“Happy Gilmore 2” stars Adam Sandler in the title role.
Adam Sandler has gone to a “Happy Place” with a massive debut of Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix’s Top 10 Global Movies chart.
The sequel to the 1996 comedy classic debuted on Netflix on July 25. And while the film was only available to Netflix viewers for three days in the chart period, the film still topped worldwide viewership for all films on the platform from July 21-27.
According to Netflix TUDUM, Happy Gilmore 2 — which is a Netflix Original movie — had 46.7 million views during the most recent chart period, which equates to 91.9 million hours viewed. In addition, Happy Gilmore 2 was the No. 1 movie on Netflix in 47 countries, including the U.S. and Canada, and made the Top 10 in 88 countries worldwide.
The logline for Happy Gilmore 2 reads, “Happy Gilmore isn’t done with golf — not by a long shot. Adam Sandler’s short-fused legend swings for a comeback to make his kid’s dream come true.”
In addition to Sandler, Happy Gilmore 2 features the return of Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit and Christopher McDonald as Happy’s rival, Shooter McGavin. Happy Gilmore 2 also stars Ben Stiller, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny), Benny Safdie, Hayley Joel Osment, Sunny Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Jackie Sandler and John Daly, and features several cameo appearances from the worlds of screen, music and professional golf.
In addition to Happy Gilmore 2, the original Happy Gilmore film is also a big hit on Netflix’s Global Top 10 list. The 1996 film debuted at No. 6 on the streamer’s global chart for the week of July 14-20 with 4 million views, which equates to 6.2 million hours viewed.
In addition to the Netflix Global Top 10 Movies chart, Happy Gilmore also made the top 10 movies list in 10 countries, including the U.S. and Canada.
For the week of July 21-27, Happy Gilmore was No. 3 on the global chart with 11.4 million views, which equates to 17.5 million viewing hours. In additon, the 1996 film made the Netflix Top 10 movies chart in 56 countries during the chart period.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Drops To No. 2 On Netflix’s Global Top 10 Movies Chart
The Netflix original animated movie musical KPop: Demon Hunters dropped to No. 2 on the Netflix Global Top 10 Movies chart after finishing at No. 1 last week.
KPop Demon Hunters had 26.3 million views from July 21-27, which equates to 43.9 million hours viewed.
Coming in at No. 4 behind Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore on Netflix’s Top 10 Global Movies chart from July 21-27 is the 2024 adventure drama Lost on a Mountain in Maine (7.8 million views/12.3 million hours viewed), followed by the Netflix original documentary Trainwreck: P.I. Moms (4.8 million views/3.7 million hours viewed) at No. 5.
Rounding out the Netflix Global Top 10 Movies chart are Madea’s Destination Wedding, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Rampage, The Old Guard 2 and Until Dawn.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/07/29/happy-gilmore-2-dominates-netflix-global-top-10-movies-chart-in-debut/