Adam Sandler was the king of comedy in Hollywood, churning out a slew of experimental films like Click, Grown Ups, and Mr. Deeds. His teaming up with Drew Barrymore also resulted in two successes, namely 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer.
However, the third Barrymore/Sandler production that was expected to make it big at the box office fell hard on its face, with Blended barely making a measly $ 6 million on top of its $46 million budget domestically. However, as is the case with most box office flops, streaming seems to have given Blended a new life.
Blended is a fun story that can be described as Modern Family meets The White Lotus
Blended is a film with a unique premise, which focuses on Drew Barrymore‘s Lauren Reynolds and Adam Sandler‘s Jim Friedman. The majority of the story takes place in an African resort that sees the duo spend a vacation with each other (along with their children). This is caused by the fact that both their friends, who were supposed to go on a romantic getaway have broken up, bequeathing their parts of the vacation to Lauren and Jim respectively.
Jim is a widower, and Lauren is divorced, which leads to a lot of issues among their children and even between themselves. This causes a slew of things to go wrong before they go very very right. The film’s poor box office collection (via Box Office Mojo) was attributed to its failure to capitalize on the Memorial Day weekend that it released on, which, according to WB President of Domestic Distribution, Dan Fellman, was because of the wonderful weather they were having on the day of release.
However, Blended seems to have done pretty well on Netflix
Streaming, for all its flaws, was able to give a lot of flopped films a second lease on life, with films like Madame Web, Assassin’s Creed, and Blended (all of which were horribly received at the box office) getting to grab a lot of eyeballs. This is largely attributed to the fact that streaming allows films to be a little more accessible.
Theatres are still preserved for experiences and immense budget films like Avengers: Endgame or Superman. The expectations from streaming, at least when it comes to films, are pretty low, and therefore, since these films can be viewed at no added costs, there is a lot of flocking to films that were otherwise completely squashed at the box office.
Films, like Blended, have managed to capture the hearts of people thanks to their charms, and watching the film from the comfort of your own home adds to how accessible it becomes.
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