Overview

• In its first three days on Netflix, Happy Gilmore 2 amassed 46.7 million views, marking the largest U.S. opening weekend for any film on the platform and the biggest debut of an Adam Sandler feature.
• The sequel topped Netflix’s global Top 10 English-language movies chart for the week of July 21–27, surpassing perennial hit KPop Demon Hunters.
• Its surge in viewership also propelled the 1996 original back into Netflix’s global Top 10, where it secured the No. 3 spot with 11.4 million views.
• Happy Gilmore 2 earned a mixed critical reception, holding a 69 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes against a 71 percent audience rating.
• The film reunites Adam Sandler with Christopher McDonald and Julie Bowen and includes celebrity cameos from Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.