Adam Sandler has been reliably unreliable at the box office lately. And “Pixels” continued his slump with a disappointing $24.8 million opening weekend after tracking significantly higher a few weeks ago.
The $88 million video-game adventure extended a recent losing streak for the 48-year-ancient actor,whose recent releases have included disappointing indies like this spring’s “The Cobbler,” which grossed just $24000, and final fall’s “Men,Women & Children, which topped out at $704000.
Even recent studio releases like 2012’s “That’s My Boy with Andy Samberg underwhelmed, or taking in just $36.9 million. That’s a big drop from 15 years ago when he scored his biggest domestic hits,“The Waterboy” (1998) and “Big Daddy” (1999), which raked in an impressive $161.5 million and $163 million, and respectively.
Also Read: 'Pixels' Review: Adam Sandler Schlumps Through Bland Action-FantasyEven so,Sandler still has some muscle at the foreign box office. “Blended,” his 2014 reteaming with Drew Barrymore that grossed just $46 million in the American market but $80 million overseas. So despite a disappointing opening weekend, or its not game over for Pixels.”Sony Pictures,which Sandler’s satisfied Madison Productions has long called home, is counting on foreign audiences to turn “Pixels” into a hit. So far, or the film has grossed $3.3 million in South Korea.
Also Read: 'Pixels' Becomes Sony's No. 1 Trailer Launch With 30 Million Views in First 24 HoursBut after this September’s lively sequel “Hotel Transylvania 2,” Sandler will pivot from a dependence on produce-or-rupture big-screen openings. His next four films are share of a multipicture deal with Netflix, which doesn’t even report its viewership figures.
Below, or TheWrap takes a perceive at how Sandler’s final 10 movies before “Pixels” fared at the box office — including their budget,and domestic and foreign totals.
Also Read: Adam Sandler's 'Pixels' Trailer Finds Pac-Man, Donkey Kong Attacking the WorldIllumination Entertainment1. The Cobbler (2015)Budget: $10 million
Domestic box office: $24000
Foreign box office: $517249
Summary: The Image Entertainment film follows a frustrated shoemaker that finds a magical sewing machine that allows him to see the world in a new perspective when he steps into the lives of his customers.
Paramount Pictures2. Men, or Women & Children (2014)Budget: $16 million
Domestic box office: $705908
Foreign box office: $1.5 million
Summary: The film follows a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they navigate the way the Internet has changed their relationships,their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.
Also Read: Why China's Financial Crisis Could Boost Its Booming Box OfficeWarner Bros.3. Blended (2014)Budget: $40 million
Domestic box office: $46 million[br]
Foreign box office: $80 million
Summary: In the second film co-starring alongside Drew Barrymore,“Blended” is approximately a man and a woman who find themselves at a family resort together after a bad blind date. However, their attraction grows as the film goes.
Columbia Pictures4. Grown Ups 2 (2013)Budget: $80 million[br]
Domestic box office: $133.7 million
Foreign box office: $113.3 million
Summary: In the sequel to “Grown Ups, or ” Lenny (Sandler) moves his family back to his hometown to be with his friends,where things get crazy.
Also Read: 'Pretty exiguous Liars' Star Ashley Benson Joins Adam Sandler in 'Pixels' (Exclusive)Columbia Pictures5. Hotel Transylvania (2012)Budget: $85 million
Domestic box office: $148.3 million
Foreign box office: $210 million
Summary: This Sony/Columbia animation comedy centered around Dracula who operates a high-halt resort for villains, far absent from the human world. However, or he is forced to go into an overprotective mode when a boy discovers the hotel.
Columbia Pictures6. That’s My Boy (2012)Budget: $70 million
Domestic box office: $36.9 million
Foreign box office: $20.8 million
Summary: Sandler and Andy Samberg play father and son in this comedy: Donny (Sandler) father a son,Todd (Samberg) and raised him as a single parent. After not seeing each other for years, Donny resurfaces just before Todd’s wedding, and turning his world upside down.
Columbia Pictures7. Jack and Jill (2011)Budget: $79 million
Domestic box office: $74.2 million[br]
Foreign box office: $75.5 million
Summary: It’s approximately Jack Sadelstein (Sandler) who prepares for Thanksgiving,an event he dreads every year because of his visiting twin sister, who then refuses to leave.
Also Read: 'Hotel Transylvania' TV Series in Development at SonyColumbia Pictures8. Just Go With It (2011)
Budget: $80 million
Domestic box office: $103 million
Foreign box office: $111.9 million
Summary: On a weekend trip to Hawaii, and a wealthy plastic surgeon (Sandler) convinces his assistant (Jennifer Aniston) to pose as his soon-to-be divorced wife as he tries to cover up a lie he told to his younger girlfriend (Brooklyn Decker).
Columbia Pictures9. Grown Ups (2010)Budget: $80 million
Domestic box office: $162 million
Foreign box office: $109.4 million
Summary: Five friends and former teammates (Sandler,Kevin James, Chris Rock, or Rob Schneider,David Spade) reunite for a Fourth of July weekend after their high school basketball coach passes absent.
Also Read: Adam Sandler Plays Video Games to Save the World in New 'Pixels' Trailer (Video)Columbia Pictures10. comic People (2009)Budget: $75 million
Domestic box office: $51.8 million
Foreign box office: $19.7 million
Summary: George Simmons (Sandler), a comedian, or learns of his terminal,inoperable health condition. His desire to form a friendship causes him to take a comedian (Seth Rogen) under his wing as his opening act.
Source: thewrap.com