ⓘ Details

Movie TitleDaddy’s Home 2

Release DateNovember 10, 2017

TaglineMore daddies. More problems.

Runtime100 minutes

DirectorSean Anders

Screenplay Written BySean Anders & John Morris

Based OnCharacters created by Brian Burns; sequel to Daddy’s Home

Is It a Remake?No. It is a sequel to the 2015 film Daddy’s Home.

BudgetApproximately $69–70 million

Box OfficeApprox. $104.0 million domestic / Approx. $180.6 million worldwide

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👥 Main Cast

Will FerrellBrad Whitaker

Mark WahlbergDusty Mayron

Mel GibsonKurt Mayron

John LithgowDon Whitaker

Linda CardelliniSara Whitaker

John CenaRoger

Alessandra AmbrosioKaren

Owen VaccaroDylan Mayron

Scarlett EstevezMegan Mayron

Didi CostineAdrianna

Bill BurrJerry

Liam NeesonHimself / Voice

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🏆 Awards

⭐ Kids’ Choice Awards Nominee — Favorite Movie Actor: Will Ferrell

⭐ Golden Raspberry Awards Nominee — Worst Supporting Actor: Mel Gibson

⭐ Golden Raspberry Awards Nominee — Worst Screen Combo

⭐ Teen Choice Awards Nominee — Choice Comedy Movie Actress: Linda Cardellini

⭐ IMDbPro summarizes the film’s awards record as 1 win and 8 nominations.

⭐ No Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, or Saturn Award nominations were verified for the film.

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📖 Short Plot Summary

Brad Whitaker and Dusty Mayron have finally figured out how to co-parent the kids together. Their holiday plans are disrupted when Brad’s ultra-affectionate father, Don, and Dusty’s old-school macho father, Kurt, arrive for Christmas. What starts as a “Together Christmas” quickly turns into a chaotic resort vacation full of parenting battles, father-son tension, blended-family awkwardness, and holiday disasters that put the co-dads’ hard-won teamwork to the test.

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❝ Key Quotes

“Did you just kiss him on the mouth?” — Kurt Mayron

“It’s just a little father-son kiss.” — Don Whitaker

“Co-dads!” — Brad Whitaker

“That’s my boy.” — Kurt Mayron

“Christmas is about family.” — Brad Whitaker

“More daddies. More problems.” — Tagline

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💡 Trivia

Director

Daddy’s Home 2 was directed by Sean Anders, who returned after directing the first Daddy’s Home.
Anders also co-wrote the screenplay with John Morris.
The film is titled on screen as Daddy’s Home Two, though it is commonly marketed and listed as Daddy’s Home 2.
The sequel expands the first movie’s dad-vs-stepdad premise by bringing in Brad and Dusty’s own fathers.
The film was produced by Gary Sanchez Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Cast / Casting

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg returned as Brad Whitaker and Dusty Mayron.
Mel Gibson joined the cast as Dusty’s father, Kurt Mayron.
John Lithgow joined as Brad’s father, Don Whitaker.
Linda Cardellini returned as Sara, while John Cena returned as Roger after being introduced at the end of the first film.
The casting is built on contrast: Don is openly affectionate and emotional, while Kurt is detached, macho, and constantly stirring the pot.

Soundtrack / Score

Michael Andrews composed the film’s score.
IMDb’s soundtrack listing includes holiday standards such as “Home for the Holidays.”
The film also includes a cast performance of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
Soundtrack listings include a mix of Christmas music, pop tracks, and rock needle drops.
The music reinforces the movie’s holiday-comedy setup, bouncing between sentimental Christmas moments and broad slapstick chaos.

Location

The story is set during the Christmas season, with the families eventually moving from home to a luxury resort.
The production was shot largely in Massachusetts.
Location reporting frequently identifies areas around Great Barrington and other New England locations.
The snowy resort setting allows the sequel to lean harder into Christmas imagery than the first film.
The movie uses holiday decorations, snowball fights, family lodging, and seasonal performance scenes as major comedy set pieces.

Behind-The-Scenes

The film was released by Paramount Pictures on November 10, 2017.
Box Office Mojo lists the domestic opening weekend at $29,651,193 from 3,575 theaters.
Box Office Mojo lists the budget at approximately $69 million.
The film grossed approximately $104.0 million domestically and about $180.6 million worldwide.
The sequel opened opposite Murder on the Orient Express and during the second weekend of Thor: Ragnarok.

Nostalgia

Daddy’s Home 2 turns the original film’s blended-family rivalry into a Christmas-family-stress comedy.
The movie is built around the holiday tradition of relatives arriving and immediately making everything worse.
For fans of the first film, the sequel’s hook is seeing Brad and Dusty go from rivals to “co-dads.”
John Lithgow’s warm, hug-heavy Don and Mel Gibson’s chaotic Kurt give the sequel its multi-generational comedy engine.
The film has become an easy holiday rewatch for viewers who like broad Christmas comedies with big-name casts.

Easter Eggs

The tagline “More daddies. More problems.” directly sells the sequel’s expanded-father premise.
John Cena’s return pays off the first film’s final gag by making Roger part of the extended family ecosystem.
The “co-dads” concept flips the first movie’s rivalry into a buddy-parenting dynamic.
Kurt’s arrival is designed to test whether Dusty has really changed since the first movie.
The holiday setting reframes the franchise’s family chaos as a Christmas meltdown instead of a standard domestic rivalry.

Misc.

Daddy’s Home 2 is rated PG-13 for suggestive material and some language.
The film runs 100 minutes.
Rotten Tomatoes’ critics consensus describes the film as a formulaic comedy with a talented cast.
The Numbers lists the source as an original screenplay and the subgenre as family comedy.
Your 3 Guys and a Flick ratings page lists the episode as Episode 241, with Don rating it 4.00, Ken rating it 2.50, Jon rating it 2.75, and an overall rating of 3.08.

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