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| Director: | Mark Waters |
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| Writer: | Johnny Rosenthal, Shauna Cross |
| Staring: |
| Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 23, 2016 |
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| Director: | Mark Waters |
| Writer: | Johnny Rosenthal, Shauna Cross |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | holiday, elves, santa claus, villain, shopping mall, mad, masturbation, pervert, mall santa, christmas, anti christmas, playful |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Ingenious Media, Broad Green Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $24,100,000
Budget: $26,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Billy Bob Thornton | Willie Soke |
| Kathy Bates | Sunny Soke |
| Tony Cox | Marcus Skidmore |
| Christina Hendricks | Diane Hastings |
| Brett Kelly | Thurman Merman |
| Ryan Hansen | Regent Hastings |
| Jenny Zigrino | Gina De Luca |
| Jeff Skowron | Dorfman |
| Cristina Rosato | Alice |
| Mike Starr | Jolly Santa |
| Octavia Spencer | Opal |
| Ranee Lee | Choirmaster |
| Selah Victor | Breast Feeding Mom |
| Lombardo Boyar | Valet Boss |
| Dean Hagopian | Costume Greeter |
| Marc-André Boulanger | Tattooed Jail Dude |
| Sean Devine | Jail Guard |
| Maria Herrera | Bus Driver |
| Christopher Tyson | AA Meeting Jason |
| Tyrone Benskin | AA Group Leader |
| Bineyam Girma | Pedicab Driver |
| Valérie Wiseman | Greta |
| Arthur Holden | Buttslap Santa |
| David Correa | Peeing Boy |
| Violet Reid | Grand Rapids Girl |
| Ethan Caminsky | Video Game Boy |
| Daniela De Gregorio | Stuffed Cow Girl |
| Piper Davies | Penguin Girl |
| Noah Tran | Hand Grenade Boy |
| Kyle Switzer | Angry Drugstore Worker |
| Huntington Daly | Mustang Owner |
| Clarrel Pope | Valet |
| Jason Brillantes | Valet |
| Linda Joyce Nourse | Volunteer Greeter |
| Frank Fiola | Bartender |
| Jason Cavalier | Chicago Policeman |
| Vlado Stokanic | Santa Con Bouncer |
| Richard Elias Anderson | Santa Con Bouncer |
| Dany Wiseman | Piano Player |
| Nora Allison | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Zephyr Bielinski | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Alyssia Roy Bilodeau | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Charlotte Birdgenaw | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Mako Capuano | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Lou Chalifoux-Chabot | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Atouel Chertkoft | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Kim Colsell | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Loujayn Dahoui | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Gabriel Dodin | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Olivier Garberi | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Willa Jones | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Simon Julien | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Ciara Garcia L'eclair | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Kiara Webwe Lemieux | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Alexandre Mikaelian | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Leanne Montplaisir | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Tobias Grether Murray | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Adora Nina Okeke-Marchand | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Chloe Sheperd | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Diana Tovar | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Josephine Van Dongen | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Layth Winter | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Jonathan Zitouni | Giving City Children's Choir |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David McKeown | Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator |
| Hilary Porter | Stunt Double |
| Roy Johnson | Stunt Double |
| Jeremy Lavalley | Stunt Double |
| Pierre-André Sigouin | Stunt Double |
| Julie Garceau | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Alex Stines | Stunt Double |
| Marie-Laurence Paquin | Stunt Double |
| Abdul Ayoola | Stunts |
| Rodney Alexandre | Stunts |
| Flint Eagle | Stunts |
| Ruth Chiang | Stunts |
| Nathalie Girard | Stunts |
| Annie Carignan | Stunts |
| Stéphane Julien | Stunts |
| Mitch Spour | Stunts |
| Jere Gillis | Stunts |
| Kelsey Lafleur | Stunts |
| Marie France Denoncourt | Stunts |
| Mateo Massari | Stunts |
| Flavie Lauzon | Stunts |
| Nicolas Robert | Stunts |
| Tyler Hall | Stunt Driver |
| François Gauthier | Stunt Driver |
| Marc-André Brisebois | Stunts |
| Mark Waters | Director |
| Johnny Rosenthal | Writer |
| Shauna Cross | Writer |
| Glenn Ficarra | Characters |
| John Requa | Characters |
| Theo van de Sande | Director of Photography |
| Isabelle Guay | Production Design |
| Travis Sittard | Editor |
| Mario Davignon | Costume Designer |
| Lyle Workman | Original Music Composer |
| Tracy McKnight | Music Supervisor |
| Lisa Beach | Casting |
| Sarah Katzman | Casting |
| Hélène Ross | Production Manager |
| Andrew Shea | First Assistant Director |
| Renato De Cotiis | Second Assistant Director |
| Robert Parle | Art Direction |
| Jean-Pierre Paquet | Art Direction |
| Michel Clement | First Assistant Art Direction |
| Georgia Giannopoulos | Assistant Art Director |
| Paul Hotte | Set Decoration |
| Daniel Hamelin | Set Decoration |
| Marie-Soleil Dénommé | Set Decoration |
| Frédéric Berthiaume | Set Decoration |
| Joelle Pobjoy | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Myriam Belanger | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Helene Lamarre | Art Department Coordinator |
| Jean Gagnon | Set Designer |
| Etienne Gravrand | Set Designer |
| David Gaucher | Set Designer |
| Carl Lessard | Graphic Designer |
| Elisabeth Duchaine-Baillargeon | Graphic Designer |
| Diane Legris | Property Master |
| Marie-Claude Guay | Property Buyer |
| Martin Handfield | Property Master |
| Francois Archambault | Steadicam Operator, "A" Camera Operator |
| Hugues Tremblay | "B" Camera Operator |
| Maurice Roy | "C" Camera Operator |
| Gary Pachany | Focus Puller |
| Eric Aubin | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Maxime Gagnon | Focus Puller |
| Laurent Alexis Guertin | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Ariane Jonassen | Focus Puller |
| René Fréchette | Second Assistant "C" Camera |
| Shawn Pavlin | Camera Loader |
| Sean Sweeney | Data Management Technician |
| Simon Poudrette | Production Sound Mixer |
| Louis Piché | Boom Operator |
| Alexis Duceppe | Sound Assistant |
| Eames Gagnon | Gaffer |
| Pierre Daudelin | Best Boy Electric |
| Peter Mathys | Rigging Gaffer |
| Christian Bertrand | Best Boy Electric |
| Kenneth MacKenzie | Key Grip |
| Rémi Giroux | Best Boy Grip |
| Brad MacLean | Dolly Grip |
| Patrick Lima | Dolly Grip |
| Matthieu Beauchamp | Grip |
| Amélie Douville | Grip |
| Guillaume Dubois | Grip |
| Michael Thomas | Grip |
| Bernard Larivière | Rigging Grip |
| Jean-François Larivière | Best Boy Grip |
| Martin Gagnon | Rigging Grip |
| Benoit Leduc | Rigging Grip |
| Benoit Daoust | Rigging Grip |
| Samuel Guillard-Beach | Rigging Grip |
| Martine Gagnon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Fabienne April | Costume Supervisor |
| Josée Boisvert | Wardrobe Master |
| Raquel Torres | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Catherine Gélinas | Key Dresser |
| Myriam St-Louis | Dresser |
| Ginette Régis | Dresser |
| Viriya Say | Seamstress |
| Cristina Carvalho | Seamstress |
| Colleen Quinton | Makeup Department Head |
| Christophe Giraud | Makeup Artist |
| Kathy Kelso | Extras Makeup Artist |
| Marianne Bobet | Extras Makeup Artist |
| Ronald J. Rolfe | Hair Department Head |
| Cynthia Patton | Hairstylist |
| Keith Sayer | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist |
| Carol F. Doran | Wigmaker |
| Mike Mekash | Tattoo Designer |
| Lisa Rodgers | Post Production Supervisor |
| Becky Sullivan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Terry Porter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Steve La Ponsie | First Assistant Editor |
| Richard Saulnier II | Assistant Editor |
| Megan Pollin | Post Production Coordinator |
| Louis Craig | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Carole Gauthier | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Francis Choquette | Special Effects Technician |
| Jacques Langlois | Special Effects Technician |
| Nicolas Poulin | Special Effects Technician |
| Andre Fortin | Special Effects Technician |
| Pascal Pelletier | Special Effects Technician |
| Luc Labonte | Special Effects Technician |
| Louis Lhomel | Special Effects Technician |
| Eliot Smith | Special Effects Technician |
| Isabelle Faivre-Duboz | Script Supervisor |
| Jose Holder | Storyboard Artist |
| Michèle St-Arnaud | Location Manager |
| Josée Francis | Assistant Location Manager |
| Kim Beaudoin | Assistant Location Manager |
| Linda Torino Tondreau | Assistant Location Manager |
| Melanie Lessard | Assistant Location Manager |
| Patrick Laurendeau | Assistant Location Manager |
| Aïcha Raïhani | Assistant Location Manager |
| Maryse Desrosiers | Assistant Location Manager |
| Kathy Ann Thomas | Production Coordinator |
| Anik Drapeau | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Natalia Ortelli | Third Assistant Director |
| Audrey D. Laroche | Additional Third Assistant Director |
| Gabriel Guérin | Additional Third Assistant Director |
| Tanya van Blokland | Additional Third Assistant Director |
| Simon Desrochers-Laplante | Video Assist Operator |
| Andrea Kenyon | Local Casting |
| Randi Wells | Local Casting |
| Beth Lepari | Casting Associate |
| Johanne Titley | Extras Casting |
| Patricia Walker | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Jan Thijs | Still Photographer |
| Steve Eccelsine | Line Producer |
| Elaine Dysinger | Unit Production Manager |
| Joel Jeffrey Nishimine | First Assistant Director |
| Ron Dempsey | Second Assistant Director |
| Steve Adcock | "A" Camera Operator |
| Nathanael Vorce | "B" Camera Operator |
| Justin Quach | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| David Erickson | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Jay Hardie | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Patrick Romero | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Michael Risner | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Eli Berg | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Gunther Campine | Still Photographer |
| Clark King | Sound Mixer |
| Nick King | Boom Operator |
| Chet Leonard | Utility Sound |
| Elan Yaari | Gaffer |
| Cameron Smith | Best Boy Electric |
| Russell Griffith | Electrician |
| Rocky Ford | Key Grip |
| Chris Kovalski | Best Boy Grip |
| William Tricarico | Dolly Grip |
| Chris Smith | Dolly Grip |
| Robert Stillman | Grip |
| Wallace Troy Rice | Grip |
| Andre Ramirez | Grip |
| Shane Andersen | Grip |
| Vincent Torres | Grip |
| Elias Gutierrez | Grip |
| Ryan Sirles | Rigging Grip |
| John Jaramillo | Rigging Grip |
| Ralph Coleman | Location Manager |
| Jeff Rubenstein | Assistant Location Manager |
| James Terry Welden | Production Design |
| Melody Lavigna | Set Decoration |
| Bob Santaella | Leadman |
| Charles Cisneros | Set Dresser |
| Brian Ferguson | Set Dresser |
| Nicolas Santaella | Set Dresser |
| Mark Richardson | Property Master |
| Denise Wingate | Costume Designer |
| Natasha Gale | Key Costumer |
| Sian Richards | Assistant Makeup Artist, Assistant Hairstylist |
| Stephanie Bravo | Key Makeup Artist |
| Merribelle Anderson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Matthew W. Mungle | Prosthetic Designer |
| Alexandra Smith | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Richard Stutsman | Special Effects |
| Dorenda Moore | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mickey Giacomazzi | Stunt Double |
| Elena Antzon | Script Supervisor |
| Kelly T. Rennie | Production Coordinator |
| Jay Wilkinson | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Morris | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dan Hegerman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paul Berevitch | Dialogue Editor |
| Darren Sunny Warkentin | Dialogue Editor |
| Gayle Wesley | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeff Gomillion | ADR Mixer |
| Alicia Stevenson | Foley Artist |
| Dawn Fintor | Foley Artist |
| David Jobe | Foley Mixer |
| Charles Martin Inouye | Music Editor |
| Freddy Hernandez | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Ian Vertovec | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Matt Blackshear | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Manny Dubón | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| André Ü Montambeault | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Daniel Lavoie | Visual Effects Producer |
| Philippe Bienvenue | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Cedric Tremblay | Compositing Artist |
| Etienne Deshaies | Compositing Artist |
| François Le Bastard | Compositing Artist |
| Nicolas Laprise Pellicelli | Compositing Artist |
| Philippe Pelletier | Compositing Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Geyer Kosinski | Producer |
| Andrew Gunn | Producer |
| Zanne Devine | Executive Producer |
| David Thwaites | Executive Producer |
| Daniel Hammond | Executive Producer |
| Gabriel Hammond | Executive Producer |
| Mark Waters | Executive Producer |
| Jessica Tuchinsky | Executive Producer |
| Doug Ellin | Executive Producer |
| Adam Fields | Executive Producer |
| Jeffrey Lampert | Co-Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 38 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 28 | 55 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 17 |
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 280 | 576 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 901 | 901 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 303 | 791 |
**The return of the bad Santa!** I did not expect this sequel, especially not after 13 years. Even the first film has been just a good for me. I won't say it was an unnecessary follow up. They retained main cast, well, only lead two plus the boy who is now in his early 20s. A similar pattern stor ... yline. If you have already seen the previous one, you would know what to expect from it, but not how much and that was the main issue with this. So anyone would predict the scenes, as well as the twist. Like most of the sequels, it indeed weakened. Though somewhat enjoyable for the good performances. R rated comedy. That's another advantage for the grownup audience. But if you aren't a fan of that thematic, then it is even worse than what it's rated everywhere. The length was good, a simple plot, yet the characters had not seriously developed, particularly the new ones. The big excuse was it is a comedy film. They all just came in and straight away displayed whatever they were up to as if we knew them very well. Despite an average film, it can be watched once, even if you liked or not the first part. And it is mainly because of Billy Bob Thornton. _6/10_
A massive drop in quality compared to the first _Bad Santa_ movie, and although Kathy Bates was a welcome addition to the series, based on this entry, I don't think we're likely to ever see a _Bad Santa 3_. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product_. ...