From acting as Madea, Tyler Perry has raised a US $5.5 million budget in part from the ticket sales of his stage productions.
Writer, actor, producer and director Tyler Perry has built an entertainment empire that consists of successful films, plays and best-selling books. Tyler Perry is officially worth $1 billion, per Forbes estimates. The newly minted billionaire has been a Hollywood heavy-hitter for years, thanks to his mega-successful Madea franchise and his 330-acre Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.