Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas Box Office Prediction

The wizards and dragons of The Hobbit film series aren’t the only popular franchise characters returning to theaters during the second weekend of December 2013. Madea and company are back with Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, the fifth entry in the cash cow of a series.

Let’s take a trip down the Madea franchise lane with the openings of each picture:

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion (2006) – $30 million

Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail (2009) – $41 million

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011) – $25 million

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (2012) – $25.3 million

As you can see, the openings of the last two pics have not been as big as the first two entries (though $25 million is still a strong performance, especially since they only cost around $20M to produce). I think there’s a decent chance that A Madea Christmas outperforms its two predecessors due to the timely holiday theme. While I have doubts it will reach the low 40s opening of Madea Goes To Jail, it stands a shot of having the second highest opening of the franchise so far. The Madea flicks generally do about 40 some percent of its business during opening weekend and I anticipate the front loaded trend will continue with this one.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas opening weekend prediction: $33.7 million

For my prediction on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, click here:

https://toddmthatcher.com/2013/12/08/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-box-office-prediction/