Trey Parker

Person · 7 cases · 1999–2023 · American actor, animator and filmmaker

How Trey Parker spread

Parker's student films led to a feature with Matt Stone, then their animated satire South Park reached television audiences.

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Gaming 3 · Culture 2, Entertainment 1
20242025202619921993199726 yrsChatGPT · Carried it · Mar 8, 2023FarmVille · Pushed back · Apr 7, 2010Dramatic Chipmunk · Kept it going · Apr 2, 2008Numa Numa Dance · Kept it going · Apr 2, 2008World of Warcraft · Carried it · Oct 4, 2006The Passion of the Christ · Pushed back · Mar 31, 2004Pokémon Red and Blue · Pushed back · Nov 3, 1999Start1992New audience1993Breakout1997Open webBox officeTV

  1. 1992

    StartOpen web

    Parker and Matt Stone made the animated short The Spirit of Christmas as college students. hollywoodreporter.com

  2. 1993

    New audienceOct 31 · Box office

    Parker and Stone's feature Alferd Packer: The Musical premiered in Boulder, Colorado. books.google.com

  3. 1997

    BreakoutTV

    Parker and Stone found fame with the animated television satire South Park. en.wikipedia.org

ChatGPT

Carried it

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Current official ChatGPT iOS screenshot from OpenAI’s Apple App Store listing.

100M users

FarmVille

Pushed back

64
Zynga's artwork for the original FarmVille, showing its farmer, animals and title.

83.8M players

World of Warcraft

Carried it

53
World of Warcraft Cinematic Trailer

12M players

Pokémon Red and Blue

Pushed back

53
Pokémon Red Version key art with Charizard

31.4M sold

Numa Numa Dance

Kept it going

46
Numa Numa

2M+ audience estimate

The Passion of the Christ

Pushed back

60
Theatrical poster for The Passion of the Christ, with Jim Caviezel in the crown of thorns.

$623.4M on a $30M budget

Dramatic Chipmunk

Kept it going

38
Dramatic Look

2M reported clicks on the clip

Picture: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped