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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Film, TV |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Judd Apatow |
| Headquarters | , |
Apatow Productions (or The Apatow Company) is an American film and television production company founded by Judd Apatow in 1999. [1] [2]
The company's first television production was the comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and its first film production was the comedy film The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). Frequent collaborators include Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel. [3]
| Year(s) | Title(s) | Director(s) | Story by | Writer(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 McKay | Will Ferrell and Adam McKay | Columbia Pictures | $72 million | $162.9 million | |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Judd Apatow | Universal 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 Rogen | Kristofor 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 McKay | Will Ferrell and Adam McKay | Columbia Pictures | $65 million | $128.1 million | ||
| Pineapple Express | David Gordon Green | Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Seth 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 Apatow | Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures | $75 million | $71.6 million | |||
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Nicholas Stoller | Universal 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 Stoller | Jason 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 McKay | Will 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 | — | ||
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone | Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone | Universal 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 Lionsgate | — | $1.9 million | |
| 2020 | The King of Staten Island | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus | Universal Pictures | $35 million | $2.2 million | |
| 2022 | The Bubble | Judd Apatow and Pam Brady | Netflix | — | |||
| 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 Briganti | Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Scott Sanders and Ben Marshall | Universal Pictures and Peacock | — | ||
| 2024 | Stormy | Sarah Gibson | — | Peacock | — | ||
| Total | $773,500,000 | $2,305,736,122 | |||||
| Average | $33,630,435 | $100,249,397 | |||||
| Film | Metacritic | Rotten Tomatoes | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | 63 | 66% | [4] |
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | 73 | 85% | [5] |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 66 | 72% | [6] |
| Knocked Up | 85 | 90% | [7] |
| Superbad | 76 | 88% | [8] |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 63 | 74% | [9] |
| Drillbit Taylor | 41 | 25% | [10] |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 67 | 83% | [11] |
| Step Brothers | 51 | 55% | [12] |
| Pineapple Express | 64 | 68% | [13] |
| Year One | 34 | 15% | [14] |
| Funny People | 60 | 69% | [15] |
| Get Him to the Greek | 65 | 73% | [16] |
| Bridesmaids | 75 | 90% | [17] |
| Wanderlust | 53 | 59% | [18] |
| The Five-Year Engagement | 62 | 63% | [19] |
| This Is 40 | 59 | 51% | [20] |
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 61 | 75% | [21] |
| Begin Again | 62 | 83% | [22] |
| Trainwreck | 75 | 85% | [23] |
| Pee-wee's Big Holiday | 63 | 82% | [24] |
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | 68 | 78% | [25] |
| The Big Sick | 86 | 98% | [26] |
| Juliet, Naked | 67 | 80% | [27] |
| The King of Staten Island | 67 | 75% | [28] [29] |
| The Bubble | 34 | 21% | [30] [31] |
| Average score | 68 | 71% |
| Title | Creator(s) | Years active | Co-Produced by | Original 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 Apatow | 2010–2011 | Funnyordie.com, Gary Sanchez Productions | HBO |
| Girls | Lena Dunham | 2012–2017 | I Am Jenni Konner Productions and HBO Entertainment | |
| Love | Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin | 2016–2018 | Legendary Television | Netflix |
| Crashing | Pete Holmes | 2017–2019 | Joy Quota | HBO |
| TV series | Metacritic | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Freaks and Geeks: Season 1 | 88 | [32] |
| Undeclared: Season 1 | 85 | [33] |
| Girls: Season 1 | 87 | [34] |
| Girls: Season 2 | 84 | [35] |
| Girls: Season 3 | 76 | [36] |
| Girls: Season 4 | 75 | [37] |
| Girls: Season 5 | 73 | [38] |
| Girls: Season 6 | 79 | [39] |
| Love: Season 1 | 73 | [40] |
| Love: Season 2 | 80 | [41] |
| Love: Season 3 | 77 | [42] |
| Crashing: Season 1 | 73 | [43] |
| Crashing: Season 2 | 68 | [44] |
| Average score | 81 |
Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season. The show is set in a suburban high school near Detroit during 1980–81. The theme of Freaks and Geeks reflects "the sad, hilarious unfairness of teen life". With little success when it first aired, due to an erratic episode schedule and conflicts between the creators and NBC, the series was canceled after airing 12 out of the 18 episodes. The series became a cult classic, and Apatow continued the show's legacy by incorporating the actors in future productions.
Judd Apatow is an American director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his work in comedy films. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020), and The Bubble (2022).
The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Judd Apatow, who produced the film with Clayton Townsend and Shauna Robertson. It features Steve Carell as the titular 40-year-old virgin Andy, an employee at an electronics store. Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, and Seth Rogen play co-workers who resolve to help him lose his virginity, and Catherine Keener stars as Andy's love interest, Trish.
Jason Jordan Segel is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014. He began his career with director and producer Judd Apatow on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and Undeclared (2001–2002) before gaining prominence for his leading roles in various successful comedy films in which he has starred, written, and produced.
Barry Mendel is an American film producer. Mendel first produced Wes Anderson’s Rushmore starring Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray, which won two Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor. This was followed by The Sixth Sense, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. Subsequently, he produced Shyamalan's follow-up, Unbreakable, then went back to work with Anderson on The Royal Tenenbaums, which was Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Their collaboration continued on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which Mendel followed by producing Joss Whedon’s feature film directorial debut, Serenity. Mendel next conceived, developed and produced Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg, which was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture. He then produced Whip It, Drew Barrymore’s debut as a feature director, which starred Elliot Page and Kristen Wiig. Mendel produced another film with Page, Peacock, which co-starred Cillian Murphy and Susan Sarandon.
Undeclared is an American sitcom created by Judd Apatow, which aired on Fox during the 2001–02 season. The show has developed a cult following, and in 2012, Entertainment Weekly listed it at #16 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years".
Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a slacker and a recently promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy.
Peter Benedict Holmes is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. Musings on spirituality and religion are frequent themes in his works.
Love is an American romantic comedy-drama streaming television series created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, and Paul Rust. The series stars Rust, Gillian Jacobs, Mike Mitchell, and Claudia O'Doherty. Netflix originally ordered two seasons of the show. The first 10-episode season was made available on February 19, 2016, and a 12-episode second season premiered on March 10, 2017. Netflix renewed the series for a third season one month prior to the second-season premiere. On December 15, 2017, Netflix announced that the third season would be its last. Season 3 premiered on March 9, 2018.
Shauna Robertson is a Canadian film producer. From 1999 to 2008, she worked frequently with Judd Apatow, and produced a number of films for Apatow Productions, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Pineapple Express.
Brent White is an American film editor with credits on feature films dating from 1993. White has worked on comedy films produced by Judd Apatow, and directed by Apatow, Adam McKay or Paul Feig.
Funny People is a 2009 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow, co-produced by Apatow Productions and Madison 23 Productions, and starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann with Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in supporting roles. The film follows a famous comedian who is diagnosed with a terminal disease and tries to fix the relationships in his life while befriending an aspiring comedian.
Bridesmaids is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Paul Feig, written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. The story centers on Annie, who suffers a series of misfortunes after being asked to serve as maid of honor for her best friend Lillian. The film also stars Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, and Chris O'Dowd.
Girls is an American comedy-drama television series created by and starring Lena Dunham, executive-produced by Judd Apatow. The series depicts four young women living in New York City. The show's premise was drawn from Dunham's own life, as were major aspects of the main character, including financial isolation from her parents, becoming a writer, and making unfortunate decisions. The series is known for its post-feminist commentary and conversation around body politics and female sexual subjecthood.
Maude Annabelle Apatow is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Lexi Howard in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–present).
Point Grey (PGP) is an American film and television production company, founded in 2011 by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The name of the company comes from Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary School, where Rogen and Goldberg met.
Crashing is an American comedy-drama television series created by Pete Holmes and executive produced by Holmes and occasional series director Judd Apatow. The first season aired on the HBO network in the United States from February 19 to April 9, 2017. It ran for a total of three seasons. The semi-autobiographical show revolves around a fictional version of Holmes, a comedian who pursues a career in stand-up comedy after his wife cheats on him, leaving him homeless. Several comedians play themselves in recurring roles, including Artie Lange and T. J. Miller, while others have guest appearances.
Beth Stelling is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actress. She has performed in the Netflix series The Standups and served as a writer for the HBO television series Crashing. Stelling has released two comedy albums, Sweet Beth and Simply the Beth, and two comedy specials, Girl Daddy and If You Didn't Want Me Then.
The King of Staten Island is a 2020 American comedy-drama film directed by Judd Apatow, from a screenplay by Apatow, Pete Davidson, and Dave Sirus. It stars Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, and Steve Buscemi, and follows a young man who must get his life together after his mother starts dating a new man who, like his deceased father, is a firefighter.
Iris Apatow is an American actress and socialite. She portrayed Arya Hopkins in the Netflix series Love and Krystal Kris in the 2022 Netflix film The Bubble.
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