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American film production company
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
Critical reception [ edit ]
Television [ edit ]
Critical reception [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Judd Apatow" . Variety . Archived from the original on 2014-01-30.
^ "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 .
^ "Apatow Productions" . Tumblr . Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-05-10 .
^ Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Reviews Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ The 40 Year Old Virgin Reviews Archived 2019-05-31 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Reviews Archived 2013-02-13 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Knocked Up Reviews Archived 2016-12-13 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Superbad Reviews Archived 2013-10-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Reviews Archived 2013-07-25 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Drillbit Taylor Reviews Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Forgetting Sarah Marshall Reviews Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Step Brothers Reviews Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Pineapple Express Reviews Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Year One Reviews Archived 2012-12-27 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Funny People Reviews Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Get Him to the Greek Reviews Archived 2018-05-29 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Bridesmaids Reviews Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Wanderlust Reviews Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ The Five-Year Engagement Reviews Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ This Is 40 Reviews Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Reviews Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Begin Again Reviews Archived 2016-12-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Trainwreck Reviews Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Pee-wee's Big Holiday Reviews Archived 2018-04-24 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Reviews Archived 2018-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ The Big Sick Reviews Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Juliet, Naked Reviews Archived 2018-08-20 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ "The King of Staten Island (2020)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
^ "The King of Staten Island Reviews" . Metacritic . Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
^ "The Bubble" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2024-02-10 .
^ "The Bubble" . Metacritic . Retrieved 2024-02-10 .
^ Freaks and Geeks - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2020-06-01 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Undeclared - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2013-11-30 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Girls - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Girls - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Girls - Season 3 Reviews Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Girls - Season 4 Reviews Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Girls - Season 5 Reviews Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Girls - Season 6 Reviews Archived 2018-05-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Love (2016) - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2016-02-19 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Love (2016) - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Love (2016) - Season 3 Reviews Archived 2018-04-24 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Crashing (2017) - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
^ Crashing (2017) - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2018-05-05 at the Wayback Machine , Metacritic
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