Happy Madison Productions

Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler which is best known for its 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, written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The elderly man depicted in the production logo is Sandler's late father, Stanley (who had died in 2003), who also says the accompanying audio, “Terrific.”

Happy Madison Productions, Inc.
TypeFilm and Television Production Company
IndustryFilms and Television
FoundedDecember 10, 1999 (1999-12-10)
FounderAdam Sandler
Headquarters
Manchester, New Hampshire (Happy Madison, Inc.)
Key people
Adam Sandler (founder & CEO)
Allen Covert
Jack Giarraputo (President)
Tim Herlihy
Heather Parry
Scott Sandler
Barry Bernardi
Steve Koren
Mark O'Keefe
Seth Gordon
Timothy Dowling
ProductsFilms and Television
OwnersAdam Sandler
Jack Giarraputo
ParentHappy Madison, Inc.
Websitefacebook.com/Sandler

In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released films 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, Grown Ups 2), Frank Coraci (Click, Zookeeper, Blended), 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 films The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. He produced The Waterboy and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. The film 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 were formerly located in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City but the company left after completion of Sandler's final contracted film for Sony/Columbia Pictures Pixels. Happy Madison, Inc. the parent company of Happy Madison Productions is run by Adam Sandler's brother Scott is located in Manchester, New Hampshire[1]

Filmography
Year Film Director Distributor Budget Gross (worldwide)
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Mike Mitchell Buena Vista Pictures (Touchstone Pictures) $17 million $92.9 million
2000 Little Nicky Steven Brill New Line Cinema $85 million $58.3 million
2001 Joe Dirt Dennie Gordon Columbia Pictures $17.7 million $31 million
The Animal Luke Greenfield $47 million $84.8 million
2002 Mr. Deeds Steven Brill $50 million $171.3 million
The Master of Disguise Perry Andelin Blake $16 million $43.4 million
Eight Crazy Nights Seth Kearsley $34 million $23.8 million
The Hot Chick Tom Brady Buena Vista Pictures (Touchstone Pictures) $34 million $54.6 million
2003 Anger Management Peter Segal Columbia Pictures $75 million $195.7 million
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Sam Weisman Paramount Pictures $17 million $23.8 million
2004 50 First Dates Peter Segal Columbia Pictures $75 million $196.5 million
2005 The Longest Yard Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures $82 million $190.3 million
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Mike Bigelow Columbia Pictures $22 million $45.1 million
2006 Grandma's Boy Nicholaus Goossen 20th Century Fox $5.5 million $37.9 million
The Benchwarmers Dennis Dugan Columbia Pictures $33 million $65 million
Click Frank Coraci $82.5 million $237.7 million
2007 Reign Over Me Mike Binder $20 million $22.2 million
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Dennis Dugan Universal Pictures $85 million $186.1 million
2008 Strange Wilderness Fred Wolf Paramount Pictures $20 million $7 million
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dennis Dugan Columbia Pictures $90 million $201.8 million
The House Bunny Fred Wolf $25 million $70.4 million
Bedtime Stories Adam Shankman Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures) $80 million $212.9 million
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Steve Carr Columbia Pictures $26 million $183.3 million
Funny People Judd Apatow Universal Pictures/Columbia Pictures $75 million $71.6 million
The Shortcut Nicholaus Goossen Leomax $1 million N/A
2010 Grown Ups Dennis Dugan Columbia Pictures $80 million $271.4 million
2011 Just Go with It $80 million $214.9 million
Zookeeper Frank Coraci $80 million $169.9 million
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Tom Brady $10 million $2.5 million
Jack and Jill Dennis Dugan $79 million $149.7 million
2012 That's My Boy Sean Anders $70 million $57.7 million
Here Comes the Boom Frank Coraci $42 million $73.1 million
2013 Grown Ups 2[2] Dennis Dugan[3] $80 million[4] $246.6 million[5]
2014 Blended[6][7] Frank Coraci[8] Warner Bros. $40 million $126.8 million[9]
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2[10] Andy Fickman Columbia Pictures $30 million $103.7 million
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser[11] Fred Wolf Crackle N/A N/A
Pixels[12][13] Chris Columbus Columbia Pictures $88 million $244.9 million
The Ridiculous 6 Frank Coraci Netflix $60 million N/A
2016 The Do-Over Steven Brill $40 million
2017 Sandy Wexler N/A
2018 The Week Of Robert Smigel
Father of the Year[14] Tyler Spindel
100% Fresh Steven Brill
2019 Murder Mystery Kyle Newacheck
2020 The Wrong Missy[15] Tyler Spindel
Hubie Halloween Steven Brill

Critical reception

Happy Madison's films have, for the most part, received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. The production company has put out four films considered to be some of the worst ever made, including three that have received a 0% score from Rotten Tomatoes.[16][17][18][19]

Year Film Rotten
Tomatoes		 Metacritic
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 22% 30
2000 Little Nicky 22% 38
2001 Joe Dirt 11% 20
2001 The Animal 30% 43
2002 Mr. Deeds 22% 24
2002 The Master of Disguise 1% 12
2002 Eight Crazy Nights 12% 23
2002 The Hot Chick 22% 29
2003 Anger Management 42% 52
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 22% 36
2004 50 First Dates 45% 48
2005 The Longest Yard 31% 48
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 9% 23
2006 Grandma's Boy 16% 33
2006 The Benchwarmers 11% 25
2006 Click 33% 45
2007 Reign Over Me 64% 61
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 14% 37
2008 Strange Wilderness 2% 12
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan 37% 54
2008 The House Bunny 43% 55
2008 Bedtime Stories 26% 33
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 33% 39
2009 Funny People 69% 60
2009 The Shortcut N/A N/A
2010 Grown Ups 10% 30
2011 Just Go with It 19% 33
2011 Zookeeper 14% 30
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star 0% 9
2011 Jack and Jill 3% 23
2012 That's My Boy 20% 31
2012 Here Comes the Boom 40% 40
2013 Grown Ups 2 7% 19
2014 Blended 14% 31
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 5% 14
2015 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser 10% N/A
2015 Pixels 16% 27
2015 The Ridiculous 6 0% 18
2016 The Do-Over 10% 22
2017 Sandy Wexler 27% 39
2018 The Week Of 27% 41
2018 Father of the Year 0% N/A
2018 100% Fresh 90% N/A
2019 Murder Mystery 44% 38
2020 The Wrong Missy 31% 35
2020 Hubie Halloween 51% 54

Television

References
  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. Kaufman, Amy. "With 'Grown Ups 2' poised for strong debut, will 'Pacific Rim' flop?". latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  5. "Grown Ups 2 (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  6. "Adam Sandler Swaps Paramount Western For Blended Family Fare At Warner Bros". Deadline. February 21, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  7. "Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore Comedy Blended Set For May 23, 2014". ComingSoon.net. April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  8. "Frank Coraci to Direct Adam Sandler's Next". ComingSoon.net. March 8, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
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  10. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Set for April 17, 2015". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  11. "David Spade is Back for Joe Dirt 2!". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  12. "Look out, Adam Sandler! It's Donkey Kong's Space Invading Frogger!". Entertainment Weekly. November 10, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  13. "Michelle Monaghan Joins the Cast of Pixels". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  14. N'Duka, Amanda (3 May 2017). "David Spade, Bridgit Mendler, Nat Faxon, & More Co-Star In 'Who Do You Think Would Win?' For Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  15. Vlessing, Etan (10 January 2019). "New David Spade-Starring, Adam Sandler-Produced Netflix Movie Finds Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  16. "The tragedy of Adam Sandler". Salon. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  17. "Comedy about middle school statutory rape? Does Adam Sandler's That's My Boy go too far?". Fox News. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  18. "Is Adam Sandler Serious With That's My Boy? | DrJays.com Live | Fashion. Music. Lifestyle". Live.drjays.com. 2012-05-21. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  19. "Adam Sandler's new movie That's My Boy exploits child victims of sexual assault. Please boycott the movie. | National Coalition For Men". NCFM. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  20. Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2016). "Drama 'Notorious', Comedy 'Imaginary Mary' Picked Up To Series At ABC". Deadline.
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