Actor
Adam Sandler
25 films•1996–2025•Comedy · Romance · Drama
42%average critics62%average audience$105.2Mdomestic average
Films
25
1996–2025
Domestic
$2.63B
lifetime
Worldwide
$4.96B
lifetime
Avg opening
$29.5M
3-day
Avg legs
3.49x
opening → total
Return
3.2x
on $1.54B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 25 films featuring Adam Sandler, from Happy Gilmore (1996) to One Battle After Another (2025), together grossing $2.63B domestic and $4.96B worldwide. The biggest hit is Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) at $528.6M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) at $48.5M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Happy Gilmore 2 | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | 61% | — |
 One Battle After Another | 2025 | $22.0M | $72.9M | 3.30x | $210.0M | A | 94% | #31 |
 Murder Mystery | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 43% | — |
 Uncut Gems | 2019 | $537K | $50.0M | 93.1x | $50.0M | — | 91% | — |
 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | 2018 | $44.1M | $167.5M | 3.80x | $528.6M | A- | 60% | #20 |
 Hotel Transylvania 2 | 2015 | $48.5M | $169.7M | 3.50x | $474.8M | A- | 55% | #17 |
 Pixels | 2015 | $24.0M | $78.7M | 3.28x | $243.5M | B+ | 17% | #38 |
 Grown Ups 2 | 2013 | $41.5M | $134.0M | 3.22x | $247.0M | B | 8% | #21 |
 Hotel Transylvania | 2012 | $42.5M | $148.0M | 3.49x | $358.0M | A- | 45% | #19 |
 Jack and Jill | 2011 | $25.0M | $74.2M | 2.97x | $150.0M | B | 3% | #47 |
 Just Go with It | 2011 | $30.5M | $103.0M | 3.38x | $215.0M | B | 20% | #27 |
 Grown Ups | 2010 | $40.5M | $162.0M | 4.00x | $271.0M | B | 10% | #15 |
 Bedtime Stories | 2008 | $27.5M | $110.0M | 4.01x | $213.0M | A | 27% | #24 |
 You Don't Mess with the Zohan | 2008 | $38.5M | $100.0M | 2.60x | $204.0M | A | 37% | #29 |
 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | 2007 | $34.2M | $120.0M | 3.51x | $187.0M | B+ | 15% | #23 |
 Click | 2006 | $40.0M | $137.0M | 3.43x | $241.0M | B+ | 34% | #13 |
 The Longest Yard | 2005 | $47.6M | $158.0M | 3.32x | $191.0M | A- | 31% | #12 |
 50 First Dates | 2004 | $39.9M | $121.0M | 3.03x | $198.0M | A | 45% | #15 |
 Anger Management | 2003 | $42.2M | $136.0M | 3.21x | $196.0M | C+ | 42% | #13 |
 Mr. Deeds | 2002 | $37.2M | $126.0M | 3.40x | $171.0M | A- | 23% | #19 |
 Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | $367K | $17.8M | 48.5x | $24.6M | — | 79% | — |
 Big Daddy | 1999 | $41.5M | $163.5M | 3.90x | $228.6M | — | 39% | — |
 The Waterboy | 1998 | $39.4M | $161.5M | 4.10x | $190.2M | — | 32% | — |
 The Wedding Singer | 1998 | $18.9M | $80.2M | 4.30x | $123.3M | — | 72% | — |
 Happy Gilmore | 1996 | $10.1M | $39.1M | — | $41.4M | — | 66% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.2x
$4.91B worldwide on $1.54B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.58BInternational $2.33B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.3x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.