Current Events > 'Boo 2! A Madea Halloween' tops the box office this weekend with $21M.

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http://deadline.com/2017/10/tyler-perry-boo-2-a-madea-halloween-geostorm-bombs-blade-runner-2049-weekend-box-office-1202191950/

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Why?
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Goes to show how much of a shitty state Hollywood is in.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIfJ6OQI00A
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Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

That garbage is somehow always successful. That's why he gets to make so many. It's ridiculous.

I wonder if Tyler Perry actually takes pride in this stuff. Like, he finishes and goes, "YES! I finished yet another masterpiece! This is my best one yet!"
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Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

Been forced to watch almost every Madea movie made b/c of the girlfriend. The first one, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman' is actually a legit movie. There are a few other ones like 'Madea Goes to Jail' or the 'Witness Protection' one that are pretty decent - they're funny if you got some experience with the culture.

These 2 Boo movies are just heartless comedies but most of the time in these movies there's a fairly good storyline put in there that has nothing to do with Madea - that's just the comic relief. But yeah, Perry's starting to not care and just cash in now since the franchise has so much name recognition.
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In case you needed further evidence there is no God
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King Rial posted...

Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

That garbage is somehow always successful. That's why he gets to make so many. It's ridiculous.

I wonder if Tyler Perry actually takes pride in this stuff. Like, he finishes and goes, "YES! I finished yet another masterpiece! This is my best one yet!"

The only thing that stopped the Earnest movies was Jim Varney dying.

and from what Double Toasted said about the movie, was that it was exactly the same as the first but somehow even worse
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Madea is hilarious
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oh lurd
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Some Madea movies are legitimately hilarious and others are just lame as fuck (not talking about the ones that aren't meant to be comedies)
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littlebro07 posted...

Some Madea movies are legitimately hilarious and others are just lame as fuck (not talking about the ones that aren't meant to be comedies)

There are serious Madea movies?
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The first movie was at the top of the box office for a couple of weeks last year too. Meanwhile, nobody went to go see Bladerunner.

Fuck my life.
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Blacks tend to show up in droves for this nonsense.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

King Rial posted...

Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

That garbage is somehow always successful. That's why he gets to make so many. It's ridiculous.

I wonder if Tyler Perry actually takes pride in this stuff. Like, he finishes and goes, "YES! I finished yet another masterpiece! This is my best one yet!"

The only thing that stopped the Earnest movies was Jim Varney dying.

>comparing Tyler Perry to the late, great Jim Varney
You should be ashamed of yourself.
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EverDownward posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

King Rial posted...

Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

That garbage is somehow always successful. That's why he gets to make so many. It's ridiculous.

I wonder if Tyler Perry actually takes pride in this stuff. Like, he finishes and goes, "YES! I finished yet another masterpiece! This is my best one yet!"

The only thing that stopped the Earnest movies was Jim Varney dying.

>comparing Tyler Perry to the late, great Jim Varney
You should be ashamed of yourself.

Did you even watch any of the Earnest movies?

Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

They're always successful movies, what are you talking about?
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Boba-Fett posted...

Blacks tend to show up in droves for this nonsense.

it wouldn't be a CE topic without someone criticizing minorites
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MakoReizei posted...

littlebro07 posted...

Some Madea movies are legitimately hilarious and others are just lame as fuck (not talking about the ones that aren't meant to be comedies)

There are serious Madea movies?

Diary of a mad black woman and I think Daddy's little girls. Madea plays a little role in the first movie. But I fucking hate Tyler perry, all he's done is give racists more of an excuse to look down on black people. The Boondocks said it best.
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boxington posted...

Boba-Fett posted...

Blacks tend to show up in droves for this nonsense.

it wouldn't be a CE topic without someone criticizing minorites

Not criticizing the minority, just the movie.
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boxington posted...

oh lurd

Oh lort
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boxington posted...

Boba-Fett posted...

Blacks tend to show up in droves for this nonsense.

it wouldn't be a CE topic without someone criticizing minorites

Them gosh dang minorities and their love of comedy movies!
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Let's look at what we've got:

Studio reported Sunday estimates for the weekend of Oct. 20-22:

1.) Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (LG), 2,388 theaters / $7.47M Fri. (includes $760k previews) /$8.84M Sat/ $5.3M Sun/ 3-day cume: $21.65M / Wk 1

2.) Geostorm (WB/SKY), 3,246 theaters / $4.3M Fri. (no previews) / $5.6M Sat/$3.37M Sun/3-day cume: $13.3M / Wk 1

3)Happy Death Day (UNI/BLUM), 3,298 theaters (+149) / $3M Fri. /$4.1M Sat/ Sun/ 3-day cume: $9.38M (-64%)/ Total: $40.7M/Wk 2

4.)Blade Runner 2049 (ALC/WB/SONY), 3,203 theaters (-855)/ $2M Fri. /$3.2M Sat/ $1.9MSun/3-day cume: $7.2M (-54%) /Total: $74M/ Wk 3

5.) Only the Brave (SONY), 2,577 theaters / $2M Fri. (includes $305k previews) /$2.3M Sat/ $1.56M Sun/3-day cume: $6M / Wk 1

6.) The Foreigner (STX), 2,515 theaters / $1.6M Fri./$2.4M Sat/$1.44M Sun/ 3-day cume: $5.45M (-58%)/ Total: $22.8M/Wk 2

7.) It (NL/WB), 2,560 theaters (-616) / $1M Fri. /$1.6M Sat/ $885K Sun/3-day cume: $3.5M (-42%) / Total: $320.2M / Wk 7

8.) The Snowman (UNI), 1,812 theaters / $1.34M Fri. (includes $270k previews) / $1.27M Sat/ $826K Sun/3-day cume: $3.4M / Wk 1

9.) American Made (UNI), 2,559 (-539) / $931k Fri. /$1.3M Sat/ Sun/ 3-day cume: $3.16M (-43%)/Total: $45.5M/ Wk 4

10) Kingsman: The Golden Circle (FOX), 2,318 theaters (-664) / $855K Fri. /$1.36M Sat /$785K Sun/3-day cume: $3M (-44%) / Total: $94.6M / Wk 5

I don't see the problem here, really. Carryovers, weak generic films, and Madea.

Questionmarktarius posted...

EverDownward posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

King Rial posted...

Spooking posted...

We must be in an alternate timeline if a Madea movie has any sort of success.

That garbage is somehow always successful. That's why he gets to make so many. It's ridiculous.

I wonder if Tyler Perry actually takes pride in this stuff. Like, he finishes and goes, "YES! I finished yet another masterpiece! This is my best one yet!"

The only thing that stopped the Earnest movies was Jim Varney dying.

>comparing Tyler Perry to the late, great Jim Varney
You should be ashamed of yourself.

Did you even watch any of the Earnest movies?

Yes, in fact I loved Ernest as a kid. I had several tapes of his films. Yes, I'm well aware they're both shallow, exploitative vehicles with even shallower films but at least Jim was a legitimately good actor with a character that spoke to my heritage.

In short, Madea a shit and Ernest is the best. Know what I mean, Vern?
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tremain07 posted...

But I fucking hate Tyler perry, all he's done is give racists more of an excuse to look down on black people. The Boondocks said it best.

That Boondocks episode, though funny, was still like the pot calling the kettle black.
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