Tyler Perry is known for releasing one film after another, no matter what the critics say about them, and while Divorce in the blackhis worst film to date with a rating of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, has certainly attracted a lot of negative attention, Perry can feel vindicated as he now has more subscriptions for Prime Video than any other Amazon MGM original film in the history of the platform.

According to Variety, 498 million minutes Divorce in the black were viewed in the first four days, which corresponds to about 3.5 million views. In the week of July 8-14, the film made it into the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts and landed in third place behind Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fand John Krasinski’s IFIn the following weeks Divorce in the black During the week of July 26 to August 1, The 40 Years of Movies added 93.2 million minutes of viewing. While this drop may seem significant, it is a significant achievement for a film that had already been on screen for three weeks.

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Although Tyler Perry’s “Divorce in the Black” received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it still made it to number one on the Prime Video charts.

Although Amazon did not disclose details (they never do), the company announced that Divorce in Black has generated most subscriptions to the streaming service than any other original production in its history. Regardless of what the critics say, the film has earned a 74% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so it’s clear that people love the story of a pastor’s daughter who realizes that her husband has abandoned their marriage and the consequences that come from her actions. Starring Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict. Divorce in Black is the fourth film Perry has directed since 2022.

Tyler Perry responds to criticism of divorce in black society

Perry is not one to keep his opinions to himself and was quick to respond to critics who slammed his latest film. Some say the film contains “cartoonish dialogue,” others say it is full of “soap opera cliches,” but the director seems to take it all in stride and rely on his faith to get through it all. He appeared in the Baby, this is Keke Palmer Podcast (via Complex), Perry says he knows who he is and exactly what he should do.

“You have to drown all that out because if you let somebody talk you out of finding a place where God has put you, you’re going to go to hell. I know I’m doing exactly what I’m supposed to be doing because to all the critics: I’ve gotten thousands of emails from people saying, ‘This changed my life.’ ‘Oh my God, you know me.’ ‘Oh my God, you’ve seen me, how do you know that about my life, my family?’ That’s what’s important to me.”

Critics or not, Perry seems to know who his audience is, and – unlike other big-budget productions from major studios that sometimes go down well with fans and sometimes not – he has managed to appeal to the preferences of his admirers in a way that always strikes a sympathetic chord. One thing is certain: With the success of Divorce in the black It won’t disappear from Prime Video anytime soon.