Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2 Scores Record-Breaking Opening Weekend on Netflix
by Justin Kroll
July 29, 2025


It’s been nearly three decades since Adam Sandler introduced us to Happy Gilmore, and audiences showed how much the Sandman and his beloved character still resonate following the record-breaking opening weekend of Happy Gilmore 2.

According to the Netflix Top 10 released Tuesday, the film amassed 46.7 million views in its first three days, making it not just best opening ever for an Adam Sandler Netflix film but also the biggest U.S. opening weekend for a Netflix film period.

The original 1996 film came in at No. 3 on this week’s chart with 11.4 million views.




Happy Gilmore 2, which bowed on the streamer Friday, also made an impact on the social media front, trending all weekend on X with engagement propelled by celebrity support that included Sandler, Travis Kelce, golf stars Rory Mcllroy and Scottie Scheffler, Post Malone and Guy Fieri.

It also benefited from the rare social media support of Taylor Swift, who gave a shout-out to the film (which features her boyfriend Kelce) on Instagram Stories.

https://deadline.com/2025/07/adam-sandler-happy-gilmore-2-record-breaking-1236473288/

I have no idea why they decided to make Happy Gilmore 2 but my mom got to see it and she thought it started out good at the beginning but got unappealing at the end. And I cannot believe how much movie tie-ins this Happy Gilmore sequel got. Like Subway has launched the Happy Gilmore Meal and what I think they planned to do with Happy Gilmore once the sequel came out was make a trilogy of Happy Gilmore movies. I wouldn't be surprised if Happy Gilmore 3 goes into development in the future. But I liked Happy Gilmore and I can say that the only reason Happy Gilmore 2 was made was because people thought Happy Gilmore was a successful comedy for Adam Sandler and so I think they want to make more Happy Gilmore movies or perhaps a Happy Gilmore sitcom will be made in the near future

Happy Gilmore 2 Breaks Nielsen Streaming Record with 2.9 Billion Viewing Minutes in Opening Weekend
by Joe Otterson
August 21, 2025


Happy Gilmore 2 continues to break streaming records.

According to Nielsen Streaming data, the long-gestating comedy sequel was the number one most streamed movie for the week of July 21-27 with 2.9 billion viewing minutes, with the movie having launched on Netflix on July 25.



With that viewership, it has set the record for the largest single-week viewing total for a movie in the history of Nielsen’s streaming top 10. The previous record was Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which nabbed 2.2 billion minutes when it debuted in December 2023.

It also marked the best opening streaming week for an Adam Sandler film to date. Per Nielsen, Sandler’s movies have genereated over 61 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/happy-gilmore-2-nielsen-streaming-record-2-9-billion-minute-1236494555/