Tyler Perry’s Divorce within the Black was a smash hit film in the summertime 2024. Naturally, followers nearly instantly began to ask the query if a sequel might be within the works.
Whereas a definitive reply hasn’t come from Perry or Amazon who distributed the movie but, there are some superb indicators that neither will let the golden alternative of a sequel go them by.
Let’s dive in…
Tyler Perry’s 4 Movie Deal With Amazon
In 2022, Tyler Perry inked a 4 flick cope with Amazon. Beneath the settlement, Perry would write, direct and produce 4 new films for launch on Prime Video.
Given the success of a few of his different movies for the streamer, together with “Daddy’s Little Women,” “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Huge Joyful Household,” “For Coloured Women,” it was a no brainer.
“I’m excited and grateful to start out working with Amazon Studios to convey films to Prime Video,” Perry mentioned in an announcement saying the deal. “Jennifer Salke and the complete group have welcomed me with open arms. I’m wanting ahead to persevering with telling distinctive tales and bringing my subsequent initiatives to the worldwide audiences that they attain.”
Divorce within the Black is barely his second movie from the settlement; his first debuted in 2023, Black, White & Blue.
That movie starred Kat Graham as Fela Blackburn, whose life is shattered when she loses her husband, Rodney Blackburn, by the hands of a police officer.
So, with two movies down and two extra to go, there’s loads of room for a sequel to Divorce within the Black to be within the playing cards.
Particularly contemplating how profitable it was.
‘Divorce In The Black’ Helps Skyrocket Amazon Subscriptions
Numbers don’t lie and regardless of having a blended reception from followers – and nil score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics – Divorce within the Black drew sturdy viewership.
Nielsen reported that it hit greater than 498 million minutes watched in its first 4 days of availability on Amazon Prime Video, in accordance with Variety. Plus, in accordance with Amazon, the soapy drama drove extra sign-ups to Prime Video within the U.S. than any Amazon MGM Studios-produced film to-date.
That’s nothing to scoff at!
To place all of it in perspective, the flick debuted on the Nielsen’s Prime 10 streaming chart, the place it got here in because the No. 3 film of the July 8-14 viewing window behind Netflix’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and “If” on Paramount+.
These are two enormous movies to coincide with!
So, from a enterprise standpoint, it is smart to spend money on a sequel.
However does the story enable for it? That’s the place issues get a bit difficult.
‘Tyler Perry’s Divorce within the Black’ Ending, Defined
Warning: This publish incorporates spoilers for “Tyler Perry’s Divorce in Black.”
Within the movie, Meagan Good performs Ava, a preacher’s daughter who will do something to avoid wasting her marriage – till she realizes her marriage isn’t price saving.
It’s typical Tyler Perry fare: an abused girl finds love with a greater man and Meagan performs her half very nicely. Very Jennifer Lopez in Sufficient.
However finally, her husband, Dallas, performed by Cory Hardrict, decides to stay it out together with her simply when she finds consolation in her longtime friend-turned-lover, Benji (Joseph Lee Anderson).
And that’s the place all of it will get sophisticated.
In an act of revenge, Dallas’ crime-ridden household assaults Ava’s father and pastor, Clarence (Richard Lawson). Lastly having sufficient of him, she goes to the police for assist. They in flip regretfully clarify they’ll’t do something to Dallas with out proof. So, she goes to get some.
Ava’s plan is to bait Dallas into coming over to her home. When he arrives, he expects to see within the arms of her new lover, however even with out him there, his mood sends him right into a rage and he hits her repeatedly.
Bruised and bloodied, Ava tells Dallas she’s calling the police so he could be arrested. As you’ll be able to think about, that solely provides gasoline to the fireplace. In the long run, Ava is pressured to show a gun on Dallas to guard herself.
With one shot, she kills him as he costs at her.
Would Meagan Good Return for A Sequel?
Now, that looks as if a clear, wrapped up story, with no room for a sequel – however keep in mind, Dallas comes from against the law household.
It might be all too simple for another person in Dallas’ pack to choose up the place he left off in an act of revenge. And we’ve acquired our eyes set on his mom.
Regardless that Ava tells his household that she’s not joyful that her ex-husband is useless in the long run, Dallas’ mom doesn’t consider her, and provides her a appear to be all however screams see you within the sequel.
As we’re solely talking in hypotheticals in the intervening time, it’s arduous to say if Meagan could be recreation to do one other. In fact, a sequel wouldn’t actually make sense with out her.
However she did converse fondly about engaged on the movie and particularly loved having the ability to converse on to ladies who’re in abusive relationships to assist them discover hope.
“I’d inform them that they’re lovable, worthy, and that they don’t need to settle and that they don’t deserve any of the issues that they’re going by,” she mentioned in an interview with OUT Magazine about her message to ladies in abusive relationships.
“I’d additionally inform them God will convey the fitting individual on the proper time. Typically the a part of that journey is simply being by ourselves, you recognize, and understanding our worth and our price and actually simply loving ourselves and, you recognize, if it’s meant to be the fitting individual, proper time, and that’s it, you recognize, however don’t settle, as a result of that’s not what you deserve.”
