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Madea's Witness Protection

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Lionsgate

Believe it or not, they know too much.

🍅 19% 66%

42

2.74

5.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$25.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$65.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$67.0M

$1.3M international

Domestic Legs2.59x

Budget$20.0M

2012 Rank#45

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTyler Perry ScreenplayTyler Perry Produced byTyler Perry, Ozzie Areu, Paul Hall CinematographyAlexander Gruszynski MusicAaron Zigman Prod. DesignEloise Crane Stammerjohn StarringTyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Romeo, Doris Roberts, Tom Arnold StudioLionsgate SeriesMadea

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 29-Jul 1 4 $25.4M — 2,161 $11,749 $25.4M

2 Jul 6-8 6 $10.2M −59.9% 2,161 $4,709 $45.8M

3 Jul 13-15 7 $5.6M −45.1% 2,004 $2,786 $55.6M

4 Jul 20-22 8 $2.3M −59.7% 1,540 $1,463 $60.3M

5 Jul 27-29 11 $1.3M −41.9% 1,111 $1,178 $62.7M

6 Aug 3-5 15 $731.8K −44.1% 737 $992 $64.1M

7 Aug 10-12 24 $287.6K −60.7% 364 $790 $64.7M

8 Aug 17-19 35 $112.7K −60.8% 199 $566 $65.0M

9 Aug 24-26 50 $60.1K −46.7% 106 $566 $65.1M

10 Aug 31-Sep 2 34 $183.8K +205.8% 179 $1,026 $65.3M

11 Sep 7-9 38 $143.6K −21.9% 167 $859 $65.5M

12 Sep 14-16 41 $103.3K −28.0% 160 $645 $65.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 29 #4 $10.1M — $10.1M 2,161 $4,696 1

Sat Jun 30 #4 $9.4M −7% $19.5M 2,161 $4,345 2

Sun Jul 1 #4 $5.9M −38% $25.4M 2,161 $2,707 3

Mon Jul 2 #4 $2.4M −59% $27.8M 2,161 $1,097 4

Tue Jul 3 #5 $2.6M +11% $30.4M 2,161 $1,222 5

Wed Jul 4 #4 $3.1M +18% $33.5M 2,161 $1,445 6

Thu Jul 5 #6 $2.1M −32% $35.6M 2,161 $980 7

Fri Jul 6 #6 $3.5M +64% −66% $39.1M 2,161 $1,609 8

Sat Jul 7 #6 $4.1M +18% −56% $43.2M 2,161 $1,903 9

Sun Jul 8 #6 $2.6M −37% −56% $45.8M 2,161 $1,196 10

Mon Jul 9 #7 $1.0M −60% −56% $46.9M 2,161 $484 11

Tue Jul 10 #8 $1.2M +15% −54% $48.1M 2,161 $556 12

Wed Jul 11 #8 $964.0K −20% −69% $49.0M 2,161 $446 13

Thu Jul 12 #8 $990.7K +3% −53% $50.0M 2,161 $458 14

Fri Jul 13 #7 $1.8M +81% −48% $51.8M 2,004 $895 15

Sat Jul 14 #7 $2.3M +31% −43% $54.2M 2,004 $1,170 16

Sun Jul 15 #7 $1.4M −38% −44% $55.6M 2,004 $720 17

Mon Jul 16 #8 $609.0K −58% −42% $56.2M 2,004 $303 18

Tue Jul 17 #9 $715.4K +17% −41% $56.9M 2,004 $356 19

Wed Jul 18 #9 $569.5K −20% −41% $57.5M 2,004 $284 20

Thu Jul 19 #9 $531.0K −7% −46% $58.0M 2,004 $264 21

Fri Jul 20 #8 $713.1K +34% −60% $58.7M 1,540 $463 22

Sat Jul 21 #8 $948.8K +33% −60% $59.7M 1,540 $616 23

Sun Jul 22 #8 $591.2K −38% −59% $60.3M 1,540 $383 24

Mon Jul 23 #8 $275.0K −53% −55% $60.6M 1,540 $178 25

Tue Jul 24 #8 $314.0K +14% −56% $60.9M 1,540 $203 26

Wed Jul 25 #8 $266.7K −15% −53% $61.1M 1,540 $173 27

Thu Jul 26 #10 $282.0K +6% −47% $61.4M 1,540 $183 28

Fri Jul 27 #10 $392.8K +39% −45% $61.8M 1,111 $353 29

Sat Jul 28 #11 $568.8K +45% −40% $62.4M 1,111 $511 30

Sun Jul 29 #11 $347.2K −39% −41% $62.7M 1,111 $312 31

Mon Jul 30 #11 $159.8K −54% −42% $62.9M 1,111 $143 32

Tue Jul 31 #12 $185.4K +16% −41% $63.1M 1,111 $166 33

Wed Aug 1 #12 $165.2K −11% −38% $63.2M 1,111 $148 34

Thu Aug 2 #12 $163.9K −1% −42% $63.4M 1,111 $147 35

Fri Aug 3 $222.5K +36% −43% $63.6M 737 $301 36

Sat Aug 4 $322.5K +45% −43% $64.0M 737 $437 37

Sun Aug 5 $186.8K −42% −46% $64.1M 737 $253 38

Mon Aug 6 $85.0K −55% −47% $64.2M 737 $115 39

Tue Aug 7 $93.8K +10% −49% $64.3M 737 $127 40

Wed Aug 8 $70.4K −25% −57% $64.4M 737 $95 41

Thu Aug 9 $63.4K −10% −61% $64.5M 737 $86 42

Fri Aug 10 $87.8K +38% −61% $64.5M 364 $241 43

Sat Aug 11 $132.9K +51% −59% $64.7M 364 $365 44

Sun Aug 12 $66.9K −50% −64% $64.7M 364 $183 45

Mon Aug 13 $26.1K −61% −69% $64.8M 364 $71 46

Tue Aug 14 $29.8K +14% −68% $64.8M 364 $81 47

Wed Aug 15 $24.3K −18% −65% $64.8M 364 $66 48

Thu Aug 16 $23.2K −5% −63% $64.8M 364 $63 49

Fri Aug 17 $34.3K +48% −61% $64.9M 199 $172 50

Sat Aug 18 $53.4K +56% −60% $64.9M 199 $268 51

Sun Aug 19 $25.0K −53% −63% $65.0M 199 $125 52

Mon Aug 20 $8.8K −65% −66% $65.0M 199 $44 53

Tue Aug 21 $11.6K +32% −61% $65.0M 199 $58 54

Wed Aug 22 $7.7K −34% −68% $65.0M 199 $38 55

Thu Aug 23 $7.9K +3% −66% $65.0M 199 $39 56

Fri Aug 24 $17.4K +119% −49% $65.0M 106 $164 57

Sat Aug 25 $29.7K +70% −44% $65.0M 106 $279 58

Sun Aug 26 $13.0K −56% −48% $65.1M 106 $122 59

Mon Aug 27 $4.2K −68% −52% $65.1M 106 $39 60

Tue Aug 28 $4.4K +5% −62% $65.1M 106 $41 61

Wed Aug 29 $3.4K −22% −55% $65.1M 106 $32 62

Thu Aug 30 $3.7K +7% −54% $65.1M 106 $34 63

Fri Aug 31 $42.4K +1,053% +144% $65.1M 179 $236 64

Sat Sep 1 $74.0K +74% +149% $65.2M 179 $413 65

Sun Sep 2 $67.4K −9% +418% $65.3M 179 $376 66

Mon Sep 3 $50.3K −25% +1,097% $65.3M 179 $280 67

Tue Sep 4 $13.0K −74% +193% $65.3M 179 $72 68

Wed Sep 5 $10.5K −19% +203% $65.3M 179 $58 69

Thu Sep 6 $11.6K +11% +215% $65.3M 179 $64 70

Fri Sep 7 $37.0K +220% −13% $65.4M 167 $221 71

Sat Sep 8 $70.2K +90% −5% $65.4M 167 $420 72

Sun Sep 9 $36.3K −48% −46% $65.5M 167 $217 73

Mon Sep 10 $8.5K −77% −83% $65.5M 167 $50 74

Tue Sep 11 $10.0K +18% −23% $65.5M 167 $59 75

Wed Sep 12 $9.1K −8% −13% $65.5M 167 $54 76

Thu Sep 13 $9.2K n/c −21% $65.5M 167 $54 77

Fri Sep 14 $27.5K +200% −26% $65.5M 160 $171 78

Sat Sep 15 $49.2K +79% −30% $65.6M 160 $307 79

Sun Sep 16 $26.6K −46% −27% $65.6M 160 $166 80

Mon Sep 17 $7.2K −73% −15% $65.6M 160 $45 81

Tue Sep 18 $8.1K +12% −19% $65.6M 160 $50 82

Wed Sep 19 $7.1K −12% −22% $65.6M 160 $44 83

Thu Sep 20 $7.7K +8% −16% $65.7M 160 $48 84

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$65.3M

Jun 29Jul 16Aug 3Aug 20Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $183.8K

$25.4M

$10.2M

$5.6M

$2.3M

$1.3M

$731.8K

$287.6K

$112.7K

$60.1K

$183.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,161 → 179 −91.7%

2,161 open179 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +205.8%

−59.9% W1→2

−45.1% W2→3

−59.7% W3→4

−41.9% W4→5

−44.1% W5→6

−60.7% W6→7

−60.8% W7→8

−46.7% W8→9

+205.8% W9→10

Steepest +205.8%Best hold −41.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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