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''Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'' is a 2017 American
comedy horror Comedy horror (also called horror comedy) is a literary, television and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as having three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." Comedy horror can a ...
film written, produced, directed by and starring
Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Madea, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her ...
and also starring Cassi Davis,
Patrice Lovely Patrice Lovely (born January 4, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Hattie Mae Love in the sitcom '' Love Thy Neighbor'' and the comedy films '' Boo! A Madea Halloween'', '' Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'', and '' A Madea ...
,
Yousef Erakat Yousef Saleh Erakat (; ; born January 22, 1990), also known as FouseyTube or Fousey ( ), is a Palestinian-American YouTuber, online streamer, actor, and musician. His YouTube channels include ''FouseyTUBE'' (later renamed ''Crashout YSE''), and ...
, Diamond White, Lexy Panterra, Andre Hall, Brock O'Hurn, and
Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz () is an American politican and retired mixed martial artist and Submission grappling, submission grappler. Ortiz is best known for his career with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC ...
. It is the tenth film in the ''Madea'' cinematic universe, the sequel to ''
Boo! A Madea Halloween ''Boo! A Madea Halloween'' is a 2016 American comedy horror film directed, written, starring and co-produced by Tyler Perry. The idea for the film originated from a fictitious Madea Halloween movie that was mentioned in Chris Rock's 2014 film '' T ...
'' (2016), and the third ''Madea'' film (after ''
Madea's Witness Protection ''Madea's Witness Protection'' is a 2012 American comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Tyler Perry, who stars with Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Doris Roberts, Romeo Miller, Tom Arnold, John Amos, and Marla Gibbs. It is the fourteenth ...
'' and ''Boo!'') not adapted from a
stage play A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright. Plays are staged at various levels, ranging ...
as it tells the story of Madea going to retrieve a now 18-year-old Tiffany from a lake that is said to be stalked by a serial killer. The film was released by
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on October 20, 2017, and grossed $48 million.


Plot

After school on Tiffany's 18th birthday, Tiffany ( Diamond White) and her friend Gabriella ( Inanna Sarkis) encounter Tiffany's dad Brian (
Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of Madea, Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her ...
) and brother B.J. (Dee Dubois) outside the school. Tiffany's mom, Brian's ex-wife Debrah ( Taja V. Simpson) arrives with her new husband Calvin (Akende Munalula) and they surprise Tiffany with the car she wanted (and hoped her father would give her). She and Gabriella drive it recklessly to the Upsilon Theta frat house where they hear that Jonathan (
Yousef Erakat Yousef Saleh Erakat (; ; born January 22, 1990), also known as FouseyTube or Fousey ( ), is a Palestinian-American YouTuber, online streamer, actor, and musician. His YouTube channels include ''FouseyTUBE'' (later renamed ''Crashout YSE''), and ...
) and the others are having a Halloween party at Lake Derrick. She hopes to make it up to them after what happened last year. Brian goes home where Madea, Joe, Bam ( Cassi Davis), and Hattie (
Patrice Lovely Patrice Lovely (born January 4, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Hattie Mae Love in the sitcom '' Love Thy Neighbor'' and the comedy films '' Boo! A Madea Halloween'', '' Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'', and '' A Madea ...
) are waiting at his house to surprise Tiffany with Gabriella's dad Victor (
Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz () is an American politican and retired mixed martial artist and Submission grappling, submission grappler. Ortiz is best known for his career with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC ...
). She tells her friend Leah (Lexy Panterra) about the party and asks her mom if she can go. She says yes to upset Brian. Madea overhears Tiffany's conversation about the party and immediately tells Brian, but he agrees to let her go so that he can teach her a lesson. Unhappy about Brian's decision, Madea decides to go to Lake Derrick with Joe, Bam, and Hattie to get Tiffany, who rounds up Gabriella, Leah, and Anna ( Hannah Stocking), a girl who's stalking Horse ( Brock O'Hurn), and they arrive at Lake Derrick in her new car. The frat boys meet up and have fun with the girls until some of them disappear after seeing "Derrick", his brother, and his daughters. On the way, Madea accidentally hits one of "Derrick's" daughters with her car when she mysteriously appears on the road. Madea, Bam, and Hattie check on the girl, who pulls her hair and shows her scarred-up face to everybody. The ladies run back to the car, but the girl appears on top of the car, scaring everyone again, and Joe immediately drives away. Back at Lake Derrick, Tiffany, Gabriella, Leah, and the remaining frat boys are at the campfire discussing the murders that happened in the area at the hands of "Derrick". Gabriella doesn't want to hear this and insists on leaving. Horse and Leah sneak away to have sex, under the guise that they will look for ice for the cooler. While on the truck, the two find blood and are immediately confronted by "Derrick" and his family. "Derrick" and his family chase them into the woods with Horse getting caught and presumably killed. Leah runs out of the forest and sees Madea and the gang, deciding to wait with them for the car to stop smoking, until Bam sees a "
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(Barry Stoltze) to check for Tiffany at Lake Derrick, but Brian says he will go look for her with Victor. Madea's car stops in front of an old abandoned house, where the girl scares everyone out of the car into the house. They find Tiffany, Leah, Gabriella, Jonathan, and Dino hiding there. Inside, Hattie and Madea witness Joe being dragged away by "Derrick" and his brother. Then "Derrick" saws off Madea's car. The girl appears inside, scaring everyone out. Brian and Victor are waiting for them where they reveal that they had been pranking them for lying and sneaking out where the twin acrobats at Tiffany's birthday party posing as the girl. At the DeShields County Sheriff Department, Debrah learns of Brian and Victor's prank where she is learning to co-parent. Debrah agrees and the people who were "killed" are safely locked at the sheriff department for trespassing and having drugs. While Victor plans to have his revenge on Horse for hitting on Gabriella and Anna was also involved in Brian's prank, Madea ducks out of sight as she mentions to Bam that there is a wanted poster of her on the wall. Outside the sheriff department, Brian and Victor realize that the masked chainsaw killer at the outhouse was not part of the prank....he is the actual Derrick. When Derrick spots them, they drive away. A still-alive Joe asks him if he can help him deal with his problem with Madea and he nods in response.


Cast


Production

Principal photography on ''Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'' began in March 2017 in
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. The budget was around 25 million dollars.
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released a
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for the film on July 18, 2017, and a full trailer on August 18.


Release

The film was theatrically released on October 20, 2017, by
Lionsgate Lions Gate, Lion Gate or similar terms may refer to: Gates *Lion Gate at Mycenae in Greece *Lion Gate, one of the entrances to the ancient Hittite city of Hattusa, now in Turkey *Lion Gate, one of the entrances to the gardens of Hampton Court Pala ...
. It was released on
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and
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on January 30, 2018.


Reception


Box office

''Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'' grossed $47.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $48.3 million, against a production budget of $25 million. In the United States and Canada, ''Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'' was released alongside ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Only The Brave'', and was expected to gross $20–25 million from 2,388 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $760,000 from Thursday night previews and $7.5 million on its first day. It went on to open to $21.7 million (down 24% from the first film's $27.6 million debut), becoming the tenth Tyler Perry film to finish first at the box office. Like most Perry films, the opening weekend audience demographics were diverse: 38% African-American, 31% Caucasian and 21% Hispanic. In its second weekend, the film dropped 52% to $10.1 million (more than the 39.6% drop of the first film), finishing second, behind newcomer '' Jigsaw'' ($16.6 million), and in its third weekend the film grossed $4.7 million (dropping another 53%), finishing 4th at the box office.


Critical response

On review aggregation website
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, the film holds an approval rating of 5% based on 22 reviews and an average rating of 2.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'' is an affront to comedy — and the audience." On
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, the film has a weighted average score of 17 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike." Audiences polled by
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gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while
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reported filmgoers gave it a 73% overall positive score.


Accolades


See also

*
List of films set around Halloween This is a list of films set on or around Halloween. Children's and family * '' A-Haunting We Will Go'' (1966) * '' The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' (1949) * '' The Addams Family'' (1991) * '' The Addams Family'' (2019) * '' Alpha and Ome ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Madea films 2017 films 2017 comedy horror films American comedy horror films American ghost films American zombie comedy films Films directed by Tyler Perry Films scored by Christopher Lennertz Films shot in Atlanta Lionsgate films Films with screenplays by Tyler Perry American films about Halloween American sequel films 2017 comedy films African-American comedy horror films Golden Raspberry Award–winning films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language comedy horror films