Jackass: The Movie (2002) After the show went off the air in 2001, the cast reunited in 2002 to film what they believed would be the finale of
Jackass: a full-length motion picture version of the show entitled
Jackass: The Movie. The cast made it clear that the film was their "farewell" to the fans of the show, and with the franchise taking the movie format, the cast and crew were now allowed to circumvent the censors, showing more vulgar stunts than the ones featured on the TV show. Despite earlier disagreements,
MTV Films assisted in the film's distribution. The film, shot on a budget of just $5 million, went on to gross over $60 million in the United States alone, and finished in the #1 spot at the box office during its debut weekend.
Jackass Number Two (2006) With the release of
Jackass: The Movie, director Tremaine and the rest of the cast believed that
Jackass was finished, and there would be no further projects under the franchise. However, during the final season of
Wildboyz, Knoxville joined his former castmates Pontius and Steve-O on various expeditions around the world. It was said that Knoxville went so far out during the filming of the show that Tremaine pulled him aside and said "If you're willing to go this all out, why not get all the guys together and shoot another movie?" Knoxville agreed, and with both
Viva La Bam and
Wildboyz finishing up their runs, the entire cast was available to reunite and film the sequel.
Jackass Number Two was released on September 22, 2006, produced by
MTV Films and distributed by
Paramount Pictures. As was the case with its predecessor,
Jackass Number Two topped the box office in its debut weekend, earning $29.01 million. Footage for several stunts featured Bam Margera's uncle
Vincent "Don Vito" Margera, but this was removed from the theatrical and DVD release due to his arrest and conviction on two counts of sexual assault on a minor. On September 7, 2006, MTV featured a half-hour documentary entitled
The Making of Jackass Number Two. When asked if the film meant the end of
Jackass, Steve-O jokingly commented that the people who made money from the franchise
still wanted more money, hinting that the cast would still continue the franchise in one form or another. At the conclusion of the documentary, Johnny Knoxville reveals that he "had a hard time letting go" because he is "so hooked on doing stunts."
Cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich confirmed that weeks after the film, Knoxville was so desperate to shoot that he would film himself running into street signs just for the sake of additional footage. The DVD was released on December 26, 2007. Special features on the DVD include the making of
Jackass 2.5, the making of
Jackass: The Game (2007), deleted scenes, and a photo gallery.
''Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel'' (2008) On May 27, 2008, a
direct-to-DVD Jackass film was released by Dickhouse Productions. The film is a tribute to the stuntman
Evel Knievel, who died on November 30, 2007, one year before the film's release.
Jackass 3D (2010) In an August 2009 interview with
The Times-Picayune, Knoxville, on the topic of Steve-O's recovery and rehabilitation, said, "He's taking to sobriety like he took to drugs and alcohol, I'm very proud of him. I think we'll see him doing some stuff here really soon. As a matter of fact, I know we are." He later stated "Something's coming. We're pretty excited." Later, he added, "I think it'll be a big year next year, but I don't want to talk about it yet." He then confirmed it again during a broadcast of Radio Bam on September 21, 2009. In early December, Knoxville confirmed that
Jackass 3 was being made. In April 2010, a brief blurb about
Jackass 3D, titled "gone filmin, appeared on the jackassworld website. It went on to state: "Thanks for the support the past two years. To keep abreast and adick of all things related to the world of jackass and Dickhouse (including the currently in production flick Jackass 3D), follow us on Facebook and Twitter." In late July 2010, Paramount and MTV screened the first footage from
Jackass 3D at a special event during
Comic-Con 2010 in its 3D format. The event allowed fans to meet the
Jackass crew. A month later, in August 2010, the official trailer was aired on MTV.
Jackass 3D was released in American movie theaters on October 15, 2010. On its opening weekend, the movie made an estimated $50 million in 3,081 theaters, outperforming predictions it would earn $30 million and breaking the record for the most successful fall opening ever, which was previously held by
Scary Movie 3.
Jackass 3.5 (2011) Jackass 3.5 was released in June 2011 with unused footage shot during the filming of
Jackass 3D. The first trailer was released online on January 27, 2011, and the feature-length movie was released on VOD and DVD on June 14, 2011, and the entire film was streamed in weekly segments on
Joost, starting April 1, 2011.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) In March 2012, Knoxville discussed the possibility of a fourth film, saying "we're keeping our mind open" and "I've got 50–60 ideas on top of all the stuff we didn't get to shoot." Then in June 2012, it was reported Paramount had "registered several domains for a film that would be called
Bad Grandpa." During Margera's September 18, 2012, interview on
The Howard Stern Show about
Jackass, he said: "There's going to be a whole movie about Knoxville's grandpa character."
Bad Grandpa was officially announced in July 2013 and released on October 25, 2013, exactly 11 years after the release of
Jackass: The Movie. It was the first film in the series to be nominated for an
Academy Award; it lost the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award to
Dallas Buyers Club.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.5 (2014) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.5 is a version of
Bad Grandpa that adds over 40 minutes of unused footage, additional outtakes, and interviews. It premiered June 15, 2014 on MTV, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray July 8, 2014.
Jackass Forever (2022) In a 2018 interview, Knoxville said that he was open to making a fourth
Jackass film that may feature some new cast members, "just to bring in some fresh blood into it." He said that he had continued to write ideas for a
Jackass film and that "a ton" have been set aside should the project receive the green-light. In July 2019, recurring cast member
Chris Raab said that he had interviewed the
Jackass crew on his
Bathroom Break podcast and noted that everyone was still open to a fourth film should Knoxville, Tremaine, and Spike Jonze agree. In April 2020, the film's release date was rescheduled to July 2, 2021. In July 2020, due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic, the film was rescheduled once again to September 3, 2021. In April 2021, Paramount in a major reshuffle, moved the release date again to October 22, 2021.
Principal photography started on March 3, 2020, and shut down on March 15, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming resumed 7 months later on October 19, 2020. Paramount officially released the movie in the United States on February 4, 2022.
Jackass 4.5 (2022) Jackass 4.5 is compiled from outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage, and unused material shot during the filming of
Jackass Forever, along with later interviews with the cast and crew members. It was released on
Netflix on May 20, 2022.
Jackass: Best and Last (2026) On 6 November 2025,
Steve-O said that they had a number of
Zoom calls to discuss the 25th anniversary of
Jackass. "What we landed on was a bit more ambitious than timely, but this next year, we're likely to see the
Jackass franchise rear its ugly head", he said. A fifth
Jackass movie was officially announced by
Johnny Knoxville on January 8, 2026 via
Instagram, confirming a theatrical release date on June 26, 2026. Steve-O said the movie will be a mix of old and new footage, and will serve as a celebration of the franchise, bringing back the biggest stunts and pranks from the franchise, as well as brand new ones, and never-before-seen footage.
Bam Margera, who was fired from the production of
Jackass Forever (2022), will only appear in the new movie through archived footage. Margera himself later said that he will not film new scenes for the upcoming film, but gave them permission to use old footage.
Eric Manaka, who was a new cast member in
Jackass Forever, and
Jackass 4.5 (2022), will also not appear in any new footage, while new cast member
Jasper Dolphin's father Compston "Dark Shark" Wilson, who made recurring guest appearances in
Jackass Forever, and
Jackass 4.5, will also be a main cast member in this movie.
Principal photography started in late February 2026, with the entire main cast of
Jackass Forever returning, except for Eric Manaka. Knoxville said this will be the last
Jackass film. "This is the natural place to end", he said. == Television ==