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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 SandlerProducts Motion Pictures Website AdamSandler.com Happy Madison Productions is an American film/television production company founded by actor/comedian Adam Sandler in 1999 that is 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, 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". It has been announced that Sandler will be executive-producing the horror thriller, The Shortcut, under his new Scary Madison production label.
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Filmography
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 $22 million $84,772,742 Joe Dirt Dennie Gordon $16 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 $86,833,131 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 Mitchell $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 $287,572,574 Reign Over Me Mike Binder $20 million N/A 2008 Strange Wilderness Fred Wolf N/A $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 $227,126,523 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 $312,741,390 Zookeeper Frank Coraci $164,112,560 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Tom Brady N/A N/A Jack & Jill Dennis Dugan 2012 Donny's Boy Sean Anders, John Morris Here Comes the Boom Frank Coraci Television
- The Dana & Julia Show (2004)
- Todd's Coma (2005)
- Gay Robot (2006)
- Rules of Engagement (2007)
- The Gong Show with Dave Attell (2008)
- Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010)
- Breaking In (2011)
Other
- Nick Swardson - Party (CD/DVD) (2007)
- Nick Swardson - Seriously, Who Farted? (2009)
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Categories:- Film production companies of the United States
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Companies established in 1999
- Happy Madison productions
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