Bad News Bears (franchise)
The Bad News Bears is an American sports comedy multi-media franchise created by screenwriter Bill Lancaster. It began in 1976 with The Bad News Bears, and was followed by two sequels and a remake: The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) and Bad News Bears (2005).
| The Bad News Bears | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Bill Lancaster |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) |
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| Television series | The Bad News Bears (1979–1980) |
Films
- The Bad News Bears (1976)
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
- Bad News Bears (2005)
Television
- The Bad News Bears (1979–1980)
Characters
| Character | Original series | Bad News Bears (2005) |
Television series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bad News Bears (1976) |
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) |
The Bad News Bears (1979–1980) | ||
| Kelly Leak | Jackie Earle Haley | Jeffrey Davies | Gregg Forrest | ||
| Ahmad Abdul-Rahim | Erin Blunt | Kenneth "K.C." Harris | Kristoff St. John | ||
| Miguel Aguilar | George Gonzales | Carlos Estrada | Charles Nunez | ||
| Mike Engelberg | Gary Lee Cavagnaro | Jeffrey Louis Starr | Brandon Craggs | J. Brennan Smith | |
| Jose Aguilar | Jaime Escobedo | Emmanuel Estrada | Danny Nunez | ||
| Tanner Boyle | Chris Barnes | Timmy Deters | Meeno Peluce | ||
| Timmy Lupus | Quinn Smith | Tyler Patrick Jones | Shane Butterworth | ||
| Rudi Stein | David Pollock | Billy Jayne | |||
| Toby Whitewood | David Stambaugh | Ridge Canipe | |||
| Jimmy Feldman | Brett Marx | ||||
| Amanda Whurlitzer | Tatum O'Neal | Mentioned | Sammi Kane Kraft | Tricia Cast | |
| Morris Buttermaker | Walter Matthau | Billy Bob Thornton | Jack Warden | ||
| Alfred Ogilvie | Alfred W. Lutter | Sparky Marcus (as Leslie Ogilvie) | |||
| Roy Turner | Vic Morrow | Greg Kinnear (as Ray Bullock) |
Phillip Richard Allen | ||
| Bob Whitewood | Ben Piazza | Marcia Gay Harden (as Liz Whitewood) |
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| Joey Turner | Brandon Cruz | Carter Jenkins (as Joey Bullock) |
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| Regi Tower | Scott Firestone | Corey Feldman | |||
| Cleveland | Joyce Van Patten | ||||
| Mike Leak | William Devane | ||||
| Sy Orlansky | Clifton James | ||||
| Carmen Ronzonni | Jimmy Baio | ||||
| Officer Mackie | Lane Smith | ||||
| Mister Manning | Dolph Sweet | ||||
| Morrie Slaytor | Pat Corley | ||||
| Carl Rutherford | Douglas Anderson | ||||
| Chip Roberts | Jerry Lawson | ||||
| Lester Eastland | Fred Stuthman | ||||
| Coach Shimizu | Tomisaburo Wakayama | ||||
| Antonio Inoki | Himself | ||||
| The Network Director | George Wyner | ||||
| Louis the Gambler | Lonny Chapman | ||||
| E.R.W. Tillyard, III | Matthew Douglas Anton | ||||
| Harry Hahn | Regis Philbin | ||||
| Matthew Hooper | Troy Gentile | ||||
| Prem Lahiri | Aman Johal | ||||
| Garo Daragabrigadien | Jeffrey Tedmori | ||||
| Shari Bullock | Arabella Holzbog | ||||
| Dr. Emily Rappant | Catherine Hicks | ||||
| Frosty | Bill Lazarus | ||||
| Josh Matthews | Rad Daly | ||||
| Student | Persephanie Silverthorn | ||||
| Marsha | Sherrie Wills | ||||
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America |
Other territories |
Worldwide | ||||
| The Bad News Bears (1976) | April 7, 1976 | $42,349,782 | N/A | $42,349,782 | $9 million | [1] |
| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | July 8, 1977 | $19,104,350 | N/A | $19,104,350 | N/A | [2] |
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) | June 30 1978 | $7,092,495 | N/A | $7,092,495 | N/A | [3] |
| Bad News Bears (2005) | July 22, 2005 | $32,868,349 | $1,384,498 | $34,252,847 | $35 millon | [4] |
| Total | $430,382,220 | $189,446,611 | $619,828,831 | $85.5 million | [5] | |
Critical response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| The Bad News Bears (1976) | 96% (26 reviews)[6] | N/A |
| The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | 50% (8 reviews)[7] | N/A |
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | 0% (15 reviews)[8] | N/A |
| Bad News Bears (2005) | 48% (158 reviews)[9] | 65 (35 reviews)[10] |
References
- "The Bad News Bears, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badnewsbears2.htm
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badnewsbears3.htm
- Bad News Bears at Box Office Mojo
- "The Karate Kid Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- "The Bad News Bears (1976) – Rotten Tomatoes". Flixster. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)". Flixster Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- "The Bad News Bears Go To Japan (1978)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
- "Bad News Bears (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
- "Bad News Bears". Metacritic. CBS.
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