Surviving Christmas

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Promotional poster for Surviving Christmas
Promotional poster for Surviving Christmas

Surviving Christmas is a 2004 purported comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Ben Affleck. Despite being a Christmas movie, DreamWorks SKG released the movie towards the end of October. This was due to it being advanced from December 2003 to avoid clashing with Affleck's other film, Paycheck (a co-production of DreamWorks and its current sister studio Paramount Pictures). Surviving Christmas fared poorly at the box office and was listed among the 10 worst films of 2004 by everyone from Entertainment Weekly to People magazine. The movie was released on DVD just two months after its theatrical release, making it the film with the shortest time between theatrical to DVD release.[citation needed] The movie was also a box office bomb, grossing around $4 million in its opening weekend and about $11 million five weeks after its release. [1]

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Drew Latham is a wealthy record executive, driven by money, which results in him living a shallow, pointless life. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he faces the prospect of another Christmas alone, so he decides to visit his childhood home to rekindle his old holiday memories. Once there, he discovers that the house is now owned by another family, the Valcos. Not to be deterred, Latham offers them $250,000 if they will allow him to spend Christmas with them and pretend to be a member of their family. They accept and then have to put up with his annoying insistence upon doing traditional Christmas activities. After a while, Latham starts to care about the Valcos, and he attempts to repair their marriage. He also develops an attraction for his 'sister.'

Tagline: Share the warmth

Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini film a scene from Surviving Christmas in downtown Orange, California.
Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini film a scene from Surviving Christmas in downtown Orange, California.

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