One million copies of Tyler Perry's The Family that Preys have been sold in the United States and Canada since its release on DVD last week, Lionsgate said. The brisk sales helped the family drama -- starring Perry, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, KaDee Strickland, Cole Hauser, Taraji P.

Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor: The Play also debuts #8 on DVD charts SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan.

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel TYLER PERRY'S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS -- ** -- Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates; rated PG-13 (vulgarity, violence); Carmike Ritz; Century South Salt Lake; Cinemark Jordan Landing; Megaplex District With his best cast ever, topped by Oscar winner Kathy Bates and the great Alfre Woodard, and his most cinematically polished production to date, "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" shows grand advances in the filmmaking education of playwright-turned- filmmaker Tyler Perry.

Cohen brothers' "Burn After Reading" tops N. American box office LOS ANGELES, Sept.

By Scott Bowles ATLANTA -- Tyler Perry is standing in the middle of what was once a life on the brink. It's a postage stamp of a room.