What filmmaker has had five movies open number one at the box office in the last four years? Spielberg, Tarantino, Scorsese? No. This record belongs to Tyler Perry, one of the biggest names in the movie business. Yet many Americans have never heard of him.
His nine films have grossed more than $481 million, one of the highest average grosses per film in the industry. And as we first reported last fall when we broadcast this story, they’re just part of Perry’s multi-million-dollar entertainment empire.
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