The Santa Clause 2
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| Directed by | Michael Lembeck |
| Produced by |
Robert Newmyer Brian Reilly Jeffrey Silver |
| Written by |
Don Rhymer Cinco Paul Ken Daurio Ed Decter John J. Strauss |
| Based on | Characters created by Leo Benvenuti Steve Rudnick Karey Kirkpatrick |
| Starring |
Tim Allen Eric Lloyd Elizabeth Mitchell Judge Reinhold Wendy Crewson David Krumholtz Liliana Mumy Spencer Breslin |
| Music by | George S. Clinton |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by |
David Finfer Edward A. Warschilka |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Box office | $172.9 million |
The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 American Christmas romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Lembeck. It is the second installment in The Santa Clause trilogy, following The Santa Clause. It was filmed in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Calgary. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles.
The film had an approximately $65 million budget and earned domestic a box office of $139.2 million, with another $33.6 million internationally. The film was followed by another sequel, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, released in 2006.
Eight years have elapsed since Scott Calvin took on the mantle of Santa Claus and became subject to The Santa Clause. Now he is at the top of his game at the North Pole and could not be happier, at least until Head Elf Bernard and Curtis, the Keeper of the Handbook of Christmas break the news that there is another clause — the "Mrs. Clause".
Santa/Scott is now pressed to get married before the next Christmas Eve, or the clause will be broken and Christmas will fade away. At the same time, Abby the Elf delivers news that is more distressing: Santa's own son Charlie is on the naughty list, for acts including vandalizing the walls of the school gymnasium with spray paint, until he is caught by Principal Carol Newman. Scott must return to his home to search for a wife and set things right with Charlie. He brings this up when visited by the Council of Legendary Figures consisting of Mother Nature, Father Time, Cupid, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman.
To cover for Santa's prolonged absence, Curtis helps Santa create a life-size toy replica of Santa, much to Bernard's horror. However, this replacement cannot find any grace or slack in his plastic heart for minor infractions by children the world over, having followed the Handbook too strictly. Toy Santa takes control of the North Pole with an army of life-size toy soldiers. He thinks that everyone is naughty, and he plans to give the entire world lumps of coal.
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