Coming 29 years after the original was released to theaters, the desire for Happy Gilmore 2 was strong with Netflix viewers.

Sandler has a habit of collaborating with the same people throughout his career, but many of his closest colleagues didn’t appear in Happy Gilmore 2.

With these numbers, Happy Gilmore 2 swipes the trophy from fellow Netflix original Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which previously held the record with 2.2 billion minutes in 2023. It’s also the best opening for an Adam Sandler film to date,