Love him or hate him, there’s no denying Adam Sandler is a bit of a legend.
Earlier this year it was claimed Netflix subscribers had spent two billion hours watching his films since 2015.
The star, 58, signed a reported eye-watering $250m deal (around £187m) with the streaming giant back in 2020.
He’s produced and starred in eight projects for Netflix, including stand-up special ‘100% Fresh’ and comedy flick ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,’ which stars his wife Jackie along with their two daughters Sadie and Sunny.
In fact, the deal has helped him become Hollywood’s highest-paid actor.
It was revealed in March that his four film projects released in 2023 saw him earn an annual salary of $73m (£57m),
Now it’s good to know that, despite his riches, Sandler is pretty generous with his cash.
Especially when it comes to his Grown Ups co-stars.
Sandler spent a jaw-dropping amount on special gifts for David Spade, Kevin James, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider.
The 2010 comedy reportedly brought in more than $270 million at the box office and despite its silliness, plenty of fans still adore – and defend – the film.
The same can’t be said about critics, however. Grown Ups scored just 11 percent on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
This wouldn’t have phased the cast, though. Especially because Sandler – who also co-wrote and produced the movie – reportedly bought his co-stars a Maserati each, estimated to be worth about $200,000 (or about £130,000 at the time).
The swanky vehicles were a complete surprise, with Sandler giving the lads no warning about the grand gesture.
Spade recalled: “He gave us all a Maserati.
“Chris Rock called me and he goes, ‘Will you look in your driveway?’, and I go, ‘No,’ and he goes, ‘Got out front and call me.’
“So I go out front and they’re putting a car in my driveway, and I go, ‘What’s happening?’, and they go, ‘Adam Sandler.’
“I go, ‘Oh, is this his car, I’m supposed to watch it?'”
He continued: “I call Rock and I go, ‘I’m keeping Adam’s car here for some reason,’ and he goes, ‘No that’s for you, we all got one’.”
You’d think the stars would be grateful for the free luxury cars, but in an interview on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno back in 2010, Spade admitted he’d been too ’embarrassed’ to actually drive it.
Meanwhile, Rock said that he feared the gift came with a string attached.
Speaking to Howard Stern, he joked: “I went outside the other day and I had a new Maserati in the driveway. Now I think that I’m Adam Sandler’s b****.”
