I know, I know, wishful thinking. The grown man who acts like a pouty preteen has been counted out before — “That’s My Boy” was a flop — only to bounce back strong — “Grown Ups 2” was a huge hit, but this time it really be the beginning of the end. “Blended,” the new Sandler-Drew Barrymore “comedy,”made only $4.4 million on its opening day, his worst first-day number since 2007, and might scrape up less than $15 million after the four-day weekend.

The reviews have been terrible, as always.Richard Brody of The New Yorker gave Sandler and Barrymore a break (“I’m a fan of both of them, and both are excellent here”) but called the movie “grotesquely offensive” and a “what went wrong story for the ages.” A.O. Scott didn’t hold back in the Times:

“Most of “Blended” has the look and pacing of a three-camera sitcom filmed by a bunch of eighth graders and conceived by their less bright classmates. Shots don’t match. Jokes misfire. Gags that are visible from a mile away fail to deliver. Two rhinos are seen copulating by the side of a swimming pool, and someone has the wit to say, ‘That’s not something you see in New Jersey.’ Not funny on so many levels. There are comedians who mine their own insecurities for material. Mr. Sandler, in his recent films, compensates for his by building monuments to his own ego.”

Sandler’s movies are inexpensive to produce and are reliably profitable, two qualities that matter more than all the Razzie Awards he’s won. It’ll be interesting to see whether his reliable audience of adolescent boys has finally deserted him, and what he might do if it happens. Scott Mendelson at Forbes thinks it might open him to more movies like “Punch Drunk Love.” I just hope he goes away, and takes Rob Schneider with him.