Hate him or love him Tyler Perry wields a lot of money and power in Hollywood.
Tyler Perry is laughing all the way to the bank.Jacked from NY Daily News
The comedian-actor-producer extraordinaire has topped the Forbes list of the highest-paid men in entertainment with $130 million in earnings from May 2010 to May of this year, thanks in part to his "Madea" movie franchise.
Film isn't his only domain -- Perry also produces "Meet the Browns" and "House of Payne" for TV amongst his various projects.
Perry beat out Jerry Bruckheimer for the top spot, who earned $113 million from the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, a box office hit that grossed $1 billion worldwide.
Legendary director Steven Spielberg ranked third with $107 million from producing projects, but he's back in the director's chair for the upcoming "War Horse" and "The Adventures of Tintin."
Rounding out the top five are Elton John who made $100 million, while "X-Factor" creator Simon Cowell took the fifth spot with $90 million.
No. 6 on the list with $84 million is author James Patterson, who will see his famous character Alex Cross on the big screen for the first time next year. Cross will be played by none other than Perry, in a rare appearance outside his own work.
The rest of the Top 10 are: Dr. Phil McGraw ($80 million), Leonardo DiCaprio ($77 million), Howard Stern ($76 million) and Tiger Woods ($75 million).
To determine the men's worth, Forbes spoke to agents, lawyers, producers and a number of other industry insiders to determine pretax gross, but without deducting management, agent or legal fees.
6 comments:
It hurts doesn't it??!!?! This coon is #winning (in my Charlie Sheen voice)
Let me quit acting like that because I watch his movies too, not all but either way it doesn't matter. Good for him.
Tyler Perry is a great writer and film maker.
Naw, his skills is limited. Everyone of his productions has the same damn plot every time, all the time. I'm happy for the nigga getting paid and all. However, I don't put no cash in his pocket because his shit is cliche as it gets. The only reason I think Hollywood fux with him is cause he's gay and Hollywood is the hq of the gay mafia.I don't know, that's just my thoughts. His success could just be that he did the smart thing by making shows that cater to women.Once the ladies love you, watch the money pile up.
GOOD FOR HIM! He's obviously doing something right.
The haters just have to deal with it. Hahaha!!
@1235-Truth
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