His eight films have grossed more than $418 million, one of the highest average grosses per film in the industry. And they're just part of Perry's multi-million-dollar entertainment empire.
What has made Perry guaranteed box office gold is his devoted audience: largely African-American, church-going, working class and female.
Long ignored by Hollywood, they come to see something they can't get anywhere else: inspirational stories about people like themselves, and to laugh at characters like his "Madea," the wise-cracking grandmother played by Perry himself.
Click on this link for this 60 Minutes Interview with the amazing Tyler Perry:
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