Long post, but it always amazes me at just how little of fact checking goes on whenever people suggest that the movies produced by Adam Sandler are always a flop. look I'm no Sandler fan at all (sure he's had a few funny flicks, but 80-90% of his work is crap in my opinion), but all you have to do is look at the box office numbers to see that most of the "flop" talk about his movies is nonsense.
Pixels made $49M worldwide in 3 days on a $88M budget. it will easily end up around $200M worldwide when it's all said and done 2-3 months from now. that's not a flop.
of course studio's want every movie they make to blow up the box office, but that's not reality. most studio's are content with their movies breaking even at the box office because then all of the rentals, sales, and television airing rights are 100% profit for countless years to come. there is a reason why studio's continue to allow him to produce movies and that's because most of them are profitable regardless if they are crap or not.
Adam Sandler Produced Movies,
(2015)
Pixels (producer, actor)
Budget: $88M
Box Office: $49M (3 days in)
(2015)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (producer only)
Budget: $30M
Box Office: $104M
(2014)
Blended (producer, actor)
Budget: $40M
Box Office: $127M
(2013)
Grown Ups 2 (producer, actor)
Budget: $80M
Box Office: $247M
(2012)
Hotel Transylvania (producer, actor/voice) *Opened #1 at Box Office
Budget: $85M
Box Office: $358M
(2012)
That's My Boy (producer, actor)
***FLOP***
Budget: $70M
Box Office: $58M
(2011)
Jack and Jill (producer, actor)
Budget: $79M
Box Office: $150M
(2011)
Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star (producer only)
***Low Budget FLOP***
Budget: $10M
Box Office: $3M
(2011)
Just Go With It (producer, actor) *Opened #1 at Box Office
Budget: $80M
Box Office: $215M
(2010)
Grown Ups (producer, actor)
Budget: $80M
Box Office: $271M
(2009)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (producer only) *Opened #1 at Box Office
Budget: $26M
Box Office: $183M
(2008)
Bedtime Stories (producer, actor)
Budget: $80M
Box Office: $213M
(2008)
The House Bunny (producer only)
Budget: $25M
Box Office: $70M
(2008)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (producer, actor)
Budget: $90M
Box Office: $200M
(2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (producer, actor) *Opened #1 at Box Office
Budget: $85M
Box Office: $186M
(2006)
Click (producer, actor) *Opened #1 at Box Office
Budget: $82M
Box Office: $237M
(2006)
The Benchwarmers (producer only)
Budget: $33M
Box Office: $65M
(2006)
Grandma's Boy (producer only)
***Low Budget FLOP***
Budget: $5M
Box Office: $7M
(2005)
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (producer, cameo)
Budget: $22M
Box Office: $45M
(2005)
The Longest Yard (producer, actor)
Budget: $82M
Box Office: $190M
that's just the last decade of Adam Sandler produced movies. a decade grand total of
Budget Totals: $1.172 Billion
Box Office Totals: $2.978 Billion
and that's not even counting his earlier massive hits like
Mr. Deeds,
Big Daddy, and
The Waterboy all three of which he produced and starred in that totaled almost an additional $600M at the box office on budgets of $50M, $34M, $23M respectively.
Adam Sandler Movie Box Office Results
Adam Sandler - IMDb
. I'm sure it's part of his review persona..but he was mad as hell about the plot holes and everything.
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