Why are most Adam Sandler movies have an $80 million budget?

Sandler's upcoming movies will stream exclusively on Netflix. Fans will not see them in theaters. The budgets for the four films are similar Sandler's previous movies, according to Vulture. Sandler's big-budget films have average budgets ranging from $75-$80 million. read more

Also, the movies consistently made money so he could ask for the same budget next time. A movie like Pixels looks like an 80 Million dollar movie and they had to pay licenses for all those games. A movie like Grown Ups 2 makes less sense why it would cost so much. read more

With an estimated budget of $70 million, the film brought in only $57 million at the box office worldwide. In other words, it was a major bomb. We estimate that for every dollar Sandler was paid on his last three movies, the films returned an average of $3.40. read more