# Apatow Productions

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). 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) | Distributor(s) | Budget(s) | Worldwide Gross |
| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Adam McKay | Will Ferrell and 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 | 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 | Will Ferrell and Adam McKay | Columbia Pictures | $72 million | $162.9 million |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Universal Pictures | $30 million | $219.1 million |
| 2007 | Superbad | Greg Mottola | Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Columbia Pictures | $20 million | $169.9 million |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Jake Kasdan | Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan | Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan | Columbia Pictures | $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 |
| 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Nicholas Stoller | Jason Segel | Jason Segel | Universal Pictures | $30 million | $105.2 million |
| 2008 | Step Brothers | Adam McKay | Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and John C. Reilly | Will Ferrell and Adam McKay | Columbia Pictures | $65 million | $128.1 million |
| 2008 | Pineapple Express | David Gordon Green | Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Columbia Pictures | $27 million | $101.6 million |
| 2009 | Year One | Harold Ramis | Harold Ramis | Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg | Columbia Pictures | $60 million | $62.4 million |
| 2009 | Funny People | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures | $75 million | $71.6 million |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Nicholas Stoller | Nicholas Stoller | Nicholas Stoller | Universal Pictures | $40 million | $91.3 million |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Paul Feig | Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig | Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig | Universal Pictures | $32 million | $288.4 million |
| 2012 | Wanderlust | David Wain | David Wain and Ken Marino | David Wain and Ken Marino | Universal Pictures | $32 million | $21.6 million |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Nicholas Stoller | Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller | Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller | Universal Pictures | $30 million | $53.9 million |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow | Universal Pictures | $35 million | $88.1 million |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Adam McKay | Will Ferrell and Adam McKay | Will Ferrell and Adam McKay | Paramount Pictures | $50 million | $173.6 million |
| 2014 | Begin Again | John Carney | John Carney | John Carney | The Weinstein Company | $8 million | $63.5 million |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | Judd Apatow | Amy Schumer | Amy Schumer | Universal Pictures | $35 million | $113 million |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | John Lee | Paul Reubens and Paul Rust | Paul Reubens and Paul Rust | Netflix | — | — |
| 2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone | Andy Samberg, 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 | 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 | 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 | Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus | Universal Pictures | $35 million | $2.2 million |
| 2022 | The Bubble | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow and Pam Brady | Judd Apatow and Pam Brady | Netflix | — | — |
| 2022 | Bros | Nicholas Stoller | Nicholas Stoller and Billy Eichner | 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 | Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Scott Sanders and Ben Marshall | Universal Pictures and Peacock | — | — |
| 2024 | Stormy | Sarah Gibson | — | — | Peacock | — | — |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | $773,500,000 | $2,305,736,122 |
| Average | Average | Average | Average | Average | Average | $33,630,435 | $100,249,397 |

### Critical reception

| Film | Metacritic | Rotten Tomatoes |
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | 63 | 66% |
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | 73 | 85% |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | 66 | 72% |
| Knocked Up | 85 | 90% |
| Superbad | 76 | 88% |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 63 | 74% |
| Drillbit Taylor | 41 | 25% |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 67 | 83% |
| Step Brothers | 51 | 55% |
| Pineapple Express | 64 | 68% |
| Year One | 34 | 15% |
| Funny People | 60 | 69% |
| Get Him to the Greek | 65 | 73% |
| Bridesmaids | 75 | 90% |
| Wanderlust | 53 | 59% |
| The Five-Year Engagement | 62 | 63% |
| This Is 40 | 59 | 51% |
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 61 | 75% |
| Begin Again | 62 | 83% |
| Trainwreck | 75 | 85% |
| Pee-wee's Big Holiday | 63 | 82% |
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | 68 | 78% |
| The Big Sick | 86 | 98% |
| Juliet, Naked | 67 | 80% |
| The King of Staten Island | 67 | 75% |
| The Bubble | 34 | 21% |
| 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 | DreamWorks Television | 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 | HBO |
| 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 |
| Freaks and Geeks: Season 1 | 88 |
| Undeclared: Season 1 | 85 |
| Girls: Season 1 | 87 |
| Girls: Season 2 | 84 |
| Girls: Season 3 | 76 |
| Girls: Season 4 | 75 |
| Girls: Season 5 | 73 |
| Girls: Season 6 | 79 |
| Love: Season 1 | 73 |
| Love: Season 2 | 80 |
| Love: Season 3 | 77 |
| Crashing: Season 1 | 73 |
| Crashing: Season 2 | 68 |
| Average score | 81 |