NEWSTyler Perry Tops Forbes' Highest Paid-Men List in Entertainment List
Sept. 13 2011, Published 5:24 a.m. ET
Tyler Perry's work as an actor, writer, director and producer have certainly paid off.
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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.
In addition, he kept putting out episodes of his TV shows House of Payne and Meet The Browns.
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Tyler beat out Jerry Bruckheimer for the number one spot. The movie producer earned $113 million during that year, largely in part to the success of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Coming in third was Steven Spielberg at $107 million.
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Check out the full list over at Forbes!
