Tyler Perry has been revealed as one of Hollywood's top 15 highest paid men according to Forbes !
Perry, known widely for films and stage plays including Why Did I Get Married, Madea's Family Reunion, and The Family That Preys, not only made the list but beat out veterans including Harrison Ford in 2008.
According to Forbes, Perry earned $75 million, placing him just outside the top five that includes Dr. Phil ($80 million) and chart-topper George Lucas ($170 million).
"His deal with distributor Lionsgate allows Perry to keep much of the money from his films. Perry also had a surprise cameo in this summer's Star Trek reboot," says Forbes.
Perry's next project, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," starring Mary J Blige and Gladys Knight is due in theaters September 11.
In related news, Tyler Perry is tied with American Idol's controversial judge Simon Cowell. The noted AI judge took in $75 million in 2008. That figure is however, expected to double in 2010 if Cowell receives a rumored $100 million - $144 million contract extension!
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tyler i also notice how you are picking your charters carefully when you are picking astors and attress, thats a good thing , that movie daddys little girls was so good and you should think about making a sequal to that movie because it was so true to life, you could turn it around and make the real dad a horses batos, it was good and something that stands out in your movies i notice is the facial expressions and how the camer goes right to the charter and capture the look on their faces like jill when she knocked her husband in the head thats really good and i notice how you have given the locations that your movies are shot in help to make the movie so good , location, location and that comes from your genius insight, you are doing a very good job it should make some of our other money people out there want to get creative, but you just keep bring it to us and that was a smart to get in strex trex keep the loosers mixed all the way up......
tyler you keep the good work up and get ready for the loosers to start talking crap, it never seems to fail that people are so afraid of another person making it in this world and the way that i see it is like this every man or woman , sea creature, wild and tame animals have the same amount of time in a day theres eight hours in each day and you can make your life chicken salad are chicken s*** its up to you i read someplace where a person said said that they did not like you dressing up as a lady in your movies and that they did not like your tv programs and tylsr i just want to say to you , to hell with them and their way of thinking, you can please some of the people some of the time but you can not please all of the people all of the time so to hell with loosers.