Happy Madison Productions

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Happy Madison Productions
Type Film Production Company
Industry Motion Pictures
Founded 1999
Founder(s) Adam Sandler
Headquarters Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, California, U.S.
Key people Adam Sandler
Barry Bernardi
Allen Covert
Jack Giarraputo
Tim Herlihy
Heather Parry
Scott Sandler
Products Motion Pictures
Website AdamSandler.com

Happy Madison Productions is an American film/television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler, an actor/comedian best known for comedy films. Happy Madison takes its name from the films Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, two box office successes starring Sandler himself, both produced by Robert Simonds. The elderly man depicted in the logo is Sandler's late father, Stanley Sandler.

In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released movies produced by others, such as Steven Brill (Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds), Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups), Frank Coraci (Click, Zookeeper), Fred Wolf (Strange Wilderness, The House Bunny), Tom Brady (The Animal, The Hot Chick, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star), Peter Segal (Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard), and Nicholaus Goossen (A Day with the Meatball, Grandma's Boy, The Shortcut).

The 1998 movies The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer helped jump start Adam Sandler's movie career and production company. Sandler produced The Waterboy and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. The movie was extremely profitable, earning over $160 million in the United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with The Waterboy becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with The Wedding Singer.

The company's production office is located in the Judy Garland building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California while its corporate and parent company offices (Happy Madison, Inc.) are located in Manchester, New Hampshire[1] run by Adam's brother Scott.

Its subsidiary, Madison 23 Productions, is aimed towards the drama genre. The first production under Madison 23 was Reign Over Me, starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. This studio company on the trailer of Funny People and the poster and trailer for Reign Over Me is also known as "Mr. Madison Productions". Upcoming films include Pixels, a feature film based on the internet short by Patrick Jean (scheduled for release on May 17, 2013); Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said?, a biography about the comedian; as well as others in development including Golddiggers 101 and The Gilmores of Beverley Hills, according to IMDB and Movie Insider.

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Filmography[edit]

Year Film Director Budget Gross (worldwide)
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Mike Mitchell $17 million $92,938,755
2000 Little Nicky Steven Brill $85 million $58,292,295
2001 The Animal Luke Greenfield $47 million $84,772,742
Joe Dirt Dennie Gordon $17.7 million $30,987,695
2002 Mr. Deeds Steven Brill $50 million $171,269,535
The Master of Disguise Perry Andelin Blake $16 million $43,411,001
Eight Crazy Nights Seth Kearsley $34 million $23,833,131
The Hot Chick Tom Brady $34 million $54,639,553
2003 Anger Management Peter Segal $75 million $195,745,823
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Sam Weisman $17 million $23,794,648
2004 50 First Dates Peter Segal $75 million $196,482,882
2005 The Longest Yard $82 million $190,320,588
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Mike Bigelow $22 million $45,109,561
2006 Grandma's Boy Nicholaus Goossen $25 million $37,856,991
The Benchwarmers Dennis Dugan $33 million $64,957,291
Click Frank Coraci $82.5 million $237,681,299
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Dennis Dugan $85 million $186,072,214
Reign Over Me Mike Binder $20 million $20,900,000
2008 Strange Wilderness Fred Wolf $20 million $6,964,734
The House Bunny $25 million $70,442,940
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dennis Dugan $90 million $202,518,837
Bedtime Stories Adam Shankman $80 million $206,108,939
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Steve Carr $26 million $183,293,131
The Shortcut Nicholaus Goossen $5 million N/A
Funny People Judd Apatow $75 million $71,585,235
2010 Grown Ups Dennis Dugan $80 million $271,419,251
2011 Just Go with It $80 million $214,945,591
Zookeeper Frank Coraci $80 million $169,852,759
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Tom Brady $10 million $2,529,395
Jack and Jill Dennis Dugan $79 million $149,673,788
2012 That's My Boy Sean Anders $70 million $57,719,093
Here Comes the Boom Frank Coraci $42 million $63,054,985
2013 Grown Ups 2[2] Dennis Dugan[3] N/A N/A
2014 Blended[4][5] Frank Coraci[6]
TBA Candy Land[7] Kevin Lima
Pixels feature film[8] N/A
Summer School remake[9]
Untitled Tonka Trucks movie[10]
Bad Toys II feature film[11]

Critical Reception[edit]

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Happy Madison's films have, for the most part, received mixed to negative critical reception. As of June 2012, the only films to have received a 'fresh' rating are Reign Over Me and Funny People. Yet most movies, as per the table above, have been commercial successes relative to their production costs.

Year Film Metacritic Rotten
Tomatoes		 Roger Ebert
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 30 23 1.5
2000 Little Nicky 38 22 2.5
2001 The Animal 43 30
2001 Joe Dirt 20 11 1.5
2002 Mr. Deeds 24 22 1.5
2002 The Master of Disguise 12 1 1
2002 Eight Crazy Nights 23 12 2
2002 The Hot Chick 29 21 0.5
2003 Anger Management 52 43 2
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 36 23 2
2004 50 First Dates 48 44 3
2005 The Longest Yard 48 31 3
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 23 10 0
2006 Grandma's Boy 33 18
2006 The Benchwarmers 25 12
2006 Click 45 33 2
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 37 14
2007 Reign Over Me 61 63
2008 Strange Wilderness 12 0
2008 The House Bunny 55 40
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan 54 36 3
2008 Bedtime Stories 33 25 2.5
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 39 33 3
2009 The Shortcut
2009 Funny People 60 68 3.5
2010 Grown Ups 30 10 2
2011 Just Go with It 33 20 1
2011 Zookeeper 30 14 3
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star 9 0
2011 Jack and Jill 23 3
2012 That's My Boy 30 21
2012 Here Comes the Boom 40 39
2013 Grown Ups 2 TBA TBA

NOTE: Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes scores are out of 100. Roger Ebert scores out of 4.

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Other[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporate Information for Happy Madison, Inc.
  2. ^ "Grown Ups Sequel Planned". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  3. ^ "Taylor Lautner to Join Adam Sandler in 'Grown Ups 2' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-04-05. 
  4. ^ "Adam Sandler Swaps Paramount Western For Blended Family Fare At Warner Bros". Deadline. February 21, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013. 
  5. ^ "Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore Comedy Blended Set For May 23, 2014". ComingSoon.net. April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013. 
  6. ^ "Frank Coraci to Direct Adam Sandler's Next". ComingSoon.net. March 8, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013. 
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike (31 January 2012). "Hasbro’s ‘Candy Land’ Lands With Adam Sandler". Deadline. Retrieved 31 January 2012. 
  8. ^ "Look out, Adam Sandler! It's Donkey Kong's Space Invading Frogger!". Entertainment Weekly. November 10, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2012. 
  9. ^ Kit, Borys (2 April 2012). "Adam Sandler's Happy Madison to Produce 'Summer School' Remake (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 April 2012. 
  10. ^ "Sony Pictures Animation Drives Tonka Trucks to the Big Screen". ComingSoon.net. June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012. 
  11. ^ "Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Adapting 'Bad Toys II' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. July 25, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012. 

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