Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Dear Santa (2024) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, P.J. Byrne DIRECTOR: Bobby Farrelly CINEMATOGRAPHY: C. Kim Miles MUSIC: Rupert Gregson-Williams PRODUCTION: Paramount Pictures, Farrelly Brothers, Kraymation Films

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Dear Santa (2024). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Casting

The cast was set in March 2023 with Jack Black in the lead role. Keegan-Michael Key and Post Malone were also confirmed.

▸ Production

In April 2023, it was announced that Bobby Farrelly would be directing and producing the film, with Peter Farrelly as producing along with Jeremy Kramer, for Paramount Pictures. Peter Farrelly and Ricky Blitt wrote the script from an original idea by Peter Farrelly, Ricky Blitt and Dan Ewen.

The film is Black's second Christmas film, after The Holiday in 2006; it is also his second collaboration with Farrelly, after the 2001 film Shallow Hal.

▸ Filming & Locations

Principal photography began in March 2023 in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia, where Decatur Square was transformed into an outdoor Christmas festival. In July, production was halted because of the 2023 actors' strike.

[Filming] Principal photography began in March 2023 in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia, where Decatur Square was transformed into an outdoor Christmas festival. In July, production was halted because of the 2023 actors' strike.