KPop Demon Hunters was Netflix’s most watched film in 2025. Following at number 2 is a golf movie.
Fans waited 30 years for the sequel, which finally dropped last year: Happy Gilmore 2 premiered on Netflix with Adam Sandler reprising his lead role alongside numerous star cameos. As the original became a cult classic over the years, the time was right for a revival. The wait paid off as the film became one of Netflix’s most successful movies of the year, reports Josh Carpenter in the Sports Business Journal.
Record Breaking Streaming Numbers for Happy Gilmore 2
The film set a Netflix record with nearly 47 million minutes streamed during its opening weekend and was viewed for over 6.2 billion minutes throughout the year while staying in Netflix’s weekly Top 10 list. It topped the global Top 10 rankings for two weeks and remained within the worldwide Top 10 for a total of five weeks.
Second Most Watched Netflix Film of 2025
Among 39 films Netflix released in 2025, Happy Gilmore 2 ranks second only to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, which amassed over 17 billion minutes streamed globally.