Just hope that when they do figure this out they don't pull a
blaxploitation on us. By that I mean start making movies with black
faces and white crew. Now don't get me wrong nothing wrong with
white people working on the crew, but when it's nothing but white
people then something is wrong.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Maybe now they'll bother to notice that what we're looking for in
our movies isn't always explosions, low-brow humor or sad remakes,
but something original with substance.
>
> Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daammn! I knew Perry
would do well, but thirty million?? That's nine
> million more than his first film made last year. That's a
fantastic
> sum, especially for a comedy, especially for a Black film, and
> especially for one with no "big" stars as defined by mainstream
> Hollywood. And to top it off, the movie's even getting good
reviews.
> Perry's doing some important things here: he's showing Hollywood
that
> Black films can make money without Denzel, Will Smith, Queen
Latifah, or
> Sam Jackson. He's proving that films with decent humour and no
overt
> sexuality or violence resonate with Black audiences. He's
revealing to
> whites the previously unknown (to them) multi-million dollar
industry of
> plays and Gospel musicals that have been playing to Black
audiences for
> years. And he's showing that it's possible to make a movie for
> relatively little money that's *not* a horror, and still make a
great
> profit. Look for lots more films inspired like this (like "The
Gospel",
> which came out last year). This is all to the good as far as I'm
> concerned. Maybe it'll help us branch past the comedies to finally
> supporting low-budget and indie *dramas* by, for, and about Black
> people. That's one area we Blacks don't support as well as I'd
like.
> Not surprisingly, plans are already in the works for a third Perry
film
> at this time next year.
>
> Tyler Perry's 'Reunion' Tops Box Office
> By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie WriterSun Feb 26, 4:19 PM ET
>
> Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black
> women. "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. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio
estimates
> Sunday.
>
> 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
> with $21.9 million on the same weekend last year.
>
> Lionsgate hopes to have a third Perry movie out over the same
weekend
> next year, said Steve Rothenberg, the company's president of
> distribution.
>
> "It's a time when we can really dominate the box office,"
Rothenberg
> said. "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."
>
> This weekend's other new wide releases flopped. The Weinstein Co.
> animated tale "Doogal," a fairy-tale adventure with a voice cast
that
> includes Whoopi Goldberg, Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Fallon, debuted
at No.
> 8 with $3.6 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. 9 with $3.1 million.
>
> Walker also stars in last weekend's No. 1 movie, Disney's dog tale
> "Eight Below," which slipped to second place with $15.7
million. "Eight
> Below" grossed $45.1 million in 10 days.
>
> Though "Madea's Family Reunion" opened more strongly than "Diary
of a
> Mad Black Woman," the overall weekend box office declined. The top
12
> movies took in $99.8 million, down 4.4 percent from the same
weekend
> last year.
>
> Based on Perry's stage play, "Madea's Family Reunion" depicts a
variety
> of domestic crises as a clan prepares for a reunion. Among the
> characters Perry plays is the heavyset, pistol-packing Grandma
Madea,
> whom he also played in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
>
> The film was shot for just $6 million.
>
> 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. Black women 35 and older made up 52
percent
> of the movie's audience, according to Lionsgate.
>
> "The themes Tyler Perry presents resonate very strongly with the
black
> community," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office
tracker
> Exhibitor Relations. "It reminds me of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.'
It
> has elements of comedy and drama and community that just definitely
> works."
>
> The South African film "Tsotsi," a nominee for best foreign-
language
> film at the Academy Awards, opened strongly in limited release with
> $78,000 at six theaters, for a healthy $13,000 average.
>
> By comparison, "Madea's Family Reunion" averaged $13,788 in 2,194
> theaters, "Doogal" did $1,557 in 2,318 cinemas, and "Running
Scared"
> averaged $1,909 in 1,611 theaters.
>
> Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and
Canadian
> theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures
will
> be released Monday.
>
> 1. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," $30.25 million.
>
> 2. "Eight Below," $15.7 million.
>
> 3. "The Pink Panther," $11.3 million.
>
>
> 4. "Date Movie," $9.2 million.
>
>
> 5. "Curious George," $7 million.
>
>
> 6. "Firewall," $6.3 million.
>
>
> 7. "Final Destination 3," $5.35 million.
>
>
> 8. "Doogal," $3.6 million.
>
>
> 9. "Running Scared," $3.1 million.
>
>
> 10. "Freedomland," $2.9 million.
>
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