Madea'S Family Reunion

Director: Tyler Perry

Screenplay: Tyler Perry; adapted from the stage play of the same name

Following the runaway success of DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN, Perry thrilled fans old and new when he donned his wig, glasses, and super-size flowered housedresses to star as Madea in the screen adaptation of his play MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION. Perry reprised two more DIARY characters: Uncle Joe, Madea's not-entirely-beloved brother, a flatulent curmudgeon with an eye for the ladies; and Brian, Joe's level-headed attorney son. MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION focuses on several related characters, each engaged in a life-changing relationship: Madea struggles to forge a real bond with Nikki (Keke Palmer), a rebellious teenage runaway who has been ordered to her care; Lisa (Rochelle Aytes), Madea's niece, is questioning her upcoming marriage to Carlos (Blair Underwood), her abusive fiancé; and Vanessa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson), Lisa's half-sister, is grappling with her mother's (Lynn Whitfield) life-long animosity towards her, while tentatively exploring a relationship with Frankie (Boris Kodjoe), a handsome bus driver. The film's emotional climax arrives at the family reunion, when matriarchs Myrtle and May -- played, respectively, by living legends Cicely Tyson and Dr. Maya Angelou -- address the clan's younger generations, sounding a clarion call for responsibility, renewal and pride.

MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION opened nationwide on Friday, February 24, 2006, and was the weekend's #1 film with box office take of $30 million. It held the #1 spot the following weekend, taking in an additional $12.6 million, and remained in the Top 10 for two more weeks. Its total domestic theatrical box office was $60.2 million. MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION was released on DVD/home video on June 27, 2006, and sold over 2 million units in its first week; DVD sales to date are 3.8 million.**

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