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 film by Perry and the seventh installment in the Madea film series. It is the fourth Perry film not to be adapted from a play, alongside The Family That Preys, Daddy's Little Girls, and Good Deeds, as well as the first Madea film not to be adapted from a play. It tells the story about Madea being a host to a family that the FBI has entered into the witness protection program due to the fact that the patriarch has been the CFO of a company that a crime family was using to further their Ponzi schemes.
Filmed in Atlanta from mid-to-late January to March 2012, Madea's Witness Protection was released through Lionsgate on June 29, 2012. With total box office gross of about $67 million, it is one of Tyler Perry's three most successful movies, along with Boo! A Madea Halloween and Madea Goes to Jail.
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Good-natured but clueless, nerdy George Needleman (Eugene Levy) is the CFO of Lockwise Industries in New York City. He lives in nearby Connecticut with his second wife Kate (Denise Richards), mother Barbara (Doris Roberts), troubled teenage daughter from an earlier marriage Cindy (Danielle Campbell), and pre-teen son Howie (Devan Leos). One day, George arrives at work, only to discover a shocking scene: his co-workers frantically shredding documents. His boss, Walter (Tom Arnold), reveals that the entire company is a Ponzi scheme run by the Malone crime family. Walter falsely pins the blame on George for orchestrating the scam before making his escape.
