| Jackass | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | |
| Directed by | Jeff Tremaine |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Dave Roen Sam Spiegel (season 1) |
| Opening theme | "Corona" byMinutemen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 25(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Trip Taylor |
| Cinematography | Dimitry Elyashkevich |
| Editors | Ivan Victor Kristine Young Gaffney Mark Hansen |
| Camera setup | Single |
| Running time | 20–22 minutes |
| Production company | Dickhouse Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | MTV |
| Release | October 1, 2000 (2000-10-01)[1][2] – August 12, 2001 (2001-08-12)[3] |
| Related | |
| Wildboyz Viva La Bam Homewrecker Blastazoid Bam's Unholy Union Dr. Steve-O Bam's World Domination CKY Bam's Bad Ass Game Show | |
Jackass is an Americanreality slapstick comedy TV show andmedia franchise created byJeff Tremaine,Spike Jonze, andJohnny Knoxville. It originally aired as a TV series of three short seasons onMTV between October 2000 and August 2001, with reruns extending into 2002. It featured a compilation of pain-inducing stunt performances and pranks on each other and the public, with the regular cast entailing Johnny Knoxville,Bam Margera,Chris Pontius,Ryan Dunn,Steve-O,Dave England,Ehren McGhehey,Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, andPreston Lacy.
After MTV endedJackass broadcasts in 2002, it grew into a media franchise, which includes the spin-offsWildboyz andViva La Bam; five feature films released byParamount Pictures, four of which with expanded compilation films;a video game and a mobile game;boxed DVD sets of unreleased footage of the original TV show, a short-lived website featuring blogs and videos, merchandise, and several other videos released by various other means.
TheJackass show was controversial due to its perceived indecency and potential encouragement of dangerous behavior. The show placed 68th onEntertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list, and is a significant part in 2000sAmerican popular culture.[4]
In the late 1990s, aspiring actor and writerJohnny Knoxville had moved fromKnoxville,Tennessee toLos Angeles, California, and landed work in commercials in order to support his wife and infant daughter. Among his ideas was to produce an article that involved testing various self-defense equipment on himself as a homage to his hero,gonzo journalistHunter S. Thompson.[5] Knoxville pitched the story to several magazines but all refused to cover the story due to liability concerns. However, in 1996, Knoxville was contacted byBig Brother, a skateboarding magazine for whichJeff Tremaine was an editor, and convinced Knoxville to do the stunt and film it. The stunt featured Knoxville testing outpepper spray, astun gun, ataser, and a.38 caliber gun with abulletproof vest,[5] with the gun stunt only being included in theBig Brother video entitledNumber Two, which also featured an appearance by futureJackass cast memberJason "Wee Man" Acuña.[6] Other contributors toBig Brother at this time wereChris Pontius andDave England, who went on to become a part of theJackass cast; Dimitry Elyashkevich, who became the show's cinematographer;Rick Kosick, who became a cameraman; Sean Cliver, who became the show's main photographer; and Loomis Fall, who made recurring appearances throughout theJackass TV show and films.
Around this time, up-and-coming professional skateboarderBam Margera was filming his family and friends from his hometown ofWest Chester,Pennsylvania. Collectively known as theCKY crew (short for "Camp Kill Yourself"), these home videos were ultimately compiled and released as part of theCKY video series.[5] The videos featured stunts, pranks, and skateboarding with a cast that primarily included Bam,Ryan Dunn,Brandon DiCamillo,Raab Himself,Rake Yohn and Margera's family; his motherApril, his fatherPhil, his uncleDon Vito, and his older brother andCKY drummerJess. Like theBig Brother videos, theCKY releases quickly became a cult hit and attracted the attention of Tremaine, who saw the secondCKY video,CKY2K, and flew Margera to Los Angeles to meet with him.[5]
The video convinced Tremaine that the CKY group would fit perfectly with the idea of a stunt and prank television show that he, Knoxville, andSpike Jonze had been planning.[5] After demo footage had been shot and pitched to several networks,Saturday Night Live made an offer to have the crew be a recurring segment on the show. The offer was rejected, and a subsequent bidding war betweenComedy Central,FX, andMTV resulted in the three accepting a deal from the latter for a half-hour weekly show and greater creative control. Knoxville, Tremaine, and Jonze are credited as executive producers.Van Toffler, president of MTV, said: "We just knew there were a bunch of knuckleheads out there who had a very high tolerance for stupidity and pain."[5]
Soon after the MTV deal, Tremaine got in touch with periodic contributor toBig BrotherSteve-O, who was working as a clown at a localFlorida flea market, and had him film videos of his stunts for the television show, but none of the stunts were cleared by MTV management.[5] Some time later, Dave England suggested and brought in his friendEhren McGhehey, a fellowOregon resident and extreme stunt participant.[7]Preston Lacy would be the last of the original cast to join, after he and Knoxville previously worked together with Knoxville's ex-wife's clothing line. Knoxville told Lacy that he was making a new TV show and asked him if he could potentially write some ideas. Knoxville then convinced Lacy to perform the stunts himself.[8]
After the establishment ofDickhouse Productions; a formerViacom company (now owned byParamount Global) by Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze,[9]Jackass officially debuted on October 1, 2000 on MTV. After the airing of the second episode, MTV gained its highest Sunday ratings in its history, drawing 2.4 million viewers among 12 to 34-year-olds, its target demographic.[10]
In a 2001 interview withRolling Stone, Knoxville questioned how long the MTV show would and could last, and soon after announced that the series would end after its third season aired.[11] He also expressed discontentment with MTV and its censorship policy, who, from the start of season two, increasingly gave notes regarding what the show could and could not depict. In addition, Steve-O claimed that the cast salaries paid by MTV were "meager at best". Because of problems with MTV's standards and practices department, the Jackass crew did not attempt to create a finale to bring the show to a close.
At the time of its first broadcast in 2000,Jackass frequently featured warnings and disclaimers noting that the stunts performed were very dangerous and should not be imitated, and also advised viewers that any stunt video footage sent to the production company would not be opened or viewed. Such warnings not only appeared before and after each program and after each commercial break, but also in a "crawl" that ran along the bottom of the screen during some especially risky stunts, as well as showing their "skull and crutches" logo at the bottom right of the screen to symbolize the stunt performed as risky. Nevertheless, the program was blamed for a number of deaths and injuries involving teens and children recreating the stunts.[12]
On February 7, 2001,Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut senator and the vice presidential candidate for theDemocratic Party in the2000 presidential election, sent a letter to MTV's parent companyViacom urging the company to take greater responsibility for its programming and to do more to help parents protect their children.[13] MTV responded to the criticism by canceling all airings ofJackass before 10 p.m., but Lieberman's continual campaign against the show led to MTV ultimately refusing to air repeats of the later episodes, a move which angered the cast and production crew of the series who were furious with MTV's "caving into Lieberman's demands".
In 2002, a Montana man named Jack Ass sued MTV for $10 million, claiming that the show was plagiarizing his name. Jack Ass, whose birth name was Bob Craft (died 2003[14]), changed his name in 1997 to raise awareness fordrunk driving, after his brother and friend were killed in a car accident.[15] Johnny Knoxville, one of the show's creators, rebuffed the lawsuit stating "What could be more American than just suing the living shit out of someone for no reason at all?"[16]
On November 23, 2012, Matt-Dillion Shannon, an 18-year-old from Napier, New Zealand, was sentenced to three years in prison on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm for his role in the August 2011 dousing of a 16-year-old with gasoline and setting him on fire. Shannon's lawyer claimed that this act was inspired by theJackass series, despite the fact that no such stunt ever aired on the show.[17]
On December 6, 2005, MTV released a four disc DVD collection entitledJackass: The Box Set. This set does not contain the three complete seasons as they originally aired, but rather recompilations, each including various stunts from all three seasons, arranged into 3 volumes of "episodes". There are also additional features, such as a commentary track by the cast and crew for numerous stunts. The fourth disc includes additional bonus material, such as the crew's trip to theGumball 3000 rally (The only 1-hour long episode in the show's history); a special "Where Are They Now?" documentary;MTV Cribs: Jackass Edition, featuring segments compiled from variousCribs episodes spotlighting Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and Ryan Dunn; as well as appearances by the crew at the2002 MTV Video Music Awards and the2002 MTV Latin America Video Music Awards. The set also contains a 48-page collector's booklet of rare photos and covers the history of the show, as well as various inside stories of certain stunts and moments from the show.
The second and third volumes of this box set had previously been released separately on December 10, 2002, two months afterJackass: The Movie was released in theaters. The first volume was released by itself on January 23, 2006. The fourth "bonus disc" has never been released separately.
Another compilation of stunts from the television series was released on October 11, 2009 entitledJackass: The Lost Tapes. Again being arranged into individual segments rather than episodes, this collection features all the remaining stunts from the show that weren't included in the original box set, such as "Self Defense Test"; "Stun Collar"; "Fast Food Football"; "Roller Jump"; and "Satan vs. God". In addition to the previously unreleased segments, this collection also includes stunts that were filmed for the TV series, but never aired, primarily due to censorship reasons. The DVD's bonus features include the original cold opens from every televised episode of Jackass, the original credit montages from each televised episode, and an inside look at the short-lived website jackassworld.com, featuring various skits.
Beginning in 2013, various other box sets have been released in the USA and UK that combine the original box set, with or without the bonus disc (Gumball Rally 3000, etc), with the lost tapes disc, and often with all the movies released up to that point (5 or 7), in their unrated expanded versions.
After the TV series ended, each member of the cast found new work in movies and/or television, each achieving their own degree of success.Johnny Knoxville pursued a career as an actor, appearing in such films as the 2004 remake ofWalking Tall,The Dukes of Hazzard,Men in Black II,The Ringer,A Dirty Shame,Big Trouble,Coyote Ugly,The Last Stand,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, andSkiptrace.
Bam Margera and theCKY crew were given their own spin-off show in 2003 calledViva La Bam, which followed Margera and his family, who were often made the victim of the clique's practical jokes. Bam and the crew also hosted a radio show from 2004 until 2013 calledRadio Bam onSirius XM. Margera was also the primary focus of the showBam's Unholy Union, which followed him and his then-fiancée Missy Rothstein in the run-up to their wedding, whileBrandon DiCamillo andRake Yohn were featured inBlastazoid, a short-lived show about video games.
WhenViva La Bam finished its run,Ryan Dunn, who was part of Bam's CKY crew onViva La Bam, was given his own showHomewrecker, in which he found revenge for helpless victims of practical jokes by renovating the prankster's room according to the original incident. The show only lasted one season. On June 20, 2011, Dunn was killed in a car crash while driving intoxicated inPennsylvania.[18]
Chris Pontius andSteve-O were also given their own spin-off show in 2003 entitledWildboyz. UnlikeJackass andViva La Bam,Wildboyz rejected the standard formula of practical jokes and instead featured the two traveling the world in search of wild and exotic animals. Directed by Jackass director Jeff Tremaine,Wildboyz frequently featured guest appearances by fellow Jackasses Johnny Knoxville andWee Man, as well as recurringJackass guests Loomis Fall,Manny Puig,Tony Hawk, andMat Hoffman.
One year afterJackass Number Two was released, Steve-O was given a new spin-off entitledDr. Steve-O, which premiered in 2007 on theUSA Network. The show followed Steve-O as he acted as a doctor to help men overcome their fears, thus the tagline created by Steve-O, "Turning wussies into men." In every episode, Dr. Steve-O helped three different men, and made them complete three challenges to overcome their fears.
Two days beforeJackass 3D premiered in theaters, Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn starred in a half-hour TV special titledBam's World Domination. In this special, Bam and Dunn, along with pro skateboarder Tim O'Connor, participated in theTough Guy Competition. This special aired onSpikeTV.
AfterJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa was released, Bam Margera created a new spin-off entitledBam's Bad Ass Game Show, which aired onTBS in 2014. Bam hosted this game show, along with co-hostsBrandon Novak, Tim O'Connor, andSeth Meisterman, in which contestants were instructed to perform a series of stunts while competing against each other, in the hopes of winning the grand prize of $10,000.
FormerJackass and CKY crew memberChris Raab started and hosted his own podcast titledBathroom Break Podcast. The first episode came out on August 18, 2018. He has interviewed every originalJackass cast member and every main CKY crew member with the exception of Johnny Knoxville and Brandon DiCamillo. The last episode was released on November 5, 2019.
Steve-O started his own podcast titledWild Ride! with Steve-O, which he hosts along with co-hosts Scott Randolph, Paul Brisske, and Vinny Imperati. The first episode came out on March 17, 2020, featuring skateboarder Tony Hawk as guest. He has since interviewed mostJackass cast members, and other celebrities.
Sean "Poopies" McInerney, one of the new cast members ofJackass Forever, also started his own podcast, titledThe Shittiest Podcast. The first episode was released on April 20, 2022, and featured Johnny Knoxville as guest. As of March 2022, Poopies will also have a spin-off TV show titledWhat Not to Do, which will air onDiscovery+.[19]
After the show went off the air, the cast reunited in 2002 to film what they believed would be the finale ofJackass: a full-length motion picture version of the show entitledJackass: The Movie. The cast made it clear that the film was their "farewell" to the fans of the show, and with the franchise taking the movie format, the cast and crew were now allowed to circumvent the censors, showing more vulgar stunts than the ones featured on the TV show.[20] Despite earlier disagreements,MTV Films assisted in the film's distribution.
The film, shot on a budget of just $5 million, went on to gross over $60 million in the United States alone, and finished in the #1 spot at the box office during its debut weekend.
With the release ofJackass: The Movie, director Tremaine and the rest of the cast believed thatJackass was finished, and there would be no further projects under the franchise. However, during the final season ofWildboyz, Knoxville joined his former castmates Pontius and Steve-O on various expeditions around the world. It was said that Knoxville went so far out during the filming of the show that Tremaine pulled him aside and said "If you're willing to go this all out, why not get all the guys together and shoot another movie?" Knoxville agreed, and with bothViva La Bam andWildboyz finishing up their runs, the entire cast was available to reunite and film the sequel.[21]
Jackass Number Two was released on September 22, 2006, produced by MTV Films and distributed by Paramount Pictures. As was the case with its predecessor,Jackass Number Two topped the box office in its debut weekend, earning $29.01 million. Footage for several stunts featured Bam Margera's uncleVincent "Don Vito" Margera, but this was removed from the theatrical and DVD release due to his arrest and conviction on two counts of sexual assault on a minor.
On September 7, 2006, MTV featured a half-hour documentary entitledThe Making of Jackass: Number Two. When asked if the film meant the end ofJackass, cast member Steve-O jokingly commented that the people who made money from the franchisestill wanted more money, hinting that the cast would still continue the franchise in one form or another. At the conclusion of the documentary, Johnny Knoxville reveals that he "had a hard time letting go" because he is "so hooked on doing stunts." Cameraman Dimitry Elyashkevich confirmed that weeks after the film, Knoxville was so desperate to shoot that he would film himself running into street signs just for the sake of additional footage.[21]
On September 5, 2007, Bam Margera announced the release ofJackass 2.5 onThe Howard Stern Show, a compilation film of stunts that, for one reason or another, did not make it toJackass: Number Two.[22] The DVD was released on December 26, 2007. Special features on the DVD include the making ofJackass 2.5, the making ofJackass: The Game, deleted scenes, and a photo gallery.
On May 27, 2008, adirect-to-DVD Jackass film was released by Dickhouse Productions.[23][24] The film is a tribute to the stuntmanEvel Knievel, who died on November 30, 2007, one year before the film's release.
In an August 2009 interview withThe Times-Picayune, Knoxville, on the topic of Steve-O's recovery and rehabilitation, said, "He's taking to sobriety like he took to drugs and alcohol, I'm very proud of him. I think we'll see him doing some stuff here really soon. As a matter of fact, I know we are."[25] He later stated "Something's coming. We're pretty excited." Later, he added, "I think it'll be a big year next year, but I don't want to talk about it yet ..."[26]
In September 2009, Margera revealed toIltalehti, a Finnish newspaper, thatJackass 3 would be made and filmed in places like Mongolia, South Africa and Finland as well as the United States beginning in January 2010.[27] He then confirmed it again during a broadcast of Radio Bam on September 21, 2009. In early December, Knoxville confirmed thatJackass 3 was being made.[28][29] In April 2010, a brief blurb aboutJackass 3D, titled "gone filmin'", appeared on the Jackassworld website. It went on to state: "Thanks for the support the past two years. To keep abreast and adick of all things related to the world of jackass and Dickhouse (including the currently in production flick Jackass 3D), follow us on Facebook and Twitter."[30]
In late July 2010, Paramount and MTV screened the first footage fromJackass 3D at a special event duringComic-Con 2010 in its 3D format. The event allowed fans to meet theJackass crew.[31] Then in August 2010, the official trailer was aired on MTV.
Jackass 3D was released in American movie theaters on October 15, 2010. On opening weekend, the movie made an estimated $50 million in 3,081 theaters,[32] outperforming predictions it would earn $30 million[33] and breaking the record for the most successful fall opening ever, which was previously held byScary Movie 3.
Jackass 3.5 was released in June 2011 with unused footage shot during the filming ofJackass 3D.[34] The first trailer was released online on January 27, 2011, and the feature-length movie was released on VOD and DVD on June 14, 2011,[35] and the entire film was streamed in weekly segments onJoost, starting April 1, 2011.[36]
In March 2012, Knoxville discussed the possibility of a fourth film, saying "we're keeping our mind open" and "I've got 50–60 ideas on top of all the stuff we didn't get to shoot."[37] Then in June 2012, it was reported Paramount had "registered several domains for a film that would be calledBad Grandpa."[38]
During Margera's September 18, 2012, interview onThe Howard Stern Show aboutJackass, he said: "There's going to be a whole movie about Knoxville's grandpa character."
Bad Grandpa was officially announced in July 2013 and released on October 25, 2013,[39] exactly 11 years after the release ofJackass: The Movie. It was the first film in the series to be nominated for anAcademy Award; it lost the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award toDallas Buyers Club.[40]
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.5 is a version ofBad Grandpa that adds over 40 minutes of unused footage, additional outtakes, and interviews. It premiered June 15, 2014 on MTV, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray July 8, 2014.
In a 2018 interview, Knoxville said that he was open to making a fourthJackass film that may feature some new cast members, "just to bring in some fresh blood into it."[41] He said that he had continued to write ideas for aJackass film and that "a ton" have been set aside should the project receive the green-light. In July 2019, former cast memberChris Raab said that he had interviewed theJackass crew on hisBathroom Break podcast and noted that everyone was still open to a fourth film should Knoxville, Tremaine, and Spike Jonze agree.[41] On December 19, 2019, Paramount confirmed that a fourthJackass film was set for production and scheduled for release on March 5, 2021.[42] In April 2020, the film's release date was rescheduled to July 2, 2021.[43] In July 2020, due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic, the film was rescheduled once again to September 3, 2021.[44] In April 2021, Paramount in a major reshuffle, moved the release date again to October 22, 2021.[45]Principal photography started on March 3, 2020, and shut down on March 15, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming resumed 7 months later on October 19, 2020. Paramount officially released the movie in the United States on February 4, 2022.
Jackass 4.5 is compiled from outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage, and unused material shot during the filming ofJackass Forever, along with later interviews with the cast and crew members. It was released onNetflix on May 20, 2022.
Jackass Backyard BBQ is a TV special that features the entireJackass cast promoting the firstJackass movie.Dave England did not appear in this special, but archival footage of him is shown. It features celebrity guest appearances fromEric Koston,Tré Cool,Andrew W.K.,Slash,Rivers Cuomo,Lara Flynn Boyle, andDanny Masterson. It premiered on MTV in July, 2002.
On February 23, 2008, MTV held the TV special,Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover, to coincide with the official launch of Jackassworld.com. The special allowed the core members ofJackass to take over MTV and its studios for 24 hours, broadcasting new pranks and stunts, along with a tribute to stunt man Evel Knievel shot days before.
On May 3, 2009, MTV premiered a documentary titledSteve-O: Demise and Rise about how his life was affected by the use of drugs and alcohol. The documentary was directed byJackass cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich.[46] The show featured home-made video footage of Steve-O using drugs and vandalizing his apartment. In an August 2009 interview withJohnny Knoxville forThe Times-Picayune, Knoxville on the topic of Steve-O's recovery and rehabilitation said "He's taking to sobriety like he took to drugs and alcohol, I'm very proud of him. I think we'll see him doing some stuff here really soon. As a matter of fact, I know we are."[26]
A Tribute to Ryan Dunn is a TV movie documentary which aired on November 28, 2011. The film chronicles the life of former cast member Ryan Dunn, who died on June 20, 2011. It features interviews from Dunn's family members, theJackass cast and crew, and some of the CKY crew members. Never-before-released footage of Dunn was also shown in this documentary.
On July 11, 2021, duringShark Week, theDiscovery Channel airedJackass Shark Week. It featuredJackass cast members Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and new cast members Sean "Poopies" McInerney andJasper Dolphin, with Jeff Tremaine and Trip Taylor serving as executive producers, and Dimitry Elyashkevich as camera operator. ThisShark Week episode marks the first time someone ever got bit on the show.[47][48]
On June 15, 2022, Chris Pontius announced that they will be doing anotherJackass Shark Week special.[49] It featured Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Sean "Poopies" McInerney,Zach Holmes,[50] Jasper Dolphin, and his dad Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson. It aired on July 24, 2022, on theDiscovery Channel.[51]
| Film | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main writers | Co-writers | |||
| Jackass: The Movie (2002) | Jeff Tremaine | Jeff Tremaine,Spike Jonze,Johnny Knoxville,Bam Margera,Steve-O,Preston Lacy,Chris Pontius,Wee Man,Dave England,Ryan Dunn andEhren McGhehey | Brandon DiCamillo, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Rob "Whitey" McConnaughy, Sean Cliver, Loomis Fall, Tim Payne, Anne Zogby, Phil Clapp, andVernon Chatman | Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville |
| Jackass Number Two (2006) | Mark Lewman, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Al Walker, Brandon DiCamillo, Darrin Prescott, David Weathers, Gary Leffew,Jeffrey Ross,Juicy J,DJ Paul,Project Pat, Loomis Fall, Scott Rogers, Sean Cliver, Thor Drake, and Rob "Whitey" McConnaughy | |||
| Jackass 3D (2010) | Loomis Fall, Barry Owen Smoler,The Dudesons,Dave Carnie, Mike Kassak, Madison Clapp, Knate Gwaltney, Derek Freda, Trip Taylor, Sean Cliver, Dimitry Elyashkevich, J.P. Blackmon, andRick Kosick | |||
| Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) | Screenplay by: Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze and Jeff Tremaine Story by: Fax Bahr, Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, Adam Small and Jeff Tremaine | Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Derek Freda, and Jeff Tremaine | ||
| Jackass Forever (2022) | Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Sean "Poopies" McInerney,Jasper Dolphin,Zach Holmes, Rachel Wolfson, and Eric Manaka | Dimitry Elyashkevich, Sean Cliver,Andrew Weinberg,Colton Dunn, Knate Lee,Derrick Beckles,Eric André,Sarah Sherman, and Nick Kreiss | Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville | |
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Ref(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | Worldwide | ||||||
| Jackass: The Movie | October 25, 2002 | $64,255,312 | $15,238,519 | $79,493,831 | $5 million | [52] | ||
| Jackass Number Two | September 22, 2006 | $72,778,712 | $11,839,820 | $84,618,532 | $11.5 million | [53] | ||
| Jackass 3D | October 15, 2010 | $117,229,692 | $54,456,100 | $171,685,792 | $20 million | [54] | ||
| Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | October 25, 2013 | $102,003,019 | $49,828,518 | $151,831,537 | $15 million | [55] | ||
| Jackass Forever | February 4, 2022 | $57,743,451 | $22,820,548 | $80,563,999 | $10 million | [56] | ||
| Total | $411,122,207 | $148,562,957 | $559,685,164 | $61.5 million | [57] | |||
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| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackass: The Movie | 49% (94 reviews)[58] | 42 (14 reviews)[59] | A−[60] |
| Jackass Number Two | 64% (103 reviews)[61] | 66 (23 reviews)[62] | B+[60] |
| Jackass 3D | 65% (113 reviews)[63] | 56 (23 reviews)[64] | B+[60] |
| Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | 61% (109 reviews)[65] | 54 (29 reviews)[66] | B[60] |
| Jackass Forever | 86% (169 reviews)[67] | 74 (39 reviews)[68] | B+[69] |
Jackass: The Game was released on September 24, 2007. It was developed under a license bySidhe Interactive in Wellington, New Zealand, for thePlayStation 2,PlayStation Portable andNintendo DS. The game was first shown at the 2006E3 behind closed doors.[70] It is mentioned in theJackass Number Two commentary: when discussing the stunt where several members get punched in the face by a spring-loaded boxing glove hidden behind a fake valentine on a wall, the commentator says the cast members had just come upstairs from shooting a promo for the video game. Knoxville and other members of theJackass team also provided stunt ideas to the developer based on unused stunts from the show.[71] A trailer and the cover art was released in June 2007 on the game's official website. All main characters of the show were featured as playable, except for Bam Margera, whose contractual obligations toNeversoft, makers of theTony Hawk's franchise, prevented him from appearing in any other video game.
Jackass Human Slingshot is a mobile game available onAndroid andiOS,[72] and was released on January 20, 2022. In this game, you play as Johnny Knoxville and get launched from a slingshot to get as much injuries as possible in order to progress. The game was developed by BBTV Interactive.
AfterJackass Forever premiered in 2022, aJackass trading card set was released.[73] The set featured autographs of theJackass Forever cast and crew, and severalJackass Forever guest stars. This set was unique in the sense that special numbered insert cards were given only to cast and crew members, so there was no way to get these extremely rare cards directly from boxes. The only way to get one was directly from one of the cast or crew members.[73]
TheCKY video series is a series of videos produced by Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo and other residents of West Chester, Pennsylvania. "CKY" stands for "Camp Kill Yourself". The series was part of the basis for what eventually became theJackass TV series.
Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video is the first DVD by Steve-O, released in 2001. It mostly contains footage that couldn't be shown on related MTV show Jackass, due to censorship. It was followed byDon't Try This at Home Volume 2: The Tour (2002),Steve-O: Out on Bail (2003) andSteve-O: The Early Years (2004). The video series featured recurring guest appearances from theJackass cast and crew, and from professional skateboarderRyan Simonetti.
Haggard: The Movie is an independent comedy film based on the story of how Ryan Dunn's girlfriend may have cheated on him. The film was financed, directed, produced, co-written, and edited by Bam Margera. The film stars Ryan Dunn, Jenn Rivell, Brandon DiCamillo, Bam Margera, Rake Yohn, and Raab Himself.
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie is a comedy film that was released in 2006 and features several cast members ofJackass including Steve-O, Preston Lacy, Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Ehren McGhehey and recurringJackass guest Manny Puig. The film features parodies of many television shows, such asFear Factor,Cops,MTV Cribs,The Six Million Dollar Man andMiami Vice.
3000 Miles is a documentary in which Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn, along with Tony Hawk,Mike Vallely, Mike Escamilla, andDan Joyce fromDirty Sanchez, race 3000 miles around the world from London to Los Angeles in 8 days in theGumball 3000 rally.
Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% Is Santa? is a direct-to-video film about Bam Margera going on a quest to find Santa Claus with the help from Brandon Novak, his elder brother Jess,Chad I Ginsburg,Mark Hanna,Joe Frantz, Missy Rothstein, his parents Phil and April,Seth Meisterman, and his uncleMatt "Shitbirdz" Cole.Jarppi Leppälä andJukka Hildén fromThe Dudesons also appear in this movie. If Bam doesn't succeed to find Santa,Mark the Bagger gets his wife Missy as a Christmas present.
Minghags is an independent comedy film that was released in 2009. It was directed, co-written, and edited by Bam Margera. It is a loose sequel toHaggard: The Movie. The film stars Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Don Vito, Rake Yohn, Missy Rothstein, Brandon Novak, Mark the Bagger, Mark Hanna, and Angie Cuturic.
Steve-O: Guilty as Charged is Steve-O's first comedy special which was released on March 18, 2016. It features him performing various stunts in front of a live audience in a theatre in Austin, Texas, as well as him telling backstories of his career. This special premiered onShowtime.
Action Point is comedy film featuringJackass cast members Johnny Knoxville and Chris Pontius, and newJackass member Eric Manaka, released in 2018. Knoxville was inspired to make the film after seeing Matt Robertson's 2013 short documentaryThe Most Insane Amusement Park Ever, aboutAction Park, a theme park in New Jersey which was notorious for poorly designed, unsafe rides, in addition to employing underaged, undertrained and often under-the-influence staff.[74] Similar toBad Grandpa, the film features traditionalJackass-style stunts connected by a fictional narrative.
Gnarly is Steve-O's second stand-up comedy special at theGothic Theatre in Denver, Colorado. He presented stories, stunts and previously unseen footage to the audience. The special marks the first time the entire cast ofJackass reunited after the death of Ryan Dunn. It was released in 2020 and is available to watch on Steve-O's website.[75]
In 2021, Steve-O started going on tour throughout the United States. This tour, titledThe Bucket List Tour, features Steve-O telling stories and showing stunts that he wasn't allowed to do forJackass. He occasionally brought otherJackass members as guests for his live shows. He started going to Australia and New Zealand in February 2023, and to the United Kingdom in June and July 2023. It was released on his website on November 14, 2023, making it his third comedy special.[76] Chris Pontius, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, Loomis Fall, and Jeff Tremaine make cameo appearances.
the production filmed so much material that there's easily enough to create a sequel from what was left on the cutting-room floor.
