The Apatow Company, doing business as Apatow Productions, is an American film and television production company founded by Judd Apatow in 1999.
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). Its frequent collaborators include Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel. The current logo consists of a praying mantis.
Films Year(s) Title(s) Director(s) Story by Writer(s) Producer(s) Distributor(s) Co-production with Budget(s) Worldwide gross2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAdam McKayWill Ferrell and Adam McKayJudd ApatowDreamWorks Pictures rowspan="2" $26 million$90.5 million 2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Judd Apatow Judd Apatow and Steve Carell Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend and Shauna Robertson Universal Pictures $26 million $177.3 million 2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Adam McKay Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow Columbia Pictures Relativity Media and Mosaic Media Group $72 million $162.9 million 2007 Knocked Up Judd Apatow Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson and Clayton Townsend Universal Pictures rowspan="2" $30 million $219.1 million Superbad Greg Mottola Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson Columbia Pictures $20 million $169.9 million Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Jake Kasdan Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan Judd Apatow, Hunter Baumann and Clayton Townsend Relativity Media $35 million $20.6 million 2008 Drillbit Taylor Steven Brill Kristofor Brown, John Hughes and Seth Rogen Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen Judd Apatow, Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth Paramount Pictures Roth/Arnold Productions $40 million $49.7 million Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nicholas Stoller Jason Segel Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson and Rodney Rothman Universal Pictures $30 million $105.2 million Step Brothers Adam McKay Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and John C. Reilly Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow Columbia Pictures Relativity Media, Mosaic Media Group and Gary Sanchez Productions $65 million $128.1 million Pineapple Express David Gordon Green Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson Relativity Media, Korty/Gordon Green Productions and Point Grey Pictures $27 million $101.6 million 2009 Year One Harold Ramis Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg Harold Ramis, Judd Apatow and Clayton Townsend Ocean Pictures $60 million $62.4 million Funny People Judd Apatow Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend and Barry Mendel Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media and Madison 23 Productions $75 million $71.6 million 2010 Get Him to the Greek Nicholas Stoller Judd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller, David Bushell and Rodney Rothman Relativity Media and Spyglass Entertainment $40 million $91.3 million 2011 Bridesmaids Paul Feig Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel and Clayton Townsend Relativity Media $32 million $288.4 million 2012 Wanderlust David Wain David Wain and Ken Marino Judd Apatow, Ken Marino, Paul Rudd and David Wain $32 million $21.6 million The Five-Year Engagement Nicholas Stoller Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller Judd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller and Rodney Rothman $30 million $53.9 million This Is 40 Judd Apatow Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel and Clayton Townsend $35 million $88.1 million 2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Adam McKay Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Judd Apatow, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay Paramount Pictures Gary Sanchez Productions $50 million $173.6 million 2014 Begin Again John Carney Anthony Bregman, Tobin Armbrust and Judd Apatow The Weinstein Company Exclusive Media, Sycamore Pictures, Black Label Media and Likely Story $8 million $63.5 million 2015 Trainwreck Judd Apatow Amy Schumer Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel Universal Pictures $35 million $113 million 2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday John Lee Paul Reubens and Paul Rust Judd Apatow and Paul Reubens Netflix Pee-wee Picturescolspan="2" Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone Judd Apatow, Rodney Rothman, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures and The Lonely Island $20 million $9.5 million2017 The Big Sick Michael ShowalterEmily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel Amazon Studios and Lionsgate FilmNation Entertainment $5 million $53 million2018 Juliet, Naked Jesse PeretzTamara Jenkins, Jim Taylor, Phil Alden Robinson and Evgenia Peretz Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Jeffrey Soros Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate Rocket Science, Bona Fide Productions and Los Angeles Media Fund $1.9 million2020 The King of Staten IslandJudd ApatowJudd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures $35 million $2.2 million2022 The BubbleJudd Apatow and Pam Brady Judd Apatow Netflix colspan="3" Bros Nicholas StollerNicholas Stoller and Billy Eichner Judd Apatow, Nicholas Stoller and Joshua Church Universal Pictures Stoller Global Solutions $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 Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller Universal Pictures and Peacock Mosaic colspan="2" 2026 Poetic License Maude Apatow Raffi Donatich Judd Apatow, Maude Apatow, Josh Church, Thalia Daniel, Will Greenfield, Benjamin Hung and Olivia Rosenbloom Sony Pictures Classics August Night and Jewelbox Pictures colspan="2" 2027 The Comeback King Judd Apatow Judd Apatow and Glen Powell Judd Apatow, Glen Powell, Dan Cohen and Kevin Misher Universal Pictures Barnstorm Entertainment and Misher Films colspan="2" Average $33,630,435 $100,249,397
Critical reception Film Metacritic Rotten Tomatoes References Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 63 66% Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Reviews , Metacritic The 40-Year-Old Virgin 73 85% The 40 Year Old Virgin Reviews , Metacritic Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 66 72% Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Reviews , Metacritic Knocked Up 85 90% Knocked Up Reviews , Metacritic Superbad 76 88% Superbad Reviews , Metacritic Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 63 74% Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Reviews , Metacritic Drillbit Taylor 41 25% Drillbit Taylor Reviews , Metacritic Forgetting Sarah Marshall 67 83% Forgetting Sarah Marshall Reviews , Metacritic Step Brothers 51 55% Step Brothers Reviews , Metacritic Pineapple Express 64 68% Pineapple Express Reviews , Metacritic Year One 34 15% Year One Reviews , Metacritic Funny People 60 69% Funny People Reviews , Metacritic Get Him to the Greek 65 73% Get Him to the Greek Reviews , Metacritic Bridesmaids 75 90% Bridesmaids Reviews , Metacritic Wanderlust 53 59% Wanderlust Reviews , Metacritic The Five-Year Engagement 62 63% The Five-Year Engagement Reviews , Metacritic This Is 40 59 51% This Is 40 Reviews , Metacritic Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 61 75% Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Reviews , Metacritic Begin Again 62 83% Begin Again Reviews , MetacriticTrainwreck7585%Trainwreck Reviews , Metacritic Pee-wee's Big Holiday6382%Pee-wee's Big Holiday Reviews , Metacritic Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping6878%Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Reviews , Metacritic The Big Sick8698%The Big Sick Reviews , Metacritic Juliet, Naked6780%Juliet, Naked Reviews , Metacritic The King of Staten Island 67 75% The Bubble 34 21% Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 49 42% Average score 67 70%
Television Title Creator(s) Years active Co-Produced by Original Network(s)Freaks and GeeksPaul Feig1999–2000DreamWorks TelevisionNBCUndeclaredJudd Apatow2001–2002FoxFunny or Die PresentsWill Ferrell, Adam McKay, Andrew Steele, Judd Apatow2010–2011Funnyordie.com, Gary Sanchez ProductionsHBOGirlsLena Dunham2012–2017I Am Jenni Konner Productions and HBO EntertainmentLoveJudd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin2016–2018Legendary TelevisionNetflixCrashingPete Holmes2017–2019Joy QuotaHBO
Critical reception TV series Metacritic Reference Freaks and Geeks: Season 1 88 Freaks and Geeks - Season 1 Reviews , Metacritic Undeclared: Season 1 85 Undeclared - Season 1 Reviews , Metacritic Girls: Season 1 87 Girls - Season 1 Reviews , Metacritic Girls: Season 2 84 Girls - Season 2 Reviews , Metacritic Girls: Season 3 76 Girls - Season 3 Reviews , Metacritic Girls: Season 4 75 Girls - Season 4 Reviews , Metacritic Girls: Season 5 73 Girls - Season 5 Reviews , Metacritic Girls: Season 6 79 Girls - Season 6 Reviews , Metacritic Love: Season 1 73Love (2016) - Season 1 Reviews , Metacritic Love: Season 2 80Love (2016) - Season 2 Reviews , Metacritic Love: Season 3 77Love (2016) - Season 3 Reviews , MetacriticCrashing: Season 1 73Crashing (2017) - Season 1 Reviews , MetacriticCrashing: Season 2 68Crashing (2017) - Season 2 Reviews , Metacritic Average score 81
Documentaries Year Title Subject Director Distributor201630 for 30 - Doc & DarrylDwight Gooden and Darryl StrawberryJudd Apatow and Michael BonfiglioESPN2017May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett BrothersThe Avett BrothersOscilloscope Laboratories2018The Zen Diaries of Garry ShandlingGarry ShandlingJudd ApatowHBO2020Voices of ParklandParkland high school shootingJeff VespaUnreleased2022George Carlin's American DreamGeorge CarlinJudd Apatow and Michael BonfiglioHBO2023FlipsideFlip Side RecordsChris WilchaOscilloscope LaboratoriesBob and Don: A Love StoryBob Newhart and Don RicklesJudd Apatow and Michael BonfiglioThe New Yorker2024StormyStormy DanielsSarah GibsonPeacock2025The New Yorker at 100The New YorkerMarshall CurryNetflix2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Mel BrooksJudd Apatow and Michael BonfiglioHBOYou 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 GodspellNick DavisGreenwich EntertainmentNorm: The Tale of Norm MacdonaldNorm MacdonaldJudd ApatowNetflixParalyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford StoryMaria BamfordJudd Apatow and Neil Berkeley
TV specials Year Title Director Distributor2016Hannibal Buress: Hannibal Takes Edinburgh Ryan FergusonNetflixPete Holmes: Faces and SoundsMarcus RaboyHBO2017Chris Gethard: Career SuicideKimberly SeniorJerry Before SeinfeldMichael Bonfiglio NetflixJudd Apatow: The ReturnMarcus Raboy2018Gary Gulman: The Great DepreshMichael BonfiglioHBOLoudon Wainwright III: Surviving TwinChristopher GuestNetflix2021Ricky Velez: Here's EverythingMichael BonfiglioHBO
See also Big Talk Productions Point Grey Pictures
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