I think Sony is going to lose money on this movie. Even though the budget is relatively modest ($88 million)the is a very low chance of the box office gross passing the break even point. Adam Sandler is a bad investment risk for movies with budgets over $50 million. His lifetime worldwide box office average gross is $136 million. That means a $60 million budget is a marginal risk, but a $50 million or less budget is reasonable risk. It's going to be really hard for the movie to get enough box office gross for Sony to make that money back. Maybe over time with DVD/Blu-ray sales, digital sales and TV broadcasting it will eventually break into profitability. But that's quite a long road to profit.
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