“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.

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.

Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2 made a huge ratings debut on Netflix and earned the sequel the honor of a major record for the streamer.