“Happy Gilmore 2” launched on the streamer on July 25. For the week of July 21 through 27, the film generated 46.7 million views, with a view defined as total hours watched divided by the total runtime. That makes this start the biggest U.S. opening weekend of all time for a Netflix film, as well as the best ever for one of Sandler’s movies.

The New Jersey roots of Adam Sandler's new movie "Happy Gilmore 2" gives a sense of how productions at Netflix Fort Monmouth will boost the Shore.

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.

Netflix's mystery drama series Untamed, starring Eric Bana, has been renewed for a second season with an all-new location.