Happy Gilmore (1996) is a peak Sandler film, about a hockey player who decides to play professional golf. It’s getting a decades later sequel, Happy Gilmore 2 (2025), set for a March release.

Happy Gilmore has a 62% critics score, and an 85% audience score. Will the sequel beat the original in either of the categories? Beat here means strictly greater, not equal.

This will be Resolved two weeks after the US release date, once set.