Reasons Hes No Longer a Movie Star Variety. Is it game over for Adam Sandler His new comedy, Pixels, opened over the weekend to a mediocre 2. Sandlers latest box office lemon comes on the heels of The Cobbler Sandlers lowest grossing title ever, which opened to just 2. March, 2. 01. 4s Blended the Drew Barrymore reteaming that mustered 4. Thats My Boy a pairing with Andy Samberg that eked out 3. Jack and Jill the cross dressing comedy that landed some of the worst reviews of his career. Watch Animal Farm Movie Stream. His only recent hits have been the 2. Grown Ups which netted 1. Hotel Transylvania, an animated film that didnt require him to be onscreen. Heres how Sandlers box office career went from 4 billion in ticket sales to ice cold. He aged out of his material. Sandler, 4. 8, spent the 9. SNL vehicle Billy Madison, as well as box office hits The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds and Click. But as his audience grew up, Sandler stayed the same despite the title of Grown Ups, he rarely successfully played one in a movie. When he tried more mature roles, like in the Jason Reitman indie Men, Women Children or Judd Apatows Funny People, he veered so far away from his brand that his fans didnt know what to make of it. This isnt entirely Sandlers fault. A slapstick comedians career is shorter than a dramatic actors just ask Jim Carrey. And Sandler had a longer run than arguably anybody in the juvenile comedy business Since 1. U. S. box office. Hes not edgy. As comedic tentpoles changed thanks, ironically, to his college roommate Apatow with R rated bromances, Sandler didnt adapt. In fact, when Sandler appears in an R rated film Thats My Boy, Funny People, his box office rapidly drops. That might explain why his latest onscreen partner is Pac Man. The opening weekend audience for Pixels skewed younger 6. Sandlers ex fans are no longer interested in his films. Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith Levine, a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler. Rexxx, Hollywoods top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid to get the station back on its feet. He needs new friends. Sandlers Happy Madison Productions operates with a small clique of recidivists. Theres nothing wrong with repeat bigscreen collaborationssee David O. Russell and Jennifer Lawrence, or Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Di. Caprio. But theres something invariably Clinton era about the Sandler posse, and not just because it includes Vanilla Ice. Theres also Rob Schneider, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Norm Mac. Donald, Kevin James, etc. It gives the impression that hes making the same movie over and over again. One of his better performing recent titles was 2. Just Go With It, which starred Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman, who upped Sandlers game. The actor comedian recently signed a deal with Netflix, which had the potential to launch a new chapter for the funnyman. Instead, his first movie under the four movie pact features his old buddies Spade, Schneider and Mac. Download Adam And Dog Movie Online ' title='Download Adam And Dog Movie Online ' />You are now on the page of a Sing, which includes such genres as Animation, Comedy, Family, Music. This movie is available in formats or watch online. Donald and has already managed to offend Native Americans during filming. He hates the press. Many A list movie stars keep their distance from reporters, but Sandler takes it to another level. Feeling burned by critics who trashed his movies, he instituted a no print interview policy, because Sandler believes he doesnt need press to open a movie. That may have been true in 1. Yet our 2. 4 hour celebrity news cycle demands for actors to be more media friendly. If you refuse to talk to journalists, you should at least tweet or use Instagram. Is he even trying Sandler seemed more open to experimenting as an actor in the aughts when he made Punch Drunk Love with P. T. Anderson followed by Spanglish James L. Brooks. In the last decade, he hasnt stepped out of his comfort zone. The good news for Sandler is that there wont be any box office dollars to tally for The Ridiculous Six, which premieres in December. But the bad news for the rest of us is that Adam Sandler might never change, even though hes overdue for a reinvention.