Tyler Perry does it again with 'Why Did I Get Married Too'

Tyler Perry may be the most consistent figure in the entertainment business.

“Why Did I Get Married Too” finished second at the box-office over the weekend, with about $30 million in ticket sales.

Critics hated the movie, but the studios love the profit margin.

The film is a celebration of marriage, with its familiar joys, sorrows, and real-life problems, which are wrestled with by Perry's affable characters.

Perry is perhaps the last person one would have expected to become a Hollywood power player. But, much to the shock of the entertainment establishment, the devout Christian is just that.

He has become a cinematic force as a playwright, screenwriter, producer, director and actor.

Perry's original first name was Emmitt after his dad. He grew up an abused child, once attempting suicide in an effort to escape his father's beatings. He changed his name at age 16 to Tyler in order to distance himself from the violent past.

Although Perry never finished high school, he did earn his GED. He was twenty-something when he happened to tune into “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” where he heard that writing can be therapeutic.

Perry started writing plays. He failed for six long years, but his initial lack of success didn’t deter him. His plays took off and created a huge demand for videos of the performances.

Hollywood took note and gave Tyler $5.5 million to make a movie. His first film, “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” grossed $50.6 million domestically. Reviewers slammed the flick, starting a Tyler Perry pattern of being kicked around by critics while cleaning up at the box-office.

Perry's films have grossed almost $400 million worldwide.

Maybe it’s because they are creatively crafted with Christian themes and peppered with comic realism, which translates into sweet box-office success.