The real reason why Adam Sandler struck that big deal to makes a series of original comedy films for Netflix is simply because he’s not Mr box office anymore. O.K. I admit that was cold, but we have to be honest here.
For a decade – from 1998 to 2008 – according to box office analyst and film critic Erik Childress, “Sandler opened nine movies to at least $34 million. Four of them over $40 million and he had ten to reach the illustrious $100 million mark”. However things haven’t been going so great since then. And we’re not talking any masterpieces here. Safe to say that Sandler’s films were some of the worst reviewed comedy films ever, but that didn’t stop people from…
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