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Adam Sandler’s popularity has spanned over 60 films and more than three decades. In July 2025, he’ll reprise his role as a wannabe hockey player turned reluctant golfer in Happy Gilmore 2.

The character helped to make Sandler a household name, and in his early years, he was known for his sophomoric roles in comedy movies such as Billy Madison (1995) and The Waterboy (1998). He graduated to dramatic roles such as a loner looking for love in Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and a jeweler who’s down on his luck in gambling in Uncut Gems (2019).

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Along the way, he’s made millions of dollars from his roles and even more from his production studio. Movies he’s starred in have grossed more than $4 billion at the box office worldwide.

Here’s how much Sandler is worth in 2025 and how he makes his money.

Adam Sandler has appeared in movies and TV shows for more than three decades, and he reprises one of his most popular film roles with Happy Gilmore 2.

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What is Adam Sandler’s net worth?

Adam Sandler’s net worth is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. CEO Today, a website that tracks executives, puts his net worth at $500 million. Other media outlets estimate his 2025 net worth at between $430 million and $440 million.

How does Adam Sandler make his money?

Sandler primarily makes his money from acting, but his sources of income have diversified over the course of his career. In 199, he founded his own production company that he named Happy Madison Productions (an amalgam of the titles of two of his movies: Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison).

In 2024, Forbes ranked him ninth among the highest-paid actors, with gross earnings of $35 million. (Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, was at the top, with $103 million in gross earnings in 2024.)

In 2014, Sandler signed a lucrative contract, reportedly worth $250 million, with streaming service Netflix (NFLX) . Through this contract, Happy Madison Productions produced four films, starting with the western comedy The Ridiculous 6 (2015). The films were popular among subscribers, and Netflix extended the contract in 2017 and again in 2020.

Adam Sandler, left, joins co-stars Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald in Happy Gilmore 2 as host Rich Eisen looks on.

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Who is Adam Sandler?

Adam Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 9, 1966. He spent his formative years there before moving to New Hampshire temporarily for his father’s work. He then returned to New York to attend New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1988.

While at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, he worked in television and landed a spot on the quirky MTV game show Remote Control. At NYU, he met Tim Herlihy, who would write material for Sandler’s stand-up comedy. Later on, Herlihy would help Sandler write some of his early movies, such as Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and The Waterboy, as well as some of his more recent work, such as Grown Ups (2010) and Hubie Halloween (2020).

After graduating in 1988, Sandler continued with his stand-up comedy and became a feature player on Saturday Night Live. Popular characters he played included Canteen Boy, Opera Man, and Cajun Man. After five years on SNL, Sandler was fired along with popular cast member Chris Farley in 1995 to make way for new actors. Sandler then focused on making it to the big screen and would not make another SNL appearance until 2019, when he hosted a show.

Adam Sandler’s frequent co-stars and collaborators

Sandler is known for collaborating frequently with friends and fellow actors, some of whom have appeared in many of his movies in different roles. Drew Barrymore, for instance, first appeared as Sandler’s love interest in The Wedding Singer in 1998, and then again in 50 First Dates in 2004, and in Blended in 2014.

His former Saturday Night Live co-stars have also been frequent collaborators. Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade appeared with Sandler in Grown Ups and its 2013 sequel. He’s also bankrolled and produced films for other friends and co-stars, like Grandma’s Boy (2006), The House Bunny (2008), and Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009).

Other frequent collaborators include Jennifer Aniston, Kevin James, John Torturro, and Dennis Dugan, who directed Happy Gilmore and the two Grown Ups films.

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What are Adam Sandler’s most popular movies?

True Adam Sandler fans can quote lines from some of his popular films in the 1990s, including Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and The Waterboy. He’s also taken the lead voice character Count “Drac” Dracula in the animated Hotel Transylvania franchise.

On movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, his highest-rated films tend to be dramatic ones, including Hustle (94%), about a sports agent, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (92%), which delves into a father’s relationship with his children, and Uncut Gems (91%), in which he plays a gambling jewelry salesman.

How does Adam Sandler spend his money?

Sandler reportedly donates millions of dollars to charitable organizations and causes, including children’s health, animal rescue, and art education.

Among his real estate investments, Sandler owns a home in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles that serves as the primary residence for him, his wife, and their two daughters. Architectural Digest reported that the home formerly belonged to Kurt Russell and his wife, Goldie Hawn, and the Sandlers paid $12 million for it in 2004.

Sandler purchased another home in the Pacific Palisades for $4.8 million in 2022. Other property investments include a Malibu beach house and a condominium in Boca Raton, Florida, according to Architectural Digest.