“Happy Gilmore 2,” currently sitting in the No. 1 spot in Netflix’s top 10 English-language movies, sees the return of actors like Julie Bowen (Virginia Venit), Christopher McDonald (Shooter McGavin) and Ben Stiller (Hal L.) from the first movie and is overflowing with callbacks to the first movie and celebrity cameos.

Online, fans were moved by the tribute, which comes six years after Boyce's death. Boyce's mom, Libby Boyce, thanked Sandler for "honoring Cam's legacy" in a joint post with the official Instagram account for the Cameron Boyce Foundation, which funds epilepsy research, education and awareness.

Sandler and co-writer Tim Herlihy tell The Hollywood Reporter about the project landing Netflix's biggest U.S. film debut and the possibility of more sequels for the star's movies after its success: "This throws it open.