Daddy's Home 2

Daddy's Home 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean Anders
Screenplay by	Sean Anders John Morris
Based on	Characters by Brian Burns
Produced by	Will Ferrell Adam McKay Chris Henchy John Morris
Starring	Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg Linda Cardellini John Cena John Lithgow Mel Gibson
Cinematography	Julio Macat
Edited by	Brad Wilhite
Music by	Michael Andrews
Production company	Gary Sanchez Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05) (Regency Village Theater) November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10) (United States)
Running time	99 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$69 million[2][3][4]
Box office	$180.6 million[2]

Daddy's Home 2 (titled on screen as Daddy's Home Two) is a 2017 American Christmas buddy comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders and John Morris. A sequel to Daddy's Home (2015), it stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, John Cena, with John Lithgow and Mel Gibson. The plot follows now-reformed fathers Brad and Dusty (Ferrell and Wahlberg), now co-parenting Dusty's kids, who have to deal with their own fathers (Lithgow and Gibson) visiting for the holidays.

Unlike its predecessor, Red Granite Pictures was not involved in the film's production. Principal photography on the film began in Massachusetts in March 2017 and it was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on November 10, 2017. Although the film received generally negative reviews from critics, it grossed over $180 million worldwide against a production budget of $69–70 million.