Apatow Productions
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm, TV
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FounderJudd Apatow
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
U.S.

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]

Films

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 —
Total $773,500,000 $2,305,736,122
Average $33,630,435 $100,249,397

Critical reception

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 24%
Average score 68 71%

Television

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

Critical reception

TV series Metacritic Reference
Freaks and Geeks: Season 1 88 [30]
Undeclared: Season 1 85 [31]
Girls: Season 1 87 [32]
Girls: Season 2 84 [33]
Girls: Season 3 76 [34]
Girls: Season 4 75 [35]
Girls: Season 5 73 [36]
Girls: Season 6 79 [37]
Love: Season 1 73 [38]
Love: Season 2 80 [39]
Love: Season 3 77 [40]
Crashing: Season 1 73 [41]
Crashing: Season 2 68 [42]
Average score 81

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. ^ Freaks and Geeks - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2020-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  31. ^ Undeclared - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2013-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  32. ^ Girls - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2012-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  33. ^ Girls - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  34. ^ Girls - Season 3 Reviews Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  35. ^ Girls - Season 4 Reviews Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  36. ^ Girls - Season 5 Reviews Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  37. ^ Girls - Season 6 Reviews Archived 2018-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  38. ^ Love (2016) - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2016-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  39. ^ Love (2016) - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  40. ^ Love (2016) - Season 3 Reviews Archived 2018-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  41. ^ Crashing (2017) - Season 1 Reviews Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
  42. ^ Crashing (2017) - Season 2 Reviews Archived 2018-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Metacritic
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