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Released
2016 · FILM

Boo! A Madea Halloween

Madea takes on a spooky Halloween night when she's forced to protect a group of rowdy teens from a deadly mix of killers, ghosts, and paranormal chaos.

Trick or treat, fools.

Written by
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
103 min
ComedyDramaHorror

Synopsis

Madea finds herself in the middle of chaos during a wild and haunted Halloween, as she deals with killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while also keeping an eye on a group of misbehaving teenagers.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 309+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Larry SextonShot by Richard J VialetScored by Elvin RossSound by Joe BarnettStunts by Yan DronVFX by David Carriker

Box Office

2016 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 3.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$74.8M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$74.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $73.2M 98% of worldwide · International: $1.6M (2%)

Opening weekend: $28.5M 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $35.3M48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,260 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Boo! A Madea Halloween
  • (cable TV title)O Halloween de Madea
  • (French)Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaOct 21, 2016
  • United StatesOct 21, 2016
  • South AfricaOct 21, 2016
  • United Arab EmiratesOct 27, 2016
  • NetherlandsNov 1, 2016

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