Adam Sandler Movies-Best to Worst-With Inflated Box Office Results/Grosses.
82Adam Sandler and Adam Sandler in Jack and Jill...despite some horrible reviews(it won 10 Razzies) the movie earned over 74 million.
When I first started writing on HubPages my Adam Sandler hub was an experiment. I was trying to figure out how to get traffic to my hubs. One of the ideas I came up with, was to write a hub on an upcoming movie. My logic was.... be one of the first people to write about the movie and it would be ranked higher on Google searches. I checked the upcoming movie release schedule and saw Adam Sandler's Just Go With It was opening in two weeks. So I got all the box office information from Sandler's previous 23 movies and grouped all of the comedies together. Next I took the average results of his comedies and came up with a fearless prediction for how it would perform. Since Just Go With It, Sandler has had another movie open, Jack and Jill. I did the projections for that movie as well....both projections and actual numbers are located at the bottom of the hub.
The rest of the hub shows Adam Sandler's Top Ten box office results, Adam Sandler's Top Ten movies according to critics and audiences and all 25 Adam Sandler movies ranked from Best to Worst.
Adam Sandler in 2005's The Longest Yard...Sandler's 3rd biggest hit with 196.40 million in 2011 dollars.
Adam Sandler's Top Ten Box Office Movies in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Rank Movie Year
| 2011 Adjusted Box Office(mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 The Waterboy (1998)
| 273.50 million
| Henry Winkler
|
#2 Big Daddy (1999)
| 256.80 million
| Joey Lauren Adams
|
#3 The Longest Yard (2005)
| 196.40 million
| Chris Rock
|
#4 Anger Management (2003)
| 178.90 million
| Jack Nicholson
|
#5 Mr. Deeds (2002)
| 173.30 million
| Winona Ryder
|
#6 Click
| 166.20 million
| Christopher Walken
|
#7 Grown Ups (2010)
| 162.20 million
| Chris Rock
|
#8 50 First Dates (2004)
| 155.00 million
| Drew Barrymore
|
#9 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
| 139.10 million
| Kevin James
|
#10 The Wedding Singer (1998)
| 135.90 million
| Drew Barrymore
|
Adam Sandler in 2002's Punch-Drunk Love...Sandler's best movie according to critics and audiences.
Adam Sandler's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Rank Movie Year
| Critics Audience Rating
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
| 77%
| Phillip Seymour Hoffman
|
#2 Reign Over Me (2007)
| 70%
| Don Cheadle
|
#3 Funny People (2009)
| 68%
| Seth Rogen
|
#4 The Wedding Singer (1998)
| 68%
| Drew Barrymore
|
#5 Happy Gilmore (1996)
| 64%
| Bob Barker
|
#6 Spanglish (2004)
| 60%
| Tea Leoni
|
#7 50 First Dates (2004)
| 56%
| Drew Barrymore
|
#8 Billy Madison (1995)
| 54%
| Darren McGavin
|
#9 Anger Management (2003)
| 52%
| Jack Nicholson
|
#10 Big Daddy (1999)
| 51%
| Jon Stewart
|
Adam Sandler in 2009's Funny People....my favorite Sandler movie and ranked 15th according to Movie Score.
Adam Sandler's 25 Movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2011 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend Rank
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Big Daddy (1999)
| $256.80
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 51%
| 58.83
|
2ns
| The Waterboy (1998)
| $273.50
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 45%
| 57.79
|
3rd
| Anger Management (2003)
| $178.90
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 52%
| 56.79
|
4th
| The Longest Yard (2005)
| $196.40
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 47%
| 54.32
|
5th
| 50 First Dates (2004)
| $155.00
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 56%
| 53.13
|
6th
| The Wedding Singer (1998)
| $135.90
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 68%
| 51.87
|
7th
| Click (2006)
| $166.20
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 50%
| 51.44
|
8th
| Mr. Deeds (2002)
| $173.30
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 39%
| 48.09
|
9th
| Grown Ups (2010)
| $162.20
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 34%
| 43.35
|
10th
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
| $139.10
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 38%
| 42.85
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2011 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend Rank
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
11th
| You Don't Mess with Zohan (2008)
| $110.50
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 46%
| 38.33
|
12th
| Bedtime Stories (2008)
| $121.60
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 43%
| 38.28
|
13th
| Happy Gilmore (1996)
| $70.00
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 64%
| 38.19
|
14th
| Just Go With It (2011)
| $103.40
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 41%
| 37.94
|
15th
| Funny People (2009)
| $55.60
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 68%
| 37.48
|
16th
| Billy Madison (1995)
| $46.90
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 54%
| 32.92
|
17th
| Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
| $24.60
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 77%
| 32.44
|
18th
| Spanglish (2004)
| $54.90
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 60%
| 32.24
|
19th
| Reign Over Me (2007)
| $23.10
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 70%
| 28.17
|
20th
| Little Nicky (2000)
| $58.00
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 36%
| 25.33
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2011 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend Rank
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
21st
| Bulletproof (1996)
| $39.00
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 32%
| 23.92
|
22nd
| Jack and Jill (2011) Still in theaters
| $74.40
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 17%
| 22.64
|
23rd
| Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
| $32.60
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 32%
| 17.87
|
24th
| Airheads (1994)
| $11.10
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 40%
| 15.77
|
25th
| Mixed Nuts (1994)
| $13.50
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 28%
| 11.72
|
So what the heck are Movie Scores?
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic.My favorites are Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards. Movie Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie. .
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My Fearless Jack and Jill forecast. I see a very tough road for the Sandman with this movie.
Category
| Prediction 11/11/11
| Reality 2/29/2012
|
|---|---|---|
Opening Weekend
| 23.70 million
| 25.03 million
|
Opening Spot At Box Office
| 2
| 2
|
Rotten Tomatoe Score
| 27%
| 4%
|
IMDB Score
| 5.7
| 2.9
|
Yahoo Movie Score
| B
| C+
|
Top 5 Weeks
| 2
| 2
|
Top 10 Weeks
| 5
| 5
|
Final Box Office Gross
| 66.23 million
| 74.15 million currently
|
Final Cogerson Movie Score
| 26.37
| 22.64 currently
|
Final Sandler Rank
| 20th
| 22nd currently
|
Prediction versus Reality for Just Go With It.
Category
| Prediction 2/2/2011
| Reality 10/08/2011
|
|---|---|---|
Opening Weekend
| 38.60 million
| 30.15 million
|
Opening Spot At Box Office
| number 1
| number 1
|
Rotten Tomatoe Score
| 47%
| 20%
|
IMDB Score
| 6.3
| 6.3
|
Yahoo Movie Users
| B+
| B
|
Top 5 Weeks
| 2
| 3
|
Top 10 Weeks
| 4
| 5
|
Final Box Office Gross
| 93.70 million
| 103.28 million
|
Final Cogerson Movie Score
| 39.43
| 37.94
|
Final Sandler Rank
| 11th
| 14th
|
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thank you...thanks for reading....I wonder how good my numbers will be
Sandler has a big long list for 100mil at the box office.
Mixed Nuts should be at the bottom of all the lists....Steve Martin is not funny
You are not giving the SANDMAN enough credit....the movie will do better than you are thinking
Brilliant, I like the table with the statistics from films Sandler has starred in.
Thank you.
So far...I am right about the critics hating this movie...it is sitting at 20% on Rotten Tomatoes
Dude, a prediction that critics will hate an Adam Sandler is not too hard to do....lol.
OK Bronco man....I agree predicting critics to dislike an Adam Sandler movie is like shooting fish in a barrell....but there is more to my prediction than that....and just for the record Just Go With It is sitting at 13% on Rotten Tomatoes
I bet it will still make lots of money
The expert guesses are coming in...Box Office Guru forecasts 33.5 million....which is 5 million less than I think...It's rotten tomatoe score has gone up some...now up to 28%
My friend saw it this morning...says it has some funny moments
Critics are being very harsh....68 critics in....and it sits at 22% which is low even for an Adam Sandler movie
I just saw the movie....theater was half full...which is how I would describe the movie...not Sandler's best movie not his worse movie
this movie was pretty bad....
Box office guru reporting a 27 to 30 million dollar opening for Just Go With It....well off my prediction
It looks Beiber is going to take down Adam....who would have thought....bad prediction on your part
Critics really dislike this movie...but it likes another #1 opening for Sandler...as it just edges out the Bieber concert flick
Just saw the movie yesterday. It was Brooklyn Decker's swimsuit walk that triggered the memory what the movie was about. In fact, I didn't even know the name until I got there. I was disappointed that Rob Schneider didn't make a guest appearance with "You can Do it!" I'm a big Adam Sandler fan. Movie was good and recommended. Thanks for the hub article.
No Rob Schneider? That could mean bad news for his career if he has made Sandler mad.....I know Dan Patrick has a cameo
Good review, I enjoyed the lack of Rob Schneider, but then again I'm not a big Sandler fan to begin with :p
@Luckycharmz:
The Brooklyn Decker swimsuit walk triggered many things im sure lol
Excelsior! Great job Cogerson on another well constructed hub!
Thanks Stevenix2001...this was an experiment that did not really work....it is actually about to get a facelift....thanks for commenting
Yes, another great hub here too! I am a big fan of Adam Sandler too just so funny!
Thank you Fluffy77....this hub needs a serious facelift....I did it as a Just Go With It hub....but ended up making it a Adam Sandler hub.....Sandler is probably one of the least likely movie stars to ever appear in movies.....but he makes some very funny movies.....but I will say I like his movies when he limits the poop jokes and limits Rob Schneider's part...thanks for reading the hub.
I hated Billy Madison. I never figured out if billy was suppost to be retarded, drunk, drugged up or just stupid. It was so bad it made pauly shore look like sir laurence oliver.
Then adams next movie was better. Happy Gilmore. Not really a golf fan and he still was kinda dumb and swore too much but a better movie.
Then Wedding singer, I thought it was fabulous. A movie with heart, Then out of nowhere, Little Nicky!
Where did that peice of, er drival come from?
As an actor he's been hit and miss every since.
You are 100% correct about Sandler's up and down career ruffridyer... the fact that he survived the double crash of Eight Crazy Nights and Little Nicky shows how big he is....I think you can easily say if the movie is a comedy...you are looking at 100 million dollar comedy....if it is drama ...you are looking at a 30-40 million dollar gross.....I think his drama movies might be beter than his comedies...but his fans will not support them.....they would rather pay to see the horrible...You Don't Mess With Zohan....as always thanks for your awesome comments.
I can't stand Adam Sandler. I just have a negative reaction every time I see him. I've only seen him in a 4 movies I could tolerate: Spanglish, Bedtime Stories, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and 50 First Dates, and even then, I would've been happier if someone else had had the lead (like Stanley Tucci! ;)
Hey justmesuzanne you are not alone in your dislike of Sandler. My wife refuses to watch anything with him in it....my older boys(23,19) think he is Sir Laurence Olivier. Personally I think he is ok, especially when he stays away from toilet humor. I thought Click Me, 50 First Dates, and Funny People were pretty decent movies...thanks for stopping by.
Thumbs up for the Wedding Singer due to Drew Barrymore. That's it for Adam and I. My kids think he's funny but then again they also think The Office and The Community TV shows are funny and they think I'm not. Says a lot for their taste. Well done with the hub cogerson!!!
Hey Sunshine....well Mr. Sandler is an acquired test....I find some of his movies entertaining....but I find many of them unbearable...and very hard to finish...Little Nicky, Eight Crazy Nights and Don't Mess With Zohan....jump to my mind immediately. But you have to acknowledge the man is money in the bank when it comes to box office success.
Great hub! Adam Sandler is by far one of my favorite actors!
Hey Victoria Trix....my two oldest boys loved Adam Sandler movies growing up....so I find that I have seen all of his movies except for Just Go With It. I think his movies are good movies or very bad movies. Makes you wonder how Jack and Jill be when it comes out....thanks for the comment it is greatly appreciated.
Well we shall see how your prediction looks this time. I was looking at some of the first comments, pretty funny. I did not know that Funny People was your favorite Sandler movie. It is kind of depressing.
Hey Bry....I think Jack and Jill will have a short run at the box office. I do not know if you realize this but some of the young kids that liked his first movies like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore...have actually grown up and now have kids of their own....lol. I just watched Just Go With It....so I have actually seen all of Sandler's movies except for Jack and Jill....and of that 24 movies that I have seen....I like Funny People the best....even if it is a little depressing.
Well, Funny People = Not that funny. And yes I realize that some kids who like his first movies have kids now, and made the parents of those kids, GRANDPARENTS.
Hey BryRog57....well just because Funny People is not a normal Sandler comedy...it is still a good film. I wonder if you will be making Natalie watch Happy Gilmore and Waterboy when she is older...or have you already started the Sandler education already?
I am not saying that Funny People was not a good film, I am just saying it wasnt that funny, so they probably shouldnt have called it Funny People, because they were not funny people. Although a few scenes were pretty funny, overall though not high on my list. I am getting her going on Sandler even though it is movies like Bedtime Stories. I am slowly molding her into a well rounded movie gower, we watched Terminator 2 just the other day. When she is old enogh to comprehend who Kyle Reese and his importance I will sit her down to watch the first one.
I understand BryRog57....Funny People is not his funniest movie by far....but I think it is his best movie and possible as close to the real Sandler as any other role he has done so far. Wow Natalie got to watch T2...that is awesome...I hope you covered her eyes on some of the more bloody scenes....thanks for stopping by again...as for my forecast...I am now thinking Jack and Jill will finish 3rd in its opening weekend as Immortals is opening huge this weekend.
Looking forward to watching jack and Jill. That should be a fun movie!
Hey Alladream74...the power of the Sandman....it seems critics really dislike this movie and audience reaction is very weak as well...but it is already closing in on the 30 million dollar mark....still trying to figure out why Al Pacino took the part in this movie....I will be waiting for DVD to watch Jack and Jill....it is the only Adam Sandler movie that I have not seen.
As always great information. We aren't theater goers so I'll have to wait for it to be on HBO. Some of Sandler's movies are good, others kind of stupid IMHO. Voted your hub up.
Thanks for the visit tillsontitan....I think Jack and Jill is easily one to wait for...it is currently the worst reviewed movie of the year so far...his movies usually do not get good reviews..but these reviews are some of the worst of his career. Thanks for the votes up.
Interesting hub! Adam Sandler is one of my favourite actors.
Hey Made...thanks for checking out my Sandler hub. His movies might not be thought too highly by critics...but you have to give the man credit when it comes to this box office muscle. Not many people can open a movie with almost a guarantee of 100 million.
Josh Wiley 15 months ago
Nice looking hub. Good Information.