Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor: The Play also debuts #8 on DVD charts

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE(R) (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, and Tyler Perry continue to be an unstoppable force in Hollywood as Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, starring Academy Award(R) winner Kathy Bates and Academy Award(R) nominee Alfre Woodard, debuted at number one on the DVD charts. Lionsgate also released on DVD Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor: The Play, which debuted #8 on the DVD charts, as well as Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Volume Three. With five theatrical films in the past four years that have grossed nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in North America alone, DVD sales of theatrical and catalog titles totaling more than 25 million units and more than 130 episodes of his hit television series "House of Payne" and "Meet The Browns" already delivered, Tyler Perry is one of the most remarkable franchises in the filmed entertainment industry today.

Written, produced, directed by as well as starring Perry, The Family That Preys is a deeply touching family drama featuring a star-studded ensemble cast including Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, KaDee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Taraji P. Henson and Robin Givens. The film grossed almost $40 million domestically during its theatrical run. Lionsgate will release Perry's next theatrical feature, Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, based on his most popular play, nationwide on February 20, 2009.

"Tyler Perry is truly one of the most original and successful voices in the entertainment world today," said Ron Schwartz, Lionsgate Home Entertainment General Manager and Executive Vice President. "He has an enormously loyal following, which continues to grow with each new theatrical and home entertainment release. We are proud to have him as a part of the Lionsgate family and look forward to many more releases based on his works down the road."

THE FAMILY THAT PREYS TOGETHER SYNOPSIS/EXTRA FEATURES

Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.

*DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

• "Two Families, Two Legends" featurette
• "Preying In The Big Easy" featurette
• "Casting The Family" featurette
• "Delving Into The Diner" featurette
• Deleted Scenes

ABOUT TYLER PERRY

Since making his film debut in 2005 with Lionsgate's, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Tyler Perry has become a multimedia phenomenon with a roster of hugely successful film, stage, television, and book projects. Four of Perry's six films have debuted at number one at the North American box office, and the films' combined theatrical gross is nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. The combined net sales of his DVDs total more than 25 million units. Perry began his career as a playwright with "I Know I've Been Changed" in 1992; six years and many failed productions later, the play became an overnight success after what was to have been its final performance ever. Perry's nine produced plays to date have grossed tens of millions of dollars and have set box office records in major venues across the country, including the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and the Beacon Theater in New York. Perry's first book, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Life and Love, debuted at #1 on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list the week of April 30, 2006, and was named both "Book of the Year" and "Humor Book of the Year" at the October 2006 Quill Book Awards. This February, Perry will release his seventh film, Madea Goes to Jail, based on his most popular play, nationwide on February 20, 2009. In 2008, Perry unveiled Tyler Perry Studios, a 200,000-square-foot studio situated on the former Delta Airlines campus in Atlanta, GA, where his films and television show will be filmed.

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is the leading next generation studio with a major presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company is leveraging its content leadership and marketing expertise through a series of partnerships that include the operation of the highly successful FEARnet branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and Comcast, the expected fall 2009 launch of the premium entertainment channel Epix with partners Viacom and MGM, investment in the leading young men's digital distribution platform Break.com, ownership of the premier independent television syndication company Debmar-Mercury and an alliance with independent filmed entertainment production and distribution company Roadside Attractions. Lionsgate also has forged partnerships with leading content creators, owners and distributors in key territories around the world, including Televisa in the U.S. and Latin America, StudioCanal in the UK, Hoyts and Sony in AustraliaIndia. and Eros International in

The Company has generated more than $450 million at the North American theatrical box office in the past 12 months and has forged leadership positions in television and home entertainment with the production of such critically-acclaimed television series as Weeds and Mad Men, the distribution of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Family Feud, South Park, Trivial Pursuit and The Dead Zone, and nearly 8% market share and the industry's leading box office-to-DVD conversion rate in home entertainment. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with entrepreneurial innovation and original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe. More information on Lionsgate can be found at www.lionsgate.com.

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