Tyler Perry Wins, ‘Divorce In The Black’ Allegedly Breaks Amazon Record Despite Negative Reactions

Tyler Perry is letting the numbers resonate with film critics who’ve criticized him for exploiting the suffering of black women following the unprecedented success of Divorce While Black.

The film, starring divorcees Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict, premiered on Amazon’s Prime streaming service on July 11. Like his other work, it was written, produced and directed by Perry himself.

A month after viewers watched Ava and Dallas’ story full of murder, stalking and beatings, an exclusive report has revealed that the project has been a much larger success than critics could have imagined.

“Nielsen reported that the film was watched more than 498 million minutes in its first four days of availability,” it reports. DiversityThe film debuted at No. 3 on Nielsen’s Top 10 Streaming Movies list and has garnered roughly 3.5 million views.

What’s more, interest in “Divorce in the Black” “has driven more sign-ups to Prime Video in the U.S. than any film produced by Amazon MGM Studios to date,” Variety reports that Amazon claims, although the magazine didn’t cite a direct statement from the streaming and online retail giant. Amazon didn’t disclose the variety of subscribers it has gained through its Tyler Perry Studios ownership, Variety adds.

The billionaire entertainment mogul shared news of the Variety report on Instagram fasting consists of fragments regarding the achievement from August 12. In the caption, he wrote: “Thank you all. I have nothing more to say!”

Perry fans, nonetheless, have loads so as to add to the discussion.

One person said he was “laughing all the way to the bank” on the success. Another follower wrote: “That’s why he keeps telling you to go to hell when you criticize him.” While a 3rd person commented: “In other words… don’t play with me, play with your mom!”

Perry’s not-so-subtle jab at critics is a stark contrast to the one he released just a few weeks earlier. When he appeared on the “Baby, This is Keke Palmer” podcast, he delivered an unabashed response to those that criticized his work for being repetitive and lacking in depth in his storytelling abilities.

“If you let anyone distract you from where God has placed you, you will end up in hell,” he told her about how he ignored the noises outside.

The “Madea” creator continued, adding, “So you have this ‘tall black guy’ with his nose in the air looking at everything, and then you have people like me who are grinders and really know what it’s like. Who are you to say what black history is important or should be told? Get out of here with this bullshit—t.”

Among its critics was Rotten Tomatoes, which gave Perry’s film a 0 rating. One person said, “I know Rotten Tomatoes is speechless right now because the numbers don’t lie… the movie was damn good.”

Another person was comedian and former “The Real” co-host Loni Love, who admitted that while she pays black actors their fair proportion, she wishes he would “hire black writers and directors” with experience to assist him along with his movies.

In a post on X, she suggested: “He could improve his films and make them award-worthy if he stopped trying to save money by writing and directing them himself.”

But within the comments section, one person said: “In your face, Loni Love. The movie was good. Especially the church scene. Baby, I don’t think she cut herself like that. Big congrats, Mr. Perry.”

Love’s name appeared within the comment “Neighborhood Talks” post highlighting Perry’s Prime win. “Damn it, Loni just shut down,” one comment read. Another stated, “That’s why he doesn’t care what Loni or anyone else has to say, he knows what works for HIM!”

But those that scorned the “Alex Cross” star’s creativity shrugged off the record-breaking feat. “Everyone wanted to see how awful it was,” the Instagram user said, downplaying the numbers.

An even harsher criticism, suggesting that working with Perry was a profession downer, was: “Tyler Perry has a unique way of turning our icons into C-grade stars and making them likable.”

He has created dozens of movies featuring stars reminiscent of Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou, Taraji P. Henson, Lynn Whitfield, Blair Underwood, Louis Gossett Jr., Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Tiffany Haddish and lots of others.

But Perry is thought for not caring what haters must say about his billion-dollar job.

In 2020 he said Diversity, “When I hear things like that, I think, ‘Do you look at the ratings? Do you understand that the audience is in love with this?’ Because if you’re complaining about my writing, you’re not the audience. My audience loves the way it’s done and the way the stories are told.”

The 54-year-old said his environment and upbringing had prepared him to not be swayed by the opinions of others.

“I grew up with a man who criticized me and said a lot of horrible things to me every single day of my life. And if this 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-year-old, beautiful kid can take that and find a way, what kind of person would I be if I was hurt or annoyed by other criticism?” Perry said of the person who raised him. He didn’t discover that Emmit Perry wasn’t his biological father until he was 30.

A yr ago in November, while promoting his documentary Maxine’s Baby, he once more responded to ongoing criticism.

“When I get to these haughty Negroes who don’t understand, looking down on everything … I admire them for how intelligent they are, but how they can’t see the simplest things,” Perry told “CBS Mornings.” “I admire any Negro who wants to disassociate themselves from their Negroness. … I have no respect for those people.”

Regardless of what critics must say about his filmography, Perry is raking within the money and is not letting up, bringing in additional Prime content as a part of a four-film take care of Amazon.