Director Dennis Dugan and
Adam Sandler
are a comedy dream team. Well, according to Dugan, anyway. The two have worked together on a number of films, including
Happy Gilmore ,
Big Daddy ,
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry , and
You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Sandler has been slammed in the press after the poor performance of Pixels, which didn't meet box office expectations in its opening weekend and was savaged by critics and moviegoers alike. Dugan, however, has Sandler's back. He told The Hollywood Reporter, "How effing dare anybody say that he's a terrible comic!"
Pixels is playing in 42 percent of the international marketplace, where it placed No. 1 in 23 of 56 territories. In the U.S., it debuted at No. 2 with an estimated $24 million from 3,723 theaters.
