Madea's Witness Protection is a 2012 American comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Tyler Perry,[3] who stars with Eugene Levy, Denise Richards, Doris Roberts, Romeo Miller, Tom Arnold, John Amos, and Marla Gibbs.

[4] George Needleman (Eugene Levy) is a nerdy, high level CFO in New York City who lives with his second wife Kate (Denise Richards), his mother Barbara (Doris Roberts), his troubled teenage daughter Cindy (Danielle Campbell) from an earlier marriage, and his pre-teen son Howie (Devan Leos) in nearby suburban Connecticut.

He sees his boss Walter (Tom Arnold) who informs him that his whole company is a Ponzi scheme run by the Malone crime family.

Meanwhile at Atlanta's District Attorney Office, Brian Simmons (Tyler Perry) and his boss Lucas (Jeff Joslin) have researched the Malone crime family's activities.

With Walter having taken a private jet to Europe with a chance that he'll fight extradition, their best bet is to get George to testify against the Malone crime family.

After church, watching Whoopi Goldberg's Oda Mae Brown character in Ghost inspires George to involve Madea in a plan to re-divert funds from the "stashed" accounts back to the 12 charities whose investments were stolen in the Ponzi scheme.

The plan requires George (who disguises himself as a Frenchman to avoid detection by the Malone mob), Jake, and Madea (who assumes the identity of an upscale woman named "Precious Jackson") to travel to New York City, and for "Precious" to meet with bank manager Jack Goldenberg (Frank Brennan) to transfer funds from the laundered accounts to the 12 legitimate charities.

Although she improvises both an expansion of her assumed identity (by pretending to be the oldest Jackson sister) and also has some of the money sent to her real bank account which she passes off as a 13th charity.

[8] As of August 2019 the film has grossed total of $66,899,242 worldwide, surpassing its $20 million budget, making it a financial success despite poor reviews.