Happy Madison Productions
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | December 10, 1999 |
Founder | Adam Sandler |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA (Happy Madison Productions) , Manchester, New Hampshire (parent company Happy Madison, Inc. United States |
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 |
Products | Motion pictures and television series |
Owners | Adam Sandler Jack Giarraputo |
Parent | Happy Madison, Inc. |
Website | facebook |
Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler,[1][2][3] 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".[4]
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 the studio, Pixels. Happy Madison, Inc. the parent company of Happy Madison Productions is run by Adam Sandler's brother Scott and is located in Manchester, New Hampshire.[5]
Its subsidiary Madison 23 Productions, was aimed towards the drama genre. It only produced two films Reign Over Me and Funny People, which both starred Sandler himself. Another subsidiary was Scary Madison Productions, which was aimed towards the horror genre and only produced the film The Shortcut.
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References[]
- ^ "Adam Sandler". Variety. 13 October 2013.
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- ^ Locke, Taylor (2019-12-07). "Adam Sandler on being fired from 'Saturday Night Live' in 1995 before achieving massive success". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Happy Madison: 10 Things You Never Knew About Adam Sandler's Production Company". ScreenRant. 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporate Information for Happy Madison, Inc.
External links[]
- Happy Madison Productions
- American companies established in 1999
- 1999 establishments in California
- Film production companies of the United States
- Television production companies of the United States
- Companies based in Culver City, California
- Mass media companies established in 1999