The new film fromTyler Perryis connecting strongly with viewers on Netflix. While the filmmaker has acted in movies he didn’t direct, such asGone GirlandAlex Cross,Tyler Perry moviesare very frequently also directed, written, and produced by him, includingWhy Did I Get Married?andThe Family That Preys.
While he has made a number of prominent movies and television shows, his most well-known are probably theMadeamovies, which follow the adventures of the title character, the elderly Mabel “Madea” Earlene Simmons.The character originated in his stage playI Can Do Bad All by Myself, which was later adapted into a 2009 movie starring Taraji P. Henson.
After making waves on the stage, Madea made her film debut in 2005’sDiary of a Mad Black Woman,going on to appear in 12 other Tyler Perry movies, includingMadea Goes to Jail,Madea’s Witness Protection,Boo! A Madea Halloween, and a new installment that debuted on Netflix in July.
Madea’s Destination Wedding Has Landed On A Major Streaming Chart
The New Installment Debuted On July 11
Madea’s Destination Weddinghas made a splash during its Netflix debut. In addition to writing, producing, and directing the movie, Perry returns as Madea in a triple role that sees him also playing Joe and Brian Simmons. The movie followsMadea and her relatives traveling to an expensive family wedding in the Bahamas.
TheMadea’s Destination Weddingcastalsoincludes returning stars such as Cassi Davis Patton, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Diamond White, and Taja V. Simpson, alongside newcomers Jermaine Harris (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things) and Xavier Smalls (Beauty in Black).
It earned a dismal 15% score onRotten Tomatoes, aggregated from 13 reviews that see it tying with 2020’sA Fall from Graceasthe fourth worst-reviewed movie directed by Tyler Perry.
Netflixhas now calculated their global chart of the 10 most-watched English-language movies for the week of July 7 through July 13, during whichMadea’s Destination Weddingdebuted, on July 11.The movie premiered at No. 2 on the chartwith 19.1 million distinct views accumulating a total of 33.1 million viewing hours.
Globally, it only fell behind the animated hitKPop Demon Hunters, which had 24.2 million views and 40.4 million viewing hours in its fourth week.
Overall,it was in the Top 10 in 69 individual countriesand No. 1 in 10, including the United States, Kenya, South Africa, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. Globally, it only fell behind the animated hitKPop Demon Hunters, which had 24.2 million views and 40.4 million viewing hours in its fourth week.
What This Means For Madea’s Destination Wedding
Its No. 2 Status Doesn’t Mean It Has Fallen Behind
It’s not entirely unprecedented for a Tyler Perry movie to debut at No. 2 on the Netflix global chart, asit has happened once before. Additionally, only two of six of his Netflix movies (2024’sMea Culpaand2025’sStraw) have debuted at No. 1 since the chart was first published in 2021.
Below, seea breakdown of how Tyler Perry’s Netflix movies since 2021 have performed on the global chartduring their respective debut weeks:
#1
not reported (31.6 million viewing hours)
#5
not reported (7.8 million viewing hours)
16 million
#2
14.3 million
25.3 million
19.1 million
WhileMadea’s Destination Weddingcould not outstripKPop Demon Hunters, even during that movie’s fourth week on the chart, the newTyler Perrymovie nevertheless had more viewers than every one of his Netflix movies in the past two years, except for the buzzy Taraji P. Henson dramaStraw, which debuted just over a month before.
