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Movieline Investigates the Adam Sandler Box Office Paradox

If you're the kind of person who hates reading about bad movies achieving box office success, here's some bad news: Adam Sandler's latest comedy Just Go With It -- which currently rests at a shameful 18 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, has just passed $100 million domestically. Has Adam Sandler, the patron saint of scathing critical responses, actually developed a foolproof formula for turning awful films into multiplex gold?

Join Movieline as we revisit his most mainstream comedies (that means no Punch-Drunk Love or Funny People!), and determine if there is indeed a bizarro correlation between Sandler's sophomoric madness and box office glory.

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[All box office figures via Box Office Mojo]