Happy Gilmore 2 has unsurprisingly given Netflix a major viewership victory. The sequel to Adam Sandler's beloved 1996 golf comedy began streaming on Friday. Fans old and new have flocked to watch the movie.

Debuting with 46.7M views at the number 1 spot, that means it’s the second biggest movie launch of 2025 so far, with only Back in Action, which is in the all-time top 10, ahead of it. Assuming it sticks around, a spot could soon open up for Happy Gilmore 2, too, and we’ll keep you posted in the weeks and months to come.

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The reviews on "Happy Gilmore 2" are mixed. The results are not.

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Though I did enjoy some of the callbacks, jokes, silly references, and the show-stealing performance by a certain bad boy of golf, there was something about these homages that turned me off and took me out of the movie. In fact, I was quite annoyed…

The late, great “Price is Right” host Bob Barker isn’t the only cast member remembered fondly in Happy Gilmore 2. So, too, is Dan Baker, a longtime executive with the PGA of America, who died tragically in a car accident in December. He was 58.

Adam Sandler’s oafish pro golfer is back on screen for the first time in nearly 30 years, in a new movie that follows the titular Happy Gilmore as he attempts to get back in the game and raise his five kids after the death of wife Virginia (Julie Bowen) in a hurtling golf ball accident.