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'''Happy Madison Productions''' is an American film and television production company founded on December 10, 1999 by Adam Sandler. The company takes its name from the films '''''Happy''' Gilmore'' and ''Billy '''Madison''''', two box office successes starring Sandler himself. The films ''The Waterboy'' and ''The Wedding Singer'' helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. The majority of the company's films have received negative reviews from critics, yet most have performed well at the box office.

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 the completion of Sandler's final contracted film for the studio, ''Pixels''; however they still continue to work with Sony on their [[Sony Pictures Television|television division]].

 

The company later signed a four-film deal with Netflix in October 2014; and later again in January 2020 worth up to $275 million. Its parent company, named after the company itself, is run by Adam Sandler's brother Scott and is located in Manchester, New Hampshire.

 

It had two short-lived subsidiaries; a drama subsidiary, [[Madison 23]], which only produced two films, being ''Reign Over Me'' and ''Funny People'', both starring Sandler himself, and a horror subsidiary, [[Scary Madison]], which only produced ''The Shortcut''.

'''Trivia:''' The man depicted in the logo is Stanley Sandler, Adam Sandler's father. Adam Sandler created this as a tribute to him, in the hopes that he would enjoy his films.