Adam Sandler’s Worst Movie Yet Has Netflix’s Most-Watched Opening Ever

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But the service’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos revealed the first fruits of the deal had proven sweet on Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Despite years of abuse, Sandler has consistently been the biggest box office comedy draw card in the world. However, with this Ridiculous 6 news, Netflix seems to be confirming its partnership with Sandler, which started back in October 2014, has indeed paid off, at least in terms of viewership. It was during this speech that Sarandos dropped the A-bomb, A standing for Adam (or perhaps very bad or Abject), asserting that The Ridiculous Six has racked up more views since its release last month than any other film on Netflix has within its initial 30-day period. It has a zero percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, for f***’s sake! To borrow rhetoric from Sandler himself, it’s enough to make you say “f*** me in the goat ass”.

Since debuting exclusively on Netflix, “The Ridiculous Six” has been seen more times in 30 days than any other movie in Netflix history.

The film was heavily promoted on the streaming service, with Netflix making it impossible to escape ads for the movie and god forbid- it looks like their marketing campaign worked wonders. It turns out the company’s most-watched movie opening ever is … He added that the Sandler vehicle has also shot to #1 in every single territory with access to Netflix, and has retained that #1 spot in many countries.