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Released
2015 · FILM

Daddy's Home

discovers that Dusty is a manipulative con artist who is secretly grooming the kids and scheming to take control of Brad's life—and Sara's inheritance. Now, Brad must protect his family and expose Dusty before it's too late.

“Choose your Daddy”

Directed by
Sean Anders, Chris Cook
Written by
Brian Burns, Sean Anders
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
96 min
ComedyFamily

Synopsis

A mild-mannered radio executive endeavors to become the best stepfather possible to his wife's children.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 339+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Eric KissackShot by Julio MacatScored by Michael AndrewsDesigned by Clayton HartleySound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Carol RamseyStunts by Todd BryantVFX by Wayne Adams

Box Office

2015 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$242.8M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$242.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $150.4M — 62% of worldwide · International: $92.4M (38%)

Opening weekend: $38.7M — 26% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $64.7M — 43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,271 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (English)Daddy's Home
  • Daddy's Home - Ein Vater zuvielde
  • Daddy’s Home – Ein Vater zu vielde
  • Very bad dadfr
  • Very Bad Dadsfr
  • (Bulgarian)Баща в излишък
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United KingdomDec 9, 2015
  • CanadaDec 25, 2015
  • PakistanDec 25, 2015
  • United StatesDec 25, 2015

Companies

ProductionParamount Pictures, Red Granite Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions

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