Box office return: $7.60 for every $1 paid

Though most of this funnyman's new movies are now made for Netflix, he is eligible for the list thanks to 2015's Pixels and makes the cut with modest returns fromBlended and Grown Ups 2. In 2014, he signed an agreement worth an estimated $240 million that circumvents costly theatrical releases and distributes Sandler's comedies directly to his target audiences—home video couch potatoes.