Streaming Ratings, Week of July 21: Happy Gilmore 2 Sets New Streaming Record

The Adam Sandler aura has engulfed Netflix. Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 took the No. 1 spot in Nielsen’s Top 10 Overall Streaming chart and, in the process, set a new record for the biggest single-week viewing total for a movie for the week of July 21.

Happy Gilmore 2 scored 2.893 billion viewing minutes, surpassing the record that was previously held by another Netflix original film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which had 2.866 billion minutes viewed during the week of December 26, 2022.

Naturally, the movie was a big draw among the Gen X and Millennial audiences, with the Adults 35-64 demo accounting for 54% of the viewing time. However, it also resonated with the Adults 18-34, who contributed 26% of watch time.  

According to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings, four titles had more than a billion viewing minutes, with two titles topping the 2 billion viewing minutes mark. Netflix occupied the top four spots and had eight titles in the chart overall, one of those having shared distribution rights. 

Netflix’s drama murder mystery, Untamed, landed in second place with 2.031 billion viewing minutes. It was followed by another drama series, The Hunting Wives, which had 1.356 billion minutes viewed in the No. 3 spot.

Slipping one spot to fourth was the animated feature KPop Demon Hunters, which had 1.027 billion viewing minutes. Disney’s Bluey held steady in the No. 5 position with 880 million minutes viewed. 

The bottom half of the chart was led by HBO Max’s Big Bang Theory, with the comedy series having 777 million viewing minutes. It was followed by the Netflix-acquired series Blindspot, which took in 754 million minutes viewed.

Another Netflix-acquired series, Sullivan’s Crossing, fell six spots to land at No. 8 with 727 million viewing minutes. The shared title Grey’s Anatomy on Hulu and Netflix was in ninth place with 723 million minutes viewed, and the final spot belonged to Netflix’s Animal Kingdom, which had 714 million viewing minutes.