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Tyler Perry's 'Bad By Myself' Dominates the Box Office

By Wilson Morales on Sep 14th 2009 10:29AM
Filed under: Gossip

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Despite what many predicted would be a slow weekend at theaters -- with so many films garnering negative reviews -- Tyler Perry has Madea to thank for his latest number-one movie. 'I Can Do Bad All By Myself' managed to stay above the fray and land atop the box office. The film, which stars Taraji P. Henson, Brian White, Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight and Perry himself as Madea, grossed an estimated $24 million from 2,255 theaters and averaging $10,656 per screen.

This is the fifth of Perry's eight films to debut at number one. 'Bad' is the third highest, behind 'Madea Goes to Jail,' ($41 million) and 'Madea's Family Reunion' ($30 million).


Coming in second place was the Focus Features animated film '9,' with $10.8 million, while Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' continues to pull in audiences, bringing in $6.5 million for third place and a cume of $104 million. The film should be able to catch up the Weinstein Company's second best film, 'Pulp Fiction,' which made out with $107 million during its run.

Sandra Bullock's 'All About Steve' nabbed $5.8 million for fourth place, while last week's number-one film, 'The Final Destination,' dropped $5.5 million to keep the franchise lucrative.

Two of this week's newcomers, 'Sorority Row' and 'Whiteout,' performed poorly, bringing in $5.2 million and $5.1 million, respectively.



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