Daddy's Home (film)

Daddy's Home
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySean Anders
Screenplay by
Story byBrian Burns
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJulio Macat
Edited by
Music byMichael Andrews
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09) (London)
  • December 25, 2015 (2015-12-25) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million[2]
Box office$242.8 million[3]

Daddy's Home is a 2015 American buddy comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders, Brian Burns, and John Morris.[4] The film is about a mild-mannered stepfather (Will Ferrell) who vies for the attention of his wife's (Linda Cardellini) children when their biological father (Mark Wahlberg) returns.

This is the second collaboration between Ferrell and Wahlberg following the 2010 film The Other Guys. Principal photography began on November 17, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The film was released on December 25, 2015, by Paramount Pictures and grossed $242 million worldwide, becoming Ferrell's highest-grossing live-action film. It received praise for the performances and chemistry between Ferrell and Wahlberg but criticism for its lack of funny ideas and not fully exploring the premise.[5] A sequel, Daddy's Home 2, was released on November 10, 2017.

  1. ^ "DADDY'S HOME (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. ^ FilmL.A. (June 15, 2016). "2015 Feature Film Study". Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Daddy's Home (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Denise Petski (19 June 2015). "[WATCH] 'Daddy's Home' Trailer: Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg Star - Deadline". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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