-gambles-justice-league-mummy-960935/item/sony-what-watch-2017-960933|access-date=January 6, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>

====Film partnerships and distribution====
Perry's films are co-produced and distributed by [[Lions Gate Entertainment]]; he retains full copyright ownership under the corporate name Tyler Perry Films, and places his name in front of all titles.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christian |first=Margena A. |date=October 2008 |title=Becoming Tyler |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtMDAAAAMBAJ&q=83 |magazine=Ebony |page=78}}</ref> Perry's movies have seen very limited release outside North America, but in May 2010, Lionsgate announced plans to begin releasing his films in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |first=Diana|last=Lodderhose|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019848.html?categoryid=19&cs=1 |title=Lionsgate brings Perry to U.K. 'Married Too?' to be released on Sept. 3 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=May 26, 2010}}</ref>