Black Habits - 'Madea's Family Reunion' Tops Box-Office With $30.25 Million

LOS ANGELES (AP) Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women.

``Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion,'' a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

It was a second gold mine for Lionsgate Films, which also released Perry's ``Diary of a Mad Black Woman,'' the movie that opened as No. 1 with $21.9 million on the same weekend last year.

Lionsgate hopes to have a third Perry movie out over the same weekend next year, said Steve Rothenberg, the company's president of distribution.

``It's a time when we can really dominate the box office,'' Rothenberg said. ``If we were out at Christmas, we'd be competing with the big holiday and Oscar films, but late February with Black History Month and less competition is a great time period for us.''

Note: By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer