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Tyler Perry named highest paid man in Hollywood

Tyler Perry has been named the highest paid man in the entertainment industry

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14 years ago

September 14, 2011

Tyler Perry mixes it up with the media on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards. Photo : Sgt. Michael Connors - 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:82nd_Academy_Awards,_Tyler_Perry_-_army_mil-66455-2010-03-09-180359.jpg)

After years of entertaining the world with plays, movies and sequels about family and no mess talking Mable “Madea” Simmons, Tyler Perry has been named the highest paid man in the entertainment industry:

Forbes magazine has put out a new report of The Highest Paid-Men in Entertainment and Tyler is number one! From May 2010 to May 2011, Tyler reportedly earned $130 million. Tyler spent the year releasing Madea’s Big Happy Family and Why Did I Get Married Too which earned $53.3 million and $60 million respectively.

Congratulations Tyler Perry!

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