"Happy Gilmore 2" generated a record $152.5M in New Jersey, boosting jobs, small businesses, and showcasing the state’s film industry growth.

"Happy Gilmore 2" broke a spending record for filming in New Jersey over a period of more than two months, state officials said.

It’s nearly impossible to keep up with all of the cameos and callbacks in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2, which has remained in Netflix’s top movies since premiering on the 2025 movie calendar. The sequel even pays tribute to the actors we’ve lost since the 1996 film,

Real-life married couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco explore relationship codependency with a deliberate lack of subtlety in “Together,” a body horror thriller with bursts of pitch-black comedy.

Namely, Bayless is not exactly delighted with the way golf is presented, but he is equally not satisfied with the character played by Adam Sandler. “I just do not get the appeal of this character that Adam created, but plays,” Skip Bayless said.

The movie captured footage in 31 municipalities and nine counties across the Garden State. The production spent nearly $2.3 million per day.

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