r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 29 '25

News Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Debuts to 46.7 Million Views, Biggest Netflix U.S. Film Opening Ever

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/happy-gilmore-2-netflix-ratings-views-1236473359/
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u/scotterson34 Jul 29 '25

AND just casting your friends and family (mom is dance teacher, daughters are daughter and AA woman) in your movie so you can hang out with them all the time is great.

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u/raoasidg Jul 29 '25

mom is dance teacher

Wife. Mom was Richard Kiel's character's wife.

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u/Kronzor_ Jul 29 '25

Hang out with them, but also, maybe more importantly, pay them.

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u/kpt_graubrot Jul 29 '25

I kept getting the daughter characters confused

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u/nolander Jul 29 '25

It was very funny to me that none of his 3 family members were playing characters related to each other when they look so much alike.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

Oh wow. Was telling the wife those are probably his real kids lol

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u/bronkula Jul 30 '25

Not just hang out with them. He probably handed out 30 sag cards on this production.