Nearly 30 years after the original film helped cement Adam Sandler as a cinematic comedy superstar, "Happy Gilmore 2" is enjoying a rather healthy run on Netflix . Released in July, the sequel has been riding high in the streamer's top 10 charts ever since its release, and it even earned the highest weekly movie viewership in the history of Nielsen's top 10 rankings (via The Wrap ). That would seemingly make it an automatic success. However, the budget for the movie was recently revealed, and it adds a pretty hefty asterisk to the endeavor.

According to New Jersey Business Magazine , Netflix spent a whopping $152.5 million on the production, which was filmed throughout New Jersey. It was previously thought that director Kyle Newacheck's comedy was much, much cheaper. That is an eye-

See Full Page