Apatow Productions

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The Apatow Company
Apatow Productions
Company type Private
Industry Film, TV
Founded1999;27 years ago (1999)
Founder Judd Apatow
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
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U.S.

The Apatow Company, doing business as Apatow Productions, is an American film and television production company founded by Judd Apatow in 1999. [1] [2]

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The company's first television production was the comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and its first film production was the comedy film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Frequent collaborators include Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel. [3] The current logo consists of a praying mantis.

Films

Year(s)Title(s)Director(s)Story byWriter(s)Distributor(s)Budget(s)Worldwide Gross
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Adam McKay Will Ferrell and Adam McKay DreamWorks Pictures $26 million$90.5 million
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Judd Apatow Judd Apatow and Steve Carell Universal Pictures $26 million$177.3 million
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Adam McKayWill Ferrell and Adam McKay Columbia Pictures $72 million$162.9 million
2007 Knocked Up Judd ApatowUniversal Pictures$30 million$219.1 million
Superbad Greg Mottola Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Columbia Pictures$20 million$169.9 million
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Jake Kasdan Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan$35 million$20.6 million
2008 Drillbit Taylor Steven Brill Kristofor Brown, John Hughes and Seth RogenKristofor Brown and Seth Rogen Paramount Pictures $40 million$49.7 million
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nicholas Stoller Jason Segel Universal Pictures$30 million$105.2 million
Step Brothers Adam McKayWill Ferrell, Adam McKay, and John C. Reilly Will Ferrell and Adam McKayColumbia Pictures$65 million$128.1 million
Pineapple Express David Gordon Green Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and Evan GoldbergSeth Rogen and Evan Goldberg$27 million$101.6 million
2009 Year One Harold Ramis Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg $60 million$62.4 million
Funny People Judd ApatowUniversal Pictures and Columbia Pictures$75 million$71.6 million
2010 Get Him to the Greek Nicholas StollerUniversal Pictures$40 million$91.3 million
2011 Bridesmaids Paul Feig Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig $32 million$288.4 million
2012 Wanderlust David Wain David Wain and Ken Marino $32 million$21.6 million
The Five-Year Engagement Nicholas StollerJason Segel and Nicholas Stoller$30 million$53.9 million
This Is 40 Judd Apatow$35 million$88.1 million
2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Adam McKayWill Ferrell and Adam McKay Paramount Pictures $50 million$173.6 million
2014 Begin Again John Carney The Weinstein Company $8 million$63.5 million
2015 Trainwreck Judd Apatow Amy Schumer Universal Pictures$35 million$113 million
2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday John Lee Paul Reubens and Paul Rust Netflix N/a
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma TacconeUniversal Pictures$20 million$9.5 million
2017 The Big Sick Michael Showalter Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani Amazon Studios and Lionsgate $5 million$53 million
2018 Juliet, Naked Jesse Peretz Tamara Jenkins, Jim Taylor, Phil Alden Robinson and Evgenia Peretz Roadside Attractions and LionsgateN/a$1.9 million
2020 The King of Staten Island Judd ApatowJudd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus Universal Pictures$35 million$2.2 million
2022 The Bubble Judd Apatow and Pam Brady NetflixN/a
Bros Nicholas Stoller Nicholas Stoller and Billy Eichner Universal Pictures$22 million$14.8 million
2023 Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Paul BrigantiMartin Herlihy, John Higgins, Scott Sanders and Ben Marshall Universal Pictures and Peacock N/a
2026 Poetic License Maude Apatow Raffi Donatich Row K Entertainment N/a
Average$33,630,435$100,249,397

Critical reception

FilmMetacriticRotten TomatoesReferences
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 6366% [4]
The 40-Year-Old Virgin 7385% [5]
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 6672% [6]
Knocked Up 8590% [7]
Superbad 7688% [8]
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6374% [9]
Drillbit Taylor 4125% [10]
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 6783% [11]
Step Brothers 5155% [12]
Pineapple Express 6468% [13]
Year One 3415% [14]
Funny People 6069% [15]
Get Him to the Greek 6573% [16]
Bridesmaids 7590% [17]
Wanderlust 5359% [18]
The Five-Year Engagement 6263% [19]
This Is 40 5951% [20]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 6175% [21]
Begin Again 6283% [22]
Trainwreck 7585% [23]
Pee-wee's Big Holiday 6382% [24]
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 6878% [25]
The Big Sick 8698% [26]
Juliet, Naked 6780% [27]
The King of Staten Island 6775% [28] [29]
The Bubble 3421% [30] [31]
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 4942% [32] [33]
Average score6770%

Television

TitleCreator(s)Years activeCo-Produced byOriginal Network(s)
Freaks and Geeks Paul Feig 1999–2000 DreamWorks Television NBC
Undeclared Judd Apatow 2001–2002 Fox
Funny or Die Presents Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Andrew Steele, Judd Apatow2010–2011 Funnyordie.com, Gary Sanchez Productions HBO
Girls Lena Dunham 2012–2017I Am Jenni Konner Productions and HBO Entertainment
Love Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin 2016–2018 Legendary Television Netflix
Crashing Pete Holmes 2017–2019Joy QuotaHBO

Critical reception

TV seriesMetacriticReference
Freaks and Geeks: Season 188 [34]
Undeclared: Season 185 [35]
Girls: Season 187 [36]
Girls: Season 284 [37]
Girls: Season 376 [38]
Girls: Season 475 [39]
Girls: Season 573 [40]
Girls: Season 679 [41]
Love: Season 173 [42]
Love: Season 280 [43]
Love: Season 377 [44]
Crashing: Season 173 [45]
Crashing: Season 268 [46]
Average score81

Documentaries

YearTitleSubjectDirectorDistributor
2016 30 for 30 - Doc & Darryl Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio ESPN
2017 May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers The Avett Brothers Oscilloscope Laboratories
2018 The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Garry Shandling Judd Apatow HBO
2020Voices of Parkland Parkland high school shooting Jeff Vespa Unreleased
2022 George Carlin's American Dream George Carlin Judd Apatow and Michael BonfiglioHBO
2023 Flipside Flip Side RecordsChris WilchaOscilloscope Laboratories
Bob and Don: A Love Story Bob Newhart and Don Rickles Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio The New Yorker
2024 Stormy Stormy Daniels Sarah Gibson Peacock
2025 The New Yorker at 100 The New Yorker Marshall Curry Netflix
2026 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! Mel Brooks Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio HBO
TBD You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way) The Toronto production of Godspell Nick Davis TBD
Untitled Norm Macdonald documentary [47] Norm Macdonald Judd Apatow [48] Netflix
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story [49] Maria Bamford Judd Apatow and Neil BerkeleyTBD

TV specials

YearTitleDirectorDistributor
2016Hannibal Buress: Hannibal Takes EdinburghRyan Ferguson Netflix
Pete Holmes: Faces and Sounds Marcus Raboy HBO
2017Chris Gethard: Career SuicideKimberly Senior
Jerry Before Seinfeld Michael BonfiglioNetflix
Judd Apatow: The ReturnMarcus Raboy
2018Gary Gulman: The Great DepreshMichael BonfiglioHBO
Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin Christopher Guest Netflix
2021Ricky Velez: Here's EverythingMichael BonfiglioHBO

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Judd Apatow". Variety . Archived from the original on 2014-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann snag a sawtelle office for production company". The Real Deal Los Angeles. 2019-05-16. Archived from the original on 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  3. ↑ "Apatow Productions". Tumblr . Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  4. ↑ Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Reviews Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  5. ↑ The 40 Year Old Virgin Reviews Archived 2019-05-31 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  6. ↑ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Reviews Archived 2013-02-13 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  7. ↑ Knocked Up Reviews Archived 2016-12-13 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  8. ↑ Superbad Reviews Archived 2013-10-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  9. ↑ Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Reviews Archived 2013-07-25 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  10. ↑ Drillbit Taylor Reviews Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  11. ↑ Forgetting Sarah Marshall Reviews Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  12. ↑ Step Brothers Reviews Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  13. ↑ Pineapple Express Reviews Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  14. ↑ Year One Reviews Archived 2012-12-27 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  15. ↑ Funny People Reviews Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  16. ↑ Get Him to the Greek Reviews Archived 2018-05-29 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  17. ↑ Bridesmaids Reviews Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  18. ↑ Wanderlust Reviews Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  19. ↑ The Five-Year Engagement Reviews Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  20. ↑ This Is 40 Reviews Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  21. ↑ Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Reviews Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  22. ↑ Begin Again Reviews Archived 2016-12-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  23. ↑ Trainwreck Reviews Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  24. ↑ Pee-wee's Big Holiday Reviews Archived 2018-04-24 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  25. ↑ Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Reviews Archived 2018-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  26. ↑ The Big Sick Reviews Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  27. ↑ Juliet, Naked Reviews Archived 2018-08-20 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  28. ↑ "The King of Staten Island (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes . Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  29. ↑ "The King of Staten Island Reviews". Metacritic . Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  30. ↑ "The Bubble". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  31. ↑ "The Bubble". Metacritic. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  32. ↑ "Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  33. ↑ "Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain". Metacritic. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  34. ↑ Freaks and Geeks - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2020-06-01 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  35. ↑ Undeclared - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2013-11-30 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  36. ↑ Girls - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  37. ↑ Girls - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  38. ↑ Girls - Season 3 Reviews Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  39. ↑ Girls - Season 4 Reviews Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  40. ↑ Girls - Season 5 Reviews Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  41. ↑ Girls - Season 6 Reviews Archived 2018-05-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  42. ↑ Love (2016) - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2016-02-19 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  43. ↑ Love (2016) - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  44. ↑ Love (2016) - Season 3 Reviews Archived 2018-04-24 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  45. ↑ Crashing (2017) - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  46. ↑ Crashing (2017) - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2018-05-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
  47. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DGOtJTevVMY/?hl=en
  48. ↑ "Judd Apatow on Making New Norm Macdonald Documentary". We Might Be Drunk - Clips. November 18, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  49. ↑ https://theplaylist.net/judd-apatow-says-hes-co-directing-a-maria-bamford-comedy-doc-producing-a-series-pitch-with-the-bears-chris-witaske-20231114/
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