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Tyler Perry's Single Moms Flop

Apparently, Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club (yes, apparently all of that is the title) isn't doing well as his movies in the past have in their opening weekends. So far it's sitting at number six. Maybe because this is his attempt to crossover to white audiences, and the black audiences can smell it? Yeah, the trailer features Nia Long, but I see all those other actresses there, and they were the ones with the goals, not Nia. I also see that Cocoa Brown is relegated to the comic relief role that actresses that fit a non-traditional type are forced into.

Is it that his audience is losing faith in Mr. Perry? Or are they just not feeling the change-up? Maybe it was just a miscalculation on everyone's part? Who knows?
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