‘Jackass’ Ends Its Run. A Look at This (Broken) Body of Work
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A Farewell to ‘Jackass’
A look at the fractious franchise by the numbers
For more than 25 years, Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass crew have been making audiences laugh and squirm with their bizarre and death-defying stunts. What started as an MTV series in 2000 later graduated to the big screen. But according to Knoxville, 55, Jackass: Best and Last (out in June) will be the fifth and final film in the franchise. —Whitney Matheson
16
Minimum number of concussions Knoxville has sustained. After getting a brain hemorrhage while filming Jackass Forever (2022), he stopped doing stunts that risked blows to the head.
6
Minimum ankle injuries. After dropping from the rafters for a Late Show With David Letterman appearance in 2001, Knoxville sprained both ankles and left on crutches.
53
Average age of the original Jackass crewmembers appearing in the new movie. Besides Knoxville, they are: Stephen “Steve-O” Glover, Chris Pontius, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Preston Lacy, Dave England and “Danger Ehren” McGhehey.
6
Continents on which the MTV spin-off series Wildboyz (2003–06) filmed (all but Antarctica).
Dozens
Number of celebrities who have appeared in the Jackass TV series and films, including basketball star Shaquille O’Neal; filmmaker John Waters; skateboarder Tony Hawk; rockers Henry Rollins, Slash and Gene Simmons; entertainer Rip Taylor and … movie star Brad Pitt, who participated in two stunts for the MTV show’s series finale in February 2002. In one of those, Pitt pretended to be kidnapped by the Jackass crew while confused onlookers called the police.
4
Movies, so far, that have stunts with bulls. Knoxville was hospitalized after one.
120 feet
Height that Steve-O flew in a portable toilet launched in Jackass 3D (2010).
$1,100
Total recording costs for the 1984 album Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen. Jackass’ theme song, “Corona,” is from that LP.
$171 million
Worldwide gross for Jackass 3D, the highest for one of the movies in the franchise.
1
Academy Award nomination for best makeup and hairstyling for the 2013 film Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.
$24 million
Accumulated medical costs for Jackass cast members, as of 2021.
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