The Santa Clause
This Christmas, the snow hits the fan.
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof.When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
- Director
- John Pasquin
- Signature
- Drama · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $190M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
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Box Office & Release
The Santa Clause returned 8.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $22M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $190M
- Release date
- Nov 11, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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