Directed by Mark Waters Written by Johnny Rosenthal Shauna Cross Glenn Ficarra John Requa Cast 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 (as Valerie Wiseman) 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 (as Jason Brillanties) Linda Joyce Nourse ... Volunteer Greeter (as Linda Nourse) Frank Fiola ... Bartender Jason Cavalier ... Chicago Policeman Vlad Stokanic ... Santa Con Bouncer (as Vlado Stokanic) Richard Elias Anderson ... Santa Con Bouncer Dany Wiseman ... Piano Player Nora Allison ... Giving City Children's Choir Charlotte Birdgenaw ... Giving City Children's Choir Atouel Chertkoft ... Giving City Children's Choir Gabriel Dodin ... Giving City Children's Choir Simon Julien ... Giving City Children's Choir Alexandre Mikaelian ... Giving City Children's Choir Adora Nina Okeke-Marchand ... Giving City Children's Choir Joséphine van Dongen ... Giving City Children's Choir Zéphyr Bielinski ... Giving City Children's Choir Mako Capuano ... Giving City Children's Choir Kim Colsell ... Giving City Children's Choir Olivier Garberi ... Giving City Children's Choir Ciara Garcia L'Éclair ... Giving City Children's Choir Leanne Montplaisir ... Giving City Children's Choir Chloé Sheperd ... Giving City Children's Choir Layth Winter ... Giving City Children's Choir Alyssia Roy Bilodeau ... Giving City Children's Choir Lou Chalifoux-Chabot ... Giving City Children's Choir Loujayn Dahoui ... Giving City Children's Choir Willa Jones ... Giving City Children's Choir Kiara Webwe Lemieux ... Giving City Children's Choir Tobias Grether Murray ... Giving City Children's Choir Diana Tovar ... Giving City Children's Choir Jonathan Zitouni ... Giving City Children's Choir Uncredited Cast Peter Andrianopoulos ... Skating Santa Alexandre Bélanger ... Homeless Donald Charest ... Security Guard H. Scott Sienna Feghouli ... Baby Raphael Ferland ... Poor Kid Kevin Fyfe ... Young Willie Josh Harp ... Bad Tinder Date Philippe Hartmann ... Jingle Bells Man Habree Larratt ... Girl Christine Mao ... Chinese Gangbanger Galia Oliel-Sabbag ... Skater Girl in Park Emilie Paquet ... Concert Goer Heather Sanderson ... Xmas Prostitute Terry F. Smith ... Bad Tinder Date Keven Stever-Levesque ... Arresting Officer #1 Nathaly Thibault ... Mother with Twin Girls Produced by Zanne Devine Steve Ecclesine Doug Ellin Adam Fields Andrew Gunn Daniel Hammond Gabriel Hammond Geyer Kosinski Jeffrey Lampert David Thwaites Jessica Tuchinsky Mark Waters Original Music by Lyle Workman

Additional Info Premiere: November 23, 2016 DVD Release: February 21, 2017 Blu-ray Release: February 21, 2017 Country: Distributor: Broad Green Pictures Websites: Production Companies Broad Green Pictures Ingenious Media Miramax Dimension Films (uncredited) Springdale Films The Weinstein Company (uncredited) Distributors Broad Green Pictures   (2016) (USA) (theatrical) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.6 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users 4.6 / 10 Site Ranking #3,166 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #3,162 The Perfect Host (2010) #3,163 Cult Of Chucky (2017) #3,164 Lake Mungo (2008) #3,165 Last Seen Alive (2022) #3,166 Bad Santa 2 (2016) #3,167 Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011) #3,168 Pumpkinhead (1988) #3,169 Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey (2023) #3,170 One Cut Of The Dead (2017)