KPop Demon Hunters was Netflix’s most watched film in 2025. Coming in second is a golf film.
Fans waited 30 years for the sequel, and last year it finally arrived: Happy Gilmore 2 premiered on Netflix, starring Adam Sandler along with numerous star appearances. The original movie had become a cult classic over the years, making the time ripe for a remake. The wait was worth it, as the film became one of Netflix’s most successful movies of the year, according to Josh Carpenter in the Sports Business Journal.
Record-Breaking Streaming Numbers
The film set a Netflix record on its opening weekend with nearly 47 million minutes streamed and was watched for over 6.2 billion minutes throughout the year while remaining in Netflix’s weekly Top 10. It topped the global Top 10 list for two weeks and stayed in the worldwide Top 10 for a total of five weeks.
Overall Netflix Rankings in 2025
Out of 39 films Netflix released in 2025, Happy Gilmore 2 ranked second, only surpassed by ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ which reached more than 17 billion minutes viewed.