Adam Sandler has been reliably unreliable at the box office lately. And "Pixels" continued his slump with a disappointing $24 million opening weekend after tracking significantly higher a few weeks ago.
The $88 million video-game adventure extended a recent losing streak for the 48-year-old actor, whose recent releases have included disappointing indies like this spring's "The Cobbler," which grossed just $24,000, and last fall's "Men, Women & Children," which topped out at $704,000.
Even recent studio releases like 2012's "That's My Boy" with Andy Samberg underwhelmed, taking in just $36.9 million. That's a big drop from 15 years ago when he scored his biggest domestic hits, "The Waterboy" (1998) and "Big Daddy" (1999), which raked in an impressive $161.5 million and $163 million, respectively.
Even so, Sandler still has some muscle at the foreign box office. "Blended," his 2014 reteaming with Drew Barrymore that grossed just $46 million in the American market but $80 million overseas.
So despite a disappointing opening weekend, it's not game over for "Pixels."
Sony Pictures, which Sandler's Happy Madison Productions has long called home, is counting on foreign audiences to turn "Pixels" into a hit. So far, the film has grossed $3.3 million in South Korea.