Bad Santa 2

Bad Santa 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Waters
Screenplay by	Johnny Rosenthal Shauna Cross
Based on	Characters created by Glenn Ficarra John Requa
Produced by	Geyer Kosinski Andrew Gunn
Starring	Billy Bob Thornton Kathy Bates Tony Cox Christina Hendricks Brett Kelly Ryan Hansen Jenny Zigrino Jeff Skowron Mike Starr
Cinematography	Theo van de Sande
Edited by	Travis Sittard
Music by	Lyle Workman
Production companies	Miramax Ingenious Media Talent Group Gunn Films
Distributed by	Broad Green Pictures (United States) Entertainment One (United Kingdom and Canada)[1]
Release dates	November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15) (New York City) November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23) (United States)
Running time	92 minutes[2]
Countries	Canada United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$26 million[1]
Box office	$24.1 million[3][1]

Bad Santa 2 is a 2016 Christmas black comedy drama film directed by Mark Waters and written by Shauna Cross and Johnny Rosenthal. A sequel to the 2003 film Bad Santa, the film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Kathy Bates, and Christina Hendricks, and features criminals Willie and Marcus again teaming up to work as Santa and an elf, respectively, this time to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.

Principal photography began on January 11, 2016, in Montreal, and the film was released in the United States on November 23, 2016, by Broad Green Pictures. In contrast to the original film, it received generally negative reviews and grossed $24.1 million worldwide against its $26 million budget (less than a third of the original film's $76.5 million), making it a box-office bomb.