Want to know the best Adam Sandler movies? How about the worst Adam Sandler movies? Curious about Adam Sandler’s box office grosses or which Adam Sandler movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Adam Sandler movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
There does not seem to a middle ground when it comes to Adam Sandler’s movies. Either you love them or you hate them. It seems the older you are the more likely you are to be in the “hate them” club. Whether you are a Sandler fan or not there is one thing that can not be argued…..Adam Sandler movies generate some serious box office heat. Adam Sandler (1966-) got his first big break when he began appearing on Saturday Night Live in 1990. After appearing in some supporting roles in movies like Mixed Nuts and Airheads, he took on the lead role in Billy Madison (1995). The success of Billy Madison opened the door for almost 20 years of non-stop box office success for Sandler.
His IMDb page shows over 75 acting credits since 1987. This page will rank Adam Sandler movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, cameos and his straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
Adam Sandler Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1998
The Wedding Singer (1998)
2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Voice Only
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Voice Only
2004
50 First Dates (2004)
2012
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Voice Only
2003
Anger Management (2003)
2006
Click (2006)
1999
Big Daddy (1999)
2005
The Longest Yard (2005)
1998
The Waterboy (1998)
2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
2002
Mr. Deeds (2002)
2010
Grown Ups (2010)
2019
Uncut Gems (2019)
2008
Bedtime Stories (2008)
2009
Funny People (2009)
2002
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
2022
Hustle (2022)
Netflix
2011
Just Go with It (2011)
1996
Happy Gilmore (1996)
2004
Spanglish (2004)
2013
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Netflix
2007
Reign Over Me (2007)
2023
Leo (2023)
Netflix
Voice Only
2023
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)
2015
Pixels (2015)
2000
Little Nicky (2000)
1995
Billy Madison (1995)
2014
The Cobbler (2014)
2024
Spaceman (2024)
Netflix
2019
Murder Mystery (2019)
Netflix
2020
Hubie Halloween (2020)
Netflix
2023
Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
Netflix
2014
Blended (2014)
2011
Jack and Jill (2011)
1996
Bulletproof (1996)
1994
Airheads (1994)
2012
That's My Boy (2012)
1994
Mixed Nuts (1994)
2014
Men, Women & Children (2014)
2015
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Netflix
2017
Sandy Wexler (2017)
Netflix
2016
Do Over (2016)
Netflix
2018
The Week Of (2018)
Netflix
2002
Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
1989
Going Overboard (1989)
Adam Sandler Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Adam Sandler movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Adam Sandler movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Adam Sandler movies by yearly domestic box office rank.
- Sort Adam Sandler movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or highis should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Adam Sandler movie received.
- Sort Adam Sandler movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Using the sort and search button makes this a very interactive table….for example if you want to see the three Sandler/Drew Barrymore movies…just type “Drew” in the search box and up they pop.
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R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S 1 The Wedding Singer (1998) Drew Barrymore &
Steve Buscemi80.20 184.4 283.40 23 67 00 / 00 92.8 2 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Voice OnlyMel Brooks 167.50 198.2 623.70 19 60 00 / 00 92.1 3 Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Voice OnlyMel Brooks &
David Spade169.70 217.0 605.10 16 56 00 / 00 91.0 4 50 First Dates (2004) Drew Barrymore &
Rob Schneider120.90 209.9 341.10 15 55 00 / 00 90.9 6 Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Voice OnlyAndy Samberg &
David Spade148.30 200.9 485.30 19 55 00 / 00 90.7 5 Anger Management (2003) Jack Nicholson &
Woody Harrelson135.60 242.5 349.90 12 54 00 / 00 90.4 7 Click (2006) Kate Beckinsale &
Christopher Walken137.40 225.0 389.40 14 50 01 / 00 89.2 8 Big Daddy (1999) Leslie Mann &
Rob Schneider163.50 348.3 500.20 7 49 00 / 00 88.7 9 The Longest Yard (2005) Burt Reynolds &
Chris Rock158.10 266.3 320.60 12 49 00 / 00 88.3 10 The Waterboy (1998) Henry Winkler &
Kathy Bates161.50 371.2 427.50 4 45 00 / 00 87.3 11 You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) John Turturro &
Rob Schneider100.00 150.2 300.20 30 54 00 / 00 84.3 13 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) Kevin James &
Dan Aykroyd120.10 188.1 291.50 22 39 00 / 00 82.8 12 Mr. Deeds (2002) Winona Ryder &
John Turturro126.30 234.7 318.30 20 35 00 / 00 82.7 14 Grown Ups (2010) David Spade &
Chris Rock162.00 221.3 370.90 15 34 00 / 00 81.6 15 Uncut Gems (2019) Kevin Garnett 50.00 58.9 58.90 55 75 00 / 00 80.4 17 Bedtime Stories (2008) Keri Russell &
Russell Brand110.10 165.3 319.60 25 41 00 / 00 79.4 16 Funny People (2009) Seth Rogen &
Jonah Hill51.90 74.5 102.90 57 67 00 / 00 79.2 18 Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Philip Seymour Hoffman &
Emily Watson17.80 33.2 45.80 114 80 00 / 00 78.3 19 Hustle (2022)
NetflixQueen Latifah &
Robert Duvall0.10 0.1 0.10 321 84 00 / 00 72.3 21 Just Go with It (2011) Jennifer Aniston &
Nicole Kidman103.00 140.1 292.20 27 39 00 / 00 72.3 20 Happy Gilmore (1996) Carl Weathers &
Bob Barker38.80 94.7 100.50 37 54 00 / 00 72.0 22 Spanglish (2004) Tea Leoni &
Paz Vega42.70 74.2 95.50 71 58 00 / 00 69.1 25 Grown Ups 2 (2013) Chris Rock &
Kevin James133.70 177.2 327.50 21 24 00 / 00 66.7 23 The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
NetflixBen Stiller &
Dustin Hoffman0.10 0.1 0.10 292 79 00 / 00 66.2 24 Reign Over Me (2007) Don Cheadle &
Donald Sutherland19.70 30.8 34.80 106 69 00 / 00 66.0 26 Leo (2023)
Netflix
Voice OnlyRob Schneider 0.10 0.1 0.10 202 77 00 / 00 63.5 27 You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023) Sunny Sadler &
Jackie Sadler0.10 0.1 0.10 271 72 00 / 00 55.2 28 Pixels (2015) Adam Sandler 78.70 100.7 313.10 37 34 00 / 00 43.3 29 Little Nicky (2000) Patricia Arquette &
Harvey Keitel39.50 78.9 116.60 59 38 00 / 00 36.7 30 Billy Madison (1995) Darren McGavin &
Norm MacDonald25.60 63.4 65.60 66 41 00 / 00 35.0 31 The Cobbler (2014) Steve Buscemi 0.10 0.1 8.60 340 58 00 / 00 26.4 32 Spaceman (2024)
NetflixCarey Mulligan 0.10 0.1 0.10 202 57 00 / 00 24.5 34 Murder Mystery (2019)
NetflixJennifer Aniston &
Terence Stamp0.10 0.1 0.10 327 56 00 / 00 22.6 33 Hubie Halloween (2020)
NetflixSteve Buscemi 0.10 0.1 0.10 151 56 00 / 00 22.5 35 Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
NetflixJennifer Aniston 0.10 0.1 0.10 257 55 00 / 00 20.8 36 Blended (2014) Drew Barrymore &
Joel McHale46.30 61.1 168.90 75 34 00 / 00 17.6 37 Jack and Jill (2011) Al Pacino &
Katie Holmes74.20 100.8 203.50 48 19 00 / 00 14.4 38 Bulletproof (1996) Damon Wayans &
James Caan21.60 52.6 55.10 73 32 00 / 00 12.8 39 Airheads (1994) Brendan Fraser &
Steve Buscemi5.80 15.2 15.20 141 44 00 / 00 11.2 40 That's My Boy (2012) James Caan &
Susan Sarandon36.90 50.0 78.20 85 33 00 / 00 11.1 41 Mixed Nuts (1994) Steve Martin &
Rita Wilson6.80 18.0 18.00 134 42 00 / 00 10.6 42 Men, Women & Children (2014) Jennifer Garner &
Ansel Elgort0.70 0.9 3.00 187 47 00 / 00 9.7 43 The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
NetflixNick Nolte &
David Spade0.10 0.1 0.10 275 47 00 / 00 9.0 44 Sandy Wexler (2017)
NetflixJennifer Hudson 0.10 0.1 0.10 315 46 00 / 00 8.7 45 Do Over (2016)
NetflixDavid Spade 0.10 0.1 0.10 296 45 00 / 00 8.0 46 The Week Of (2018)
NetflixChris Rock &
Steve Buscemi0.10 0.1 0.10 366 44 00 / 00 6.8 47 Eight Crazy Nights (2002) Rob Schneider &
Jackie Sandler23.60 43.8 44.30 101 29 00 / 00 6.2 48 Going Overboard (1989) Billy Bob Thornton 0.00 0.1 0.10 258 19 00 / 00 0.1
Adam Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Voice OnlyMel Brooks 623.70 Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Voice OnlyMel Brooks &
David Spade605.10 Big Daddy (1999) Leslie Mann &
Rob Schneider500.20 Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Voice OnlyAndy Samberg &
David Spade485.30 The Waterboy (1998) Henry Winkler &
Kathy Bates427.50 Click (2006) Kate Beckinsale &
Christopher Walken389.40 Grown Ups (2010) David Spade &
Chris Rock370.90 Anger Management (2003) Jack Nicholson &
Woody Harrelson349.90 50 First Dates (2004) Drew Barrymore &
Rob Schneider341.10 Grown Ups 2 (2013) Chris Rock &
Kevin James327.50 The Longest Yard (2005) Burt Reynolds &
Chris Rock320.60 Bedtime Stories (2008) Keri Russell &
Russell Brand319.60 Mr. Deeds (2002) Winona Ryder &
John Turturro318.30 Pixels (2015) Adam Sandler 313.10 You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) John Turturro &
Rob Schneider300.20 Just Go with It (2011) Jennifer Aniston &
Nicole Kidman292.20 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) Kevin James &
Dan Aykroyd291.50 The Wedding Singer (1998) Drew Barrymore &
Steve Buscemi283.40 Jack and Jill (2011) Al Pacino &
Katie Holmes203.50 Blended (2014) Drew Barrymore &
Joel McHale168.90 Little Nicky (2000) Patricia Arquette &
Harvey Keitel116.60 Funny People (2009) Seth Rogen &
Jonah Hill102.90 Happy Gilmore (1996) Carl Weathers &
Bob Barker100.50 Spanglish (2004) Tea Leoni &
Paz Vega95.50 That's My Boy (2012) James Caan &
Susan Sarandon78.20 Billy Madison (1995) Darren McGavin &
Norm MacDonald65.60 Bulletproof (1996) Damon Wayans &
James Caan55.10 Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Philip Seymour Hoffman &
Emily Watson45.80 Eight Crazy Nights (2002) Rob Schneider &
Jackie Sandler44.30 Reign Over Me (2007) Don Cheadle &
Donald Sutherland34.80 The Cobbler (2014) Steve Buscemi 8.60 Men, Women & Children (2014) Jennifer Garner &
Ansel Elgort3.00
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I think you have to throw out Airheads and Mixed Nuts, as they were before he was a movie star. And then I would move down Little Nicky. That’s my boy would be a little higher.
Hey Gerry….thanks for the visit and the comment. True Mixed Nuts and Airheads were early Sandler movies….but he was used to promote the movies…so even they did not generate much box office heat….they are still Sandler movies. I agree with you about Little Nicky…that was one of the worst movies I have seen in theaters….I would have left my sons seemed to be having a good time. I wonder if they (now that they are adults) could sit through the whole movie now?
I try with his movies but like you said, either they’re really good or really awful. The first Grown Ups didn’t work for me, so I know the second will feel even worse. However, no matter how intolerable his films are, he’s still rolling in money- that’s a skill I wish I had.
Thanks for the visit and comment Alecia. Sandler movies are either really good or really really bad….sadly it seems the really really bad movies are the ones that he makes today. But like you said…his ability to earn money is a skill we could all use.
I don’t think I was aware that Hotel Transylvania was Adam Sandler. I agree with what most people have said here-he has turned out some real dogs. I actually like the movies where he is a little more serious (Click, 50 First Dates, etc.) Give him credit though, he knows what the public likes, and if he needs some quick cash, he’ll turn on that toilet humor and make a killing at the box office. I think everyone would agree that Jack and Jill was a failure, yet according to your table it still grossed 74 million?!? I wish I could “fail” at my job and gross 74 million!
Suffice it to say, if a Sandler movie is on TV, I’ll probably watch, but that’s about it.
Hey First Colony….yep Hotel Transylvania is from the creative mind of Adam Sandler…I am sure after the quick dismissal of That’s My Boy the studio was nervous about how well the movie would do….but it is now the biggest opening weekend movie in September ever….not too bad…and should help get Jack and Jill further behind him. You are right about his ability to give the public what it wants…..and even a failure like Jack and Jill brought in some money ….as you write….I will take a failure that generates 74 million in revenue. Thanks for the comment.
Interesting page! 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.
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.
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.