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Released
2008 · FILM

Four Christmases

A cynical couple desperate to skip their overbearing relatives must survive a fog‑stranded night that forces them into back‑to‑back Christmas celebrations with each family, testing their love and patience.

“His father, her mother, his mother and her father all in one day.”

Directed by
Seth Gordon
Written by
Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
88 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Brad and Kate have developed a routine of evading their families during the holidays, but this year their carefully laid plan is on the verge of collapse. Stranded at the city airport after all outgoing flights are canceled, they are mortified when their deception is revealed to the public by an overly eager television reporter. With few options left, Brad and Kate must now steel themselves and endure the inevitable family gatherings.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 83+ 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 Mark HelfrichShot by Jeffrey L KimballScored by Alex WurmanDesigned by Shepherd Frankel

Box Office

2008 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$164.1M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$164.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $120.1M — 73% of worldwide · International: $44.0M (27%)

Opening weekend: $15.0M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $15.0M — 12% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,200 theaters

Also known as

  • Mein Schatz, unsere Familie und ichde
  • Anywhere But Homeen
  • Tout... sauf en famillefr
  • Tutti insieme inevitabilmenteit

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