List of The Muppets productions

This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is The Muppet Show, a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981. The franchise includes eight feature films; The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space, The Muppets, and Muppets Most Wanted. The franchise also includes other series such as Muppets Tonight and The Muppets.

Films

Film Release date Director Producer(s) Production
studio		 Distributor
The Muppet Movie May 31, 1979 James Frawley Jim Henson Henson Associates Associated Film Distribution1
The Great Muppet Caper June 26, 1981 Jim Henson David Lazer, Frank Oz Universal Pictures1
The Muppets Take Manhattan July 13, 1984 Frank Oz David Lazer TriStar Pictures
The Muppet Christmas Carol December 11, 1992 Brian Henson Brian Henson, Martin G. Baker Walt Disney Pictures
Jim Henson Productions		 Buena Vista Pictures
Muppet Treasure Island February 16, 1996
Muppets from Space July 14, 1999 Tim Hill Jim Henson Pictures Columbia Pictures
The Muppets November 23, 2011[1] James Bobin David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman Walt Disney Pictures
Mandeville Films		 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Muppets Most Wanted March 21, 2014[2]

Reception

Box office gross

Film Worldwide box office gross
The Muppet Movie $65,200,000[3]
The Great Muppet Caper $31,206,251[4]
The Muppets Take Manhattan $25,534,703[5]
The Muppet Christmas Carol $27,281,507[6]
Muppet Treasure Island $34,327,391[7]
Muppets from Space $22,323,612[8]
The Muppets $165,184,237[9]
Muppets Most Wanted $80,383,290[10]
total gross/average rating $451,440,991

critical Reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
The Muppet Movie 87% (47 reviews)[11] 69 (6 reviews)[12]
The Great Muppet Caper 79% (19 Reviews)[13] 79% (19 reviews)[14]
The Muppets Take Manhattan 81% (21 reviews)[15]
The Muppet Christmas Carol 69% (36 reviews)[16] A[17]
Muppet Treasure Island 70% (23 reviews)[18] A-[17]
Muppets from Space 63% (53 reviews)[19] A-[17]
The Muppets 96% (209 reviews)[20] 75 (37 reviews)[21] A[17]
Muppets Most Wanted 79% (173 reviews)[22] 61 (37 reviews)[23] B+[17]
total gross/average rating 78% 68

Academy Awards

Category The Muppet Movie The Great Muppet Caper The Muppets Take Manhattan The Muppet Christmas Carol Muppet Treasure Island Muppets from Space The Muppets Muppets Most Wanted
Music (Original Song) Nomination Nomination Win
Music (Original Score) Nomination Nomination

Television

Series

Title Premiere date End date Network
Sam and Friends May 9, 1955 December 15, 1961 none (WRC-TV)
The Muppet Show September 13, 1976 March 15, 1981 Syndication
Muppet Babies September 15, 1984 December 29, 1990 CBS
Little Muppet Monsters September 14, 1985 September 28, 1985 CBS
The Jim Henson Hour April 14, 1989 July 30, 1989 NBC
Muppets Tonight March 8, 1996 February 8, 1998 ABC / Disney Channel
Muppets TV 2006 2006 TF1[24]
Muppet Moments[25] April 3, 2015 Disney Junior / Disney Channel
The Muppets[26] September 22, 2015 March 1, 2016[27] ABC
Muppet Babies[28] 2018 Disney Junior

Television films

Film Release date Director Producer(s) Distributor
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie November 29, 2002 Kirk Thatcher Warren Carr, Martin G. Baker Universal Studios Home Entertainment
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz May 20, 2005 Bill Barretta Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Direct-to-video releases

Film Release date Director Distributor
Muppet Classic Theater September 27, 1994 David Grossman The Jim Henson Company
Kermit's Swamp Years September 3, 2002 David Gumpel Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Television specials

Title Release date
The Muppets on Puppets January 5, 1970
Hey, Cinderella! April 10, 1970
The Great Santa Claus Switch December 20, 1970
The Frog Prince May 12, 1971
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen April 26, 1972
The Muppets Valentine Show January 30, 1974
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence March 19, 1975
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas December 17, 1978
The Muppets Go Hollywood May 16, 1979
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together December 5, 1979
The Muppets Go to the Movies May 20, 1981
Of Muppets and Men 1981
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show September 17, 1982
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets May 12, 1983
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years January 21, 1986
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic March 26, 1986
The Christmas Toy December 6, 1986
A Muppet Family Christmas December 16, 1987
The Song of the Cloud Forest July 16, 1989
The Muppets at Walt Disney World May 6, 1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary 1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson November 21, 1990
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree December 6, 1995
Studio DC hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse August 3, 2008
Studio DC hosted by Selena Gomez October 5, 2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa December 17, 2008
Lady Gaga and the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular[29] November 28, 2013

Other appearances

Web series

Title Premiere date End date
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony June 26, 2005 September 20, 2006
The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora September 13, 2010 2010
Muppisodes[32] December 6, 2013 2014
Disney Drive-On with The Muppets[33] August 1, 2014 August 15, 2014

Video games

A number of video games featuring the Muppets have been produced since the 1990s.

Notes

  1. ^ Distribution rights were transferred to the Walt Disney Studios in 2004, and were subsequently reissued as Walt Disney Pictures releases in 2005.

References

  1. ↑ Fleming, Michael (March 12, 2008). "Segel and Stoller take on Muppets". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ Fritz, Ben (15 January 2013). "Disney cancels 'Little Mermaid 3-D,' dates 'Pirates 5' for 2015". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Muppet Movie". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Great Muppet Caper". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Muppets Take Manhattan". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)". Internet Movie Database. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Muppet Treasure Island". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Muppets From Space". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Muppets (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Muppets Most Wanted (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ "The Muppet Movie". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Muppet Movie: Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Great Muppet Caper". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "The Great Muppet Caper". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Muppets Take Manhattan". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  16. ↑ "The Muppet Christmas Carol". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Muppet Treasure Island". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Muppets from Space". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  20. ↑ "The Muppets". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  21. ↑ "The Muppets: Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Muppets Most Wanted". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Muppets Most Wanted: Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  24. ↑ James, Alison (September 17, 2006). "Les Muppets on a French roll". Variety. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  25. ↑ Kelley, Seth (March 17, 2015). "Kermit Talks to Kids in Disney Junior's 'Muppet Moments'". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  26. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (7 May 2015). "'The Muppets,' Comedy from 'Community' Star Ken Jeong Among ABC Orders". Variety. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  27. ↑ Holloway, Daniel (May 12, 2016). "'The Muppets' Cancelled by ABC". Variety. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  28. ↑ Foster, Elizabeth (October 26, 2016). "Disney brings Muppet Babies back to TV". Kidscreen.
  29. ↑ Marechal, AJ (17 October 2013). "ABC Sets Holiday Special with Lady Gaga and the Muppets". Variety. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  30. ↑ Couch, Aaron (7 February 2014). "Jimmy Fallon Welcomes Andy Samberg, Muppets to Final 'Late Night' (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  31. ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/a_christmas_cracker/
  32. ↑ Graser, Marc (6 December 2013). "Watch: The Muppets Star in New Series of 'Muppisodes'". Variety. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  33. ↑ Graser, Marc (August 1, 2014). "Disney Launches The Muppets Digital Series". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2014.

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