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Adam Sandler
Lifetime Gross Total (11): $1,020,353,700 Average: $92,759,427 Opening Gross Average (11): $26,547,962 (Wide Releases Only) |
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation
Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Adjusted Gross | Unadjusted Gross | Release |
1 | The Waterboy | BV | $308,922,000 | $161,491,646 | 11/6/98 |
2 | Big Daddy | Sony | $290,595,000 | $163,479,795 | 6/25/99 |
3 | Grown Ups | Sony | $189,714,100 | $162,001,186 | 6/25/10 |
4 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Sony | $176,154,900 | $169,700,110 | 9/25/15 |
5 | Grown Ups 2 | Sony | $153,798,800 | $133,668,525 | 7/12/13 |
6 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Sony | $125,789,700 | $100,018,837 | 6/6/08 |
7 | Happy Gilmore | Uni. | $79,317,100 | $38,824,099 | 2/16/96 |
8 | Little Nicky | NL | $66,057,100 | $39,464,775 | 11/10/00 |
9 | Billy Madison | Uni. | $53,118,700 | $25,588,734 | 2/10/95 |
10 | Eight Crazy Nights | Sony | $36,640,200 | $23,586,598 | 11/27/02 |
11 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Sony | $2,876,600 | $2,529,395 | 9/9/11 |
Adjusted Total: $1,482,984,200
Average: $134,816,700
Worldwide (Unadjusted)
Title (click to view) | Studio | Worldwide | Domestic / % | Overseas / % | Year | ||
Hotel Transylvania 2 | Sony | $474.8 | $169.7 | 35.7% | $305.1 | 64.3% | 2015 |
Grown Ups | Sony | $271.4 | $162.0 | 59.7% | $109.4 | 40.3% | 2010 |
Grown Ups 2 | Sony | $247.0 | $133.7 | 54.1% | $113.3 | 45.9% | 2013 |
Big Daddy | Sony | $234.8 | $163.5 | 69.6% | $71.3 | 30.4% | 1999 |
You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Sony | $199.9 | $100.0 | 50% | $99.9 | 50% | 2008 |
The Waterboy | BV | $186.0 | $161.5 | 86.8% | $24.5 | 13.2% | 1998 |
Little Nicky | NL | $58.3 | $39.5 | 67.7% | $18.8 | 32.3% | 2000 |
Happy Gilmore | Uni. | $41.2 | $38.8 | 94.2% | $2.4 | 5.8% | 1996 |
Billy Madison | Uni. | $26.5 | $25.6 | 96.6% | $900k | 3.4% | 1995 |
Eight Crazy Nights | Sony | $23.8 | $23.6 | 99% | $247k | 1% | 2002 |
Total: $1,763.8 million
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