{"id":746,"date":"2007-10-17T09:53:33","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T09:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/tyler-perrys-faithbased-films.html"},"modified":"2007-10-17T09:53:33","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T09:53:33","slug":"tyler-perrys-faithbased-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/tyler-perrys-faithbased-films.html","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Perry’s faith-based films"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Tyler Perry’s new movie buried<\/a> the new George Clooney flick and the new Cate Blanchett and Mark Wahlberg films as well, a lot of people began to ask why.
\nUSA Today has a succinct answer:<\/p>\n

Perry has managed to tap into a tough fan base, one that rarely goes to movies. Married’s faith-based audience, like that of The Passion of the Christ, did not show up in many studio tracking polls.
\n“It’s a group that doesn’t have a lot of movies made for them,” says Paul Dergarabedian of Media By Numbers. “So if they find a filmmaker they trust \u2014 and they trust Tyler Perry \u2014 they’re going to turn out.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Learn more about Perry here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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