Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for The Bubble (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, Vir Das, David Duchovny DIRECTOR: Judd Apatow CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ben Smithard MUSIC: Michael Andrews, Andrew Bird PRODUCTION: Apatow Productions

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for The Bubble (2022). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

It was announced in November 2020 that Judd Apatow had set his next film at Netflix, with the film being about the production of a film during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bubble was written by Apatow and Pam Brady. It was inspired by the production of Jurassic World Dominion (2022), which was filmed during the pandemic with its actors living together in a hotel during the shoot.

In February 2021, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal and Peter Serafinowicz were cast in the film. On March 16, 2021, Vir Das, Rob Delaney, Galen Hopper, Samson Kayo, Guz Khan, Nick Kocher, Ross Lee, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Danielle Vitalis joined the cast.

Principal photography began on February 22, 2021, and concluded on April 16 in the United Kingdom at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, Hedsor House in Hedsor and Cliveden House in Taplow.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 4 nominations total

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 20% based on 118 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Meandering and mostly unfunny, The Bubble gums up an all-star cast with hackneyed gags about showbiz and pandemic life." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 34 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

Apatow was nominated at the 43rd Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director for his work on the film.