--- description: Netflix viewers have recently spent more than half a billion hours watching the streaming service's collection of Adam Sandler's films. title: People Spent Millions of Hours Watching Adam Sandler Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Netflix Viewers Spent 500 Million Hours Watching Adam Sandler Movies Because Apparently O'Doyle Still Rules  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 18, 2017 5:35 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 18, 2017 5:35 PM CUT Despite the fact that the indisputably best [Adam Sandler](http://time.com/4199893/every-adam-sandler-movie-connected/ "undefined") movies — _Billy Madison_ and [_Happy Gilmore_](http://time.com/3733349/adam-sandler-bob-barker-fight-happy-gilmore-charity/ "undefined")— aren’t currently on [Netflix](http://time.com/4712884/netflix-adam-sandler-movies/ "undefined"), viewers have recently spent more than 500 million hours watching the streaming service’s collection of his work. In its [Q1 earnings report](http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/4303173853x0x937576/7DAD8A22-F8FE-4339-A534-4A851A5C68E5/Q117ShareholderLetterV2FINAL.pdf "undefined") released Tuesday, Netflix revealed that since the launch of the [widely mocked ](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the%5Fridiculous%5F6/ "undefined")_Ridiculous 6_ in December 2015, members have enjoyed the [comedian’s films](http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/17/15331674/netflix-adam-sandler-movies-half-a-billion-hours "undefined") for more than half a billion hours. Of course, that explains why the company recently agreed to extend its relationship with Sandler for another [four potentially painfully disappointing movies](http://time.com/4712884/netflix-adam-sandler-movies/ "undefined"). “Just ahead of the release of our third film from Adam Sandler, _Sandy Wexler_, we announced the renewal of our deal with Sandler to premiere an additional four films exclusively on Netflix around the world,” Netflix wrote. “We continue to be excited by our Sandler relationship and our members continue to be thrilled with his films.” To each their own, we guess. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4744571/adam-sandler-movies-netflix-ratings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4744571/adam-sandler-movies-netflix-ratings/"},"headline":"Netflix Viewers Spent 500 Million Hours Watching Adam Sandler Movies Because Apparently O'Doyle Still Rules","datePublished":"2017-04-18T17:35:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:28:24.916Z","description":"O'Doyle apparently still rules","url":"https://time.com/4744571/adam-sandler-movies-netflix-ratings/","keywords":["movies","Netflix","Adam Sandler"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4744571/adam-sandler-movies-netflix-ratings/","name":"Netflix Viewers Spent 500 Million Hours Watching Adam Sandler Movies Because Apparently O'Doyle Still Rules"}}]}] ```