Nielsen reports that “Happy Gilmore 2” upon its release in July 2025 set a new weekly viewing record for a streaming movie, and from a viewership perspective, it was Sandler’s most successful collaboration with Netflix. Nielsen even says that more people likely watched the PGA Tour this year as well after having watched “Happy Gilmore 2.” The film was loaded with golf cameos and also starred Travis Kelce and Bad Bunny for some reason, but clearly that stunt casting paid off. While “KPop Demon Hunters” tops Netflix’s Top 10 chart, that chart looks at movies globally, so “Happy Gilmore 2” didn’t quite make the cut there, despite these massive numbers in the U.S. Among all movies, kids movies and general audience movies combined, “Happy Gilmore 2” would’ve been fourth in 2025, behind “KPop Demon Hunters,” “Moana 2” (9.4 billion minutes), and “Despicable Me 4” (8.7 billion minutes). But it does give a sense of what defines a true streaming movie in 2026.