Adam Sandler has been certified as Netflix’s biggest draw on a number of occasions, with any of the movies from his back catalogue tending to dominate the Top 10 most-watched list as soon as they get added to the library, while all of his streaming exclusives so far have pulled in massive numbers as subscribers have spent a cumulative total of over 200,000 years streaming his filmography.
Based on those metrics, the Happy Madison head honcho is well worth whatever the company are paying him, which is probably a vast amount. Not many talents in the industry are afforded the complete creative freedom to make as many movies as they want, about whatever they want, starring whoever they want, especially someone like Sandler that’s been constantly bashed by critics for the last 25 years.
Netflix would be foolish not to keep the working relationship going for as long as possible given how much it benefits both parties, with insider Daniel Richtman claiming that the streamer wants him to release three movies per year, although a trio of Happy Madison efforts annually seems a whole lot more likely than actual onscreen appearances from The Sandman.
Excluding cameos, only once in his entire career has Sandler played a major role in three movies released in the same calendar year, which happened in 2014. Out of those three, only Blended was a Happy Madison vehicle, with Men, Women & Children and The Cobbler marking two of his rare forays into dramatic territory where he didn’t need to stretch himself too thin as either a producer or creative driving force.
His company have released three or more films per year on a number of occasions, but Sandler the actor has never been that prolific. Besides, there’s only so long you can milk a cash cow before it starts going sour.
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