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32-534: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 sports comedy film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn , Ben Stiller , Christine Taylor , and Rip Torn . The film follows a group of unlikely misfits who enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in the hopes of winning $ 50,000 to save their cherished local gym from being taken over by corporate health fitness chain Globo Gym. Theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on June 18, 2004,

64-407: A friend of Kate's who caught an earlier flight from Guam to witness the final match, arrives and kisses her passionately, shocking Peter. Kate then reveals her bisexuality and kisses Peter similarly. Peter is in a polyamorous relationship with Kate and Joyce, Justin and Amber get married with a baby on the way, and Owen begins dating Fran Stalinovskovichdaviddivichski from the Globo Gym team. During

96-416: A hero of adventure origins and a clear distinction between loss and victory set against each other in a play time struggle. Thematically, the story is often one of "our team" versus "their team"; their team will always try to win, and our team will show the world that they deserve recognition or redemption; the story does not always have to involve a team. The story could also be about an individual athlete or

128-567: A low-grade beaver tranquilizer results in their disqualification, which leads to Average Joe's being named as the winner by default. Having spied on Average Joe's using a hidden camera in a cutout of himself, Goodman forms his own dodgeball team, the Globo Gym Purple Cobras, and surprises Gordon by revealing that his extremely personal friendship with the chancellor allowed him to bypass the mandatory qualification match. After watching their confrontation, Patches, now an elderly man who uses

160-399: A majority of the judges can overturn the forfeiture, a tie-breaking vote from Chuck Norris reinstates the team. After an intense game, Peter and Goodman have a sudden-death match. Inspired by Patches' spirit, Peter blindfolds himself, evades Goodman's throw, and strikes him in the face, winning the championship and the prize money. As Average Joe’s is celebrating however, Goodman nullifies

192-454: A new auxiliary parking structure for his members unless Peter can raise $ 50,000 in 30 days. Goodman attempts to seduce attorney Katherine "Kate" Veatch, who is handling his account; repulsed, she cites conflict of interest (COI) to rebuff his disturbing advances. Peter, gym employees Dwight Baumgarten and Owen Dittman, and members Steve "Pirate" Cowan, Justin Redman, and Gordon Pibb unite to raise

224-538: A sequel, with actor Vince Vaughn set to return, and possibly serve as a producer on the new film. On August 8, 2017, ESPN paid homage to its lampooned portrayal in Dodgeball by airing a day-long "ESPN8: The Ocho" marathon on its college sports channel ESPNU . In the spirit of the programming depicted in the film, it consisted of lesser-known and unconventional sports and competitions—including trampoline dodgeball, darts , disc golf , kabaddi , and roller derby . The stunt

256-554: A specific moment in history like I, Tonya (2018). Examples of this overall genre/type include: Body and Soul (1947), The Hustler (1961), Rocky (1976), Hoosiers (1986), Remember the Titans (2000), Lagaan (2001), Moneyball (2011), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Ferrari (2023) and the Goal! trilogy. There have been numerous sports movies that have become award winning phenomenons. Several films have been nominated for and won

288-511: A wheelchair, approaches Peter, volunteering to coach the team. Patches' unusual training regimen involves having them dodge wrenches, oncoming cars, and his constant insults. Kate demonstrates skill at the sport but declines to join the team, citing COI. Goodman arrives at Kate's house uninvited and announces that he misled her bosses about her stealing and drinking on the job, thus getting her fired from her law firm and freeing him to date her. Enraged, but now free of COI, she rejects Goodman and joins

320-435: Is clear that this genre is loved by many. Controlling interest A controlling interest is an ownership interest in a corporation with enough voting stock shares to prevail in any stockholders ' motion. A majority of voting shares (over 50%) is always a controlling interest. When a party holds less than the majority of the voting shares, other present circumstances can be considered to determine whether that party

352-567: Is still considered to hold a controlling ownership interest. In the United States, Delaware corporations have a 2/3 vote requirement for a motion to pass. In theory, this could mean that a controlling interest would have to be over two-thirds of the voting shares. A 2019 study published in the Virginia Law Review said dual-class stock structures, common to newly public technology companies, creates governance risks and costs, including

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384-511: The 1980s." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Slant Magazine dismissed the film as "a less-than-one-joke film", while TV Guide remarked that Ben Stiller "doesn't know when to stop". Other critics, such as The Boston Globe , praised Stiller's satirical take on male virility and praised

416-548: The Average Joe's team. Despite early setbacks, the team advances to the final round against Globo Gym. The night before the match, a falling sign in the casino kills Patches. Returning to his room, Peter encounters an uninvited Goodman, who greedily offers him $ 100,000 for the deed to Average Joe's, claiming that Peter will inevitably cause its closure. Demoralized and anxious that the team will lose without Patches's motivation, Peter chastises Steve's pirate behavior upon returning to

448-551: The ESPN8 broadcast on these said networks, were available on the ESPN app. The program was held again on ESPN2 on August 3, 2023. The channel also received a cameo in the 2024 Paramount+ mini-series Knuckles . The DVD and Blu-ray releases all contain various outtakes and deleted scenes including an alternate ending as well as an infamous "Easter Egg" in the form of a spoof director's commentary. The director's commentary track starts out in

480-484: The chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Christine Taylor . Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal initially declined to review the film, believing it was not worthy of his time. However, after reviewing the DVD, he changed his view, writing, " Mea culpa , mea culpa. Rawson Marshall Thurber's debut feature, starring Ben Stiller opposite Vince Vaughn , is erratic, imbecilic if not completely idiotic, inconsequential in even

512-502: The credits, Peter advertises youth dodgeball classes at a newly-renovated Average Joe's on television. Meanwhile, Goodman is now morbidly obese, watching television and whining that he could've won the tournament while also cursing Chuck Norris. Ben Stiller 's character, White Goodman, was an intentional copy-and-paste of his character Tony Perkis Jr. from the film Heavyweights . Stiller opted to simply redo his performance believing that no one had seen that film, but learned too late that

544-465: The delineations between these subgenres, much as in live action, are somewhat fluid. The most common sports subgenres depicted in movies are sports drama and sports comedy. Both categories typically employ playground settings, match, game creatures and other elements commonly associated with biological stories. Sports films tend to feature a more richly developed sport world, and may also be more player-oriented or thematically complex. Often, they feature

576-478: The dodgeball tournament were added alongside White going back to obesity. In 2005, two New York City screenwriters, David Price and Ashoka Thomas, filed suit in federal court against Fox and Thurber, claiming copyright infringement of an unproduced screenplay they had written, Dodgeball: The Movie , by Thurber and Fox. They alleged there were a number of similarities in the plots of the two screenplays, and that Thurber may have had access to their screenplay, which

608-408: The film grossed over $ 29 million, and would go on to a domestic gross of $ 114.3 million, and a worldwide total of $ 168.4 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 71% of 165 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Proudly profane and splendidly silly, Dodgeball is a worthy spiritual successor to the goofball comedies of

640-458: The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $ 168.4 million on a $ 20 million budget. As of 2023, a sequel is in development. When Peter LaFleur defaults on the mortgage for his small, dilapidated, financially struggling and understaffed gym Average Joe's, his cocky and vindictive business rival White Goodman, who owns Globo Gym across the street, purchases it, planning to foreclose on and demolish Average Joe's to build

672-401: The genre include The Waterboy , The Longest Yard , Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby , and Blades of Glory . Sports drama combines the sports film genre with drama film elements. These films rely on conflict, usually revolving around an athlete or a team. These dramas can further be broken up into categories, some movies focusing on race such as 42 (2013), or focusing on

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704-433: The group, causing Steve's departure. On the day of the final, Justin assists his classmate and love interest Amber in a cheerleading competition after his bully and rival Derek becomes severely injured, leaving Average Joe's short of players. Peter briefly encounters Lance Armstrong , who restores his morale and rejoins his team, but he and Justin return too late; Average Joe's has already forfeited. After Gordon discovers that

736-490: The highest award of Best Picture at the Academy Awards , including Chariots of Fire (1981), Rocky (1976), and Million Dollar Baby (2004). Other movies that received awards of a high caliber are Jerry Maguire (Best Supporting Actor, 1996), Bull Durham (Best Original Screenplay, 1988), and The Karate Kid (Best Supporting Actor, 1984). Regardless of the awards that these sports films have been granted, it

768-409: The movie had a large cult following. He added that Perkis was "definitely a first or second cousin to [Goodman]" and had no regrets over doing an alternate portrayal of him. When the film was screened to test audiences, the original ending had Average Joe's lose to Globo Gym in the final match. After the ending was viewed negatively by the test audiences, the sudden death match and Average Joe's winning

800-509: The required money. After an impromptu car wash suggested by Owen fails, Gordon suggests entering a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas with a $ 50,000 grand prize. Justin obtains a 1950s-era training film featuring Irish-American dodgeball legend Patches O'Houlihan, which the group watches before the sub-regional qualifiers the following day. Girl Scout Troop 417 easily defeats them, but one member's use of 3 separate types of anabolic steroids and

832-533: The script and Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn returning to star. However, Ben Stiller later stated that he was not aware a Dodgeball sequel was happening. A reunion video featuring the cast entitled Play Dodgeball with Ben Stiller was released online in June 2017, announcing a competition to raise funds for the Stiller Foundation. On April 27, 2023, it was announced that 20th Century Studios had re-begun production on

864-411: The small scheme of things, and thoroughly entertaining". Roger Ebert gave the film a three stars out of four rating in his Chicago Sun-Times review and writes "in a miraculous gift to the audience, 20th Century-Fox does not reveal all of the best gags in its trailer." On April 22, 2013, it was announced that 20th Century Fox had started developing a sequel to the film, with Clay Tarver writing

896-413: The story could focus on an individual playing on a team. Sports comedy combines the sports film genre with comedy film elements. Traditionally, these films heavily rely on slapstick humor and very physical comedy, such as someone getting hurt in a comical way. A typical storyline may revolve around someone losing sight of the sport they are playing and trying to get back into it. Examples and staples of

928-465: The traditional fashion with the director and co-stars but soon adds in extra characters and descends into a largely unrelated comedy experience. Halfway through a seemingly chaotic recording, it stops and is replaced by the directors' commentary for There's Something About Mary . Sports comedy film The first sports film was released 1915, this was during the era of silent films. Several sub-categories of sports films can be identified, although

960-548: The victory, revealing that Peter sold Average Joe's to him the previous night, but Peter explains he used Goodman's $ 100,000 to bet on Average Joe's winning; with the odds against them at 50 to 1, he collects $ 5 million. Peter then reveals his intention to invest in a controlling interest in Globo Gym, making him the owner of Globo Gym and anything it owns, which now includes Average Joe's, and he fires White. Steve returns, appearing more normal, but revives his pirate persona when Peter reveals their winnings as "buried treasure." Joyce,

992-430: Was finished a month before his and submitted to an agent whose assistant he was acquainted with. Lawyers for the defendants dismissed some of the allegations as coincidental. They said that both screenplays were the work of writers who used common formulaic elements. Judge Shira Scheindlin denied the defense motion for summary judgment and ordered a jury trial. The suit was later settled out of court. In its first week,

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1024-619: Was reprised the following two years on ESPN2 , and also included airings of Dodgeball . Due to a lack of live sports programming during the COVID-19 pandemic , ESPN announced on March 22, 2020, that it would reprise the stunt earlier than scheduled on ESPN2. It did it on May 2, 2020, on ESPN, and then August 8, 2020, on ESPN2 as well as the Big Screen in Fortnite Party Royale . A collection of sports that were featured on ESPN8, as well as

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