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.

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

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,