Tyler Perry Net Worth
Is Tyler Perry a millionaire or billionaire?
| Net Worth: | $600 Million |
|---|---|
| Nick Name: | Tyler Perry |
| Real Name: | Tyler Perry |
| Age: | 50 years |
| Born: | September 13, 1969 |
| Country of Origin: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.96 m |
| Source of Wealth: | Professional Actor/Writer/Producer/Director/Entrepreneur |
| Last Updated: | 2020 |
Tyler Perry’s Net Worth
As of 2020, Tyler Perry’s net worth is estimated to be roughly 600 million dollars. He is one of the most financially wealthy directors in the entertainment industry. Forbes listed Tyler Perry as the highest-paid man in entertainment, earning 97 million dollars as of May 2020. Throughout his career, Tyler Perry has directed and produced more than 30 movies, 20 stage productions, and eight TV shows. His career started in the 1990s.
Tyler Perry’s Overviews
Tyler Perry is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, director, and entrepreneur. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana To Willie Maxine Perry (née Campbell) and Emmitt Perry Sr. His birth name is Emmitt Perry, Jr. He changed his first name to Tyler when he was 16 years old to distance himself from his abusive father.
How did Tyler Perry get rich?
In 1992, Tyler Perry’s first play titled “I Know I’ve Been Changed” was performed in a small community theater. He wrote the play as a therapeutic piece to help himself heal from his childhood traumas. The play was just one of the series of letters he had written to himself. He spent his entire savings of $12,000 to finance the play, but the play was a financial failure. That didn’t stop him. Instead, he persisted and continue to rewrite the play despise the bad reviews until he made a breakthrough in 1996 and was able to restage the play in Atlanta, first at the House of Blues, then at the Fox Theatre. The play is currently known as his first major successful play.
He continued to create new stage productions. From the ticket sales at his stage productions, he raised a US$5.5 million budget to make his first movie titled “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” in 2005. The movie was reported to gross over US$50.6 million.
In that same year, Forbes reported that Tyler Perry had sold “more than $100 million in tickets from his stage plays, $30 million in videos of his shows and an estimated $20 million in merchandise”, And “the 300 live shows Tyler Perry produces each year are attended by an average of 35,000 people a week”.
In 2006, Tyler Perry released his second film and his first directorial work, “Madea’s Family Reunion,” a film adaptation of his stage production of the same name and sequel to “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.” The film “Madea’s Family Reunion” grossed $65 million.
In 2007, Tyler Perry released his third film, “Daddy’s Little Girls,” which grossed over US$31 million. In that same year, he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his next film, “Why Did I Get Married?”. In 2008, he released his fifth film, “Meet the Browns.” In that same year, he released his next film, “The Family That Preys.”
In 2009, he released his seventh film, “Madea Goes to Jail.” Madea is one of the famous characters that he created and performs. In that same year, he played the role of the Starfleet Academy commandant “Admiral Barnett” in Star Trek, his first role outside his work. He also wrote, directed, and starred in “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (2009).
Some of the other films that Tyler Perry has either starred in, produced, written or directed are: Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011), Madea’s Witness Protection (2012), Good Deeds (2012), Alex Cross (2012), Gone Girl (2014), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013) Peeples (2013).
As of June 2011, Tyler Perry films had grossed over US$500 million worldwide.
His most famous television sitcoms are Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (2006 – 2012), Meet the Browns (2009 – 2011), For Better or Worse(2011 – 2017), Love Thy Neighbor (2013 – 2017) including The Haves and the Have Nots (2013 – present)
Who owns Tyler Perry Studios?
As a businessman, Tyler Perry bought a 330-acre former military base, Fort McPherson, in Atlanta in 2015 and converted it into studios. Tyler Perry studios are the largest film production studio in the US, and it has established him as the first African-American to own a major film studio.
What movies were filmed at Tyler Perry Studios?
Several films and shows have been filmed there, some of which are: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Black Panther and The Walking Dead (which is currently still filming there).
Currently, Tyler Perry has won at least ten awards and honors out of 52 nominations.
