Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes To Jail" made $14.7 million dollars at the box office on Friday night. It'd be wrong to say that Perry's "Madea" series is full of racial stereotypes, because Madea is pretty much the new Ernest P. Worrell. And I don't think Jim Varney ever played off white stereotypes. Still, do we have to cross-dress to get a #1 movie?

Friday's Top 10
1. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail (Lionsgate) OPENER $14.7M Fri [2,032 Theaters], $40M Wkd
2. Taken (20th Century Fox) $3.4M Fri [3,102], $11M Wkd
3. He's Just Not That Into You (New Line/Warner Bros) $2.9M Fri [3,050], $10M Wkd
4. Friday The 13th (New Line/Warner Bros) $2.7M (-85%) Fri [3,105], $9M Wkd
5. Coraline 3-D (Focus Features) $2.6M Fri [2,155], $14M Wkd
6. Confessions Of A Shopaholic (Disney) $2.4M (-45%) Fri [2,507], $8M Wkd
7. Fired Up (Screen Gems/Sony) OPENER $2.2M Fri [1,810], $8M Wkd
8. Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight) $2.1M Fri [2,244], $9M Wkd
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Columbia/Sony) $1.9M Fri [2,835], $8.5M Wkd
10. The International (Sony) $1.4M (-46%) Fri [2,364], $4.5M