Daddy s Home 2 (titled on screen as Daddy s Home Two) is a 2017 American Christmas 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.

Plot

Finally friends, Brad Whitaker and Dusty Mayron co-parent Dusty s two children, Megan and Dylan, who take turns at each father s house. Dusty has remarried to Karen, a doctor/novelist, and is stepfather to her daughter Adrianna. The men decide to have a joint Christmas rather than separate ones, after Megan embarrassingly admits during a school recital, that she does not like Christmas anymore due to the stress and embarrassment caused by the dual arrangement. She d prefer one together Christmas .

Dusty s tough fighter pilot/Space Shuttle astronaut father Kurt and Brad s overbearing and cheerful father, Don, unexpectedly arrive for Christmas. Megan and Dylan warmly embrace Don, as he is very present in their lives, while Kurt hasn t seen them since they were toddlers. From his envy of the affection the children show Don, Kurt rents a large cabin through Airbnb, to house them all through the holiday week.

Brad and Dusty s co-parenting is put to the test by Kurt s meddling. Dusty’s beef with Kurt mainly stems from the fact that he was rarely there for him as a child. Especially painful was when, during a youth Glee Club recital he embarrassed himself by missing his solo part when Kurt left to make out with a woman during his part. Sara, meanwhile, tries to bond with Karen, but is appalled by her shoplifting clothes from a store and not caring if Adriana and Megan drink alcoholic eggnog. She later becomes concerned Don isn’t with his wife, whom he claims couldn’t come as she was staying home to take care of her ill brother.

Dylan develops a crush on a little girl staying in the cabin next door, causing Megan and Adrianna to constantly tease him in front of her. Brad gives him some “advice , and Dusty interjects when he thinks Brad is having what looks like “the talk” with Dylan, although they had agreed to do it together. As the trees on the Christmas tree farm are small, Kurt suggests they illegally go on to private property to cut one down. Brad mistakes a cell tower for a tree and is electrocuted.

After bowling, the family takes the kids to see Santa. There, Kurt tries to convince Dylan to ask Santa for a shotgun, but Don talks him out of it. Megan, however, wants one instead and is granted permission after Kurt makes a sexist comment. Out hunting the next day, Megan accidentally shoots Kurt in the shoulder, sending him to the hospital. While Kurt is down, she shoots two turkeys, surprising him. Sara confronts Brad over Don’s odd behavior, but he refuses to believe her.

Brad, Dusty, Don and Kurt go to an improv comedy club, where they have a good time until Kurt picking up a woman at the bar annoys Dusty. Brad enters Don into the improv show, and Dusty chooses the topic of a husband confronting his cheating wife as the subject of the skit. As it progresses, it is revealed that Don has separated from his wife in real life. Sara comforts Don about his divorce in front of an eggnog bowl, but when Dusty reveals his part in the skit, Don and Brad become furious and Dusty and Brad s relationship becomes strained. When they leave, Megan and Adrianna sneak cups of alcoholic eggnog. Brad, attempting to get back at Dusty, invites Adrianna s father, Roger. Roger intimidates Dusty as he had done to Brad in the first film.

The entire family takes part in a live nativity. Brad fights with Dusty because he wants to play Joseph. A drunken Megan begins to swear, and an equally drunk Adrianna falls from her platform, then the crowd breaks up. Instead of Dusty fighting Brad, he almost fights Roger, and Don is repeatedly hit in the face with ice-balls.

On Christmas Day the families, depressed from all the arguing, pack up to leave. On their way out of town, they are forced back due to a blizzard, taking shelter at a movie theater. They see Missile Tow, a holiday action comedy film starring Liam Neeson. When the power cuts off during the movie, everyone goes to the lobby where each man confronts his father about his secrets, lies, and attitudes, and reconcile.

Remembering advice given to him by Kurt, Dylan walks toward the girl he has a crush on to kiss her, but instead kisses Adrianna. Kurt pushes Dusty to stand up to Adrianna and punish her for her recent behavior, but he instead tells her he loves her. He then tells Roger that loving Adrianna means loving her real father as well as he is also part of the family. Roger almost leaves without Adrianna. However, he has a change of heart after everyone breaks out into a song of Do They Know It s Christmas? (during which the power comes back on) and he decides to stay.

Sometime later, at the airport, Don and Kurt are preparing to head back to their respective homes. Adrianna, who has grown close with Don, reveals she signed him up for a dating app for seniors so he can move on from Brad’s mother. Kurt goes with Don up the terminal escalators, where he reveals to Don that he switched out the tickets and they are going to spend New Year s together in Las Vegas to find dates more effectively.

As Brad s mother arrives, Dusty and Brad discover Brad s new stepfather is Sully Sullenberger, pilot of the 2009 Miracle on the Hudson flight. They remember watching the film Sully together recently, and Dusty appears to be happy to see him. Brad seems willing to accept him, but instead runs down the terminal, screaming that Sully will never replace his father and You only have one good story, my father has a million .

Cast

• Mark Wahlberg as Dusty Mayron
• Will Ferrell as Brad Whitaker
• Mel Gibson as Kurt Mayron
• John Lithgow as Don Whitaker
• Linda Cardellini as Sara Whitaker
• John Cena as Roger
• Scarlett Estevez as Megan Mayron
• Owen Vaccaro as Dylan Mayron
• Alessandra Ambrosio as Karen Mayron
• Didi Costine as Adrianna
• Bill Burr as Jerry
• Chesley Sullenberger as himself
• Liam Neeson as himself (voice)
• Daniel DiMaggio as Young Dusty

Production

In April 2016, the sequel was announced, with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reprising their roles, Sean Anders and John Morris writing the script, and Anders directing. In January 2017, it was reported that Mel Gibson and John Lithgow were being sought to play the main characters fathers in the film. The two were later confirmed to star, along with Linda Cardellini, John Cena, Owen Vaccaro and Scarlett Estevez, reprising their roles.

Principal photography began on March 20, 2017. Scenes were filmed in Concord, Massachusetts, Clinton, Massachusetts, Framingham, Massachusetts, Lawrence, Massachusetts and Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Release

The film was released in the United States on November 10, 2017.

Daddy s Home 2 was released on Digital HD on February 6, 2018, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 20, 2018.

Reception

Box office

Daddy s Home 2 grossed $103.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $76.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $180.4 million, against a production budget of $69–70 million.

In the United States and Canada, Daddy s Home 2 opened alongside Murder on the Orient Express, and was projected to gross around $20 million from 3,575 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $10.7 million on its first day, including $1.5 million from Thursday night previews at 2,500 theaters, up from the $1.2 million made by the first film. It went on to debut to $29.7 million, finishing second at the box office, behind holdover Thor: Ragnarok ($57 million). In its second weekend, the film made $14.4 million (a drop of 51.3%), finishing 4th behind Justice League, Wonder and Thor: Ragnarok.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, Daddy s Home 2 holds an approval rating of 21% based on 129 reviews, and an average rating of 4.1/10. The website s critical consensus reads, A formulaic comedy that s unlikely to spread much yuletide merriment, Daddy s Home 2 can only muster a few stray yuks from its talented cast. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating generally unfavorable reviews . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A− on an A+ to F scale.

Alonso Duralde of TheWrap was critical of what he described as the film s sloppiness and laziness, saying, Director Sean Anders and his co-writer John Morris execute what are supposed to be the laughs with blunt force. The jokes announce themselves with heavy footsteps, and almost none of them land, stranding a talented cast with terrible material that they’re straining to sell. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 1 out of 4 stars, saying: After enduring last week’s lousy and lazy A Bad Moms Christmas, I would have bet it would be many a year before we’d see another holiday comedy more sour and cynical and profoundly unfunny. I sit corrected.

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, writing, I found the sequel better than the original—the writing sharper, the jokes fresher and smarter, the comic interaction between the lead characters consistently engaging. I mentioned this to my incredulous wife, who said, So you’re saying it s the Godfather, Part 2 of the Daddy’s Home series .

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Subject	Result	Notes
March 3, 2018	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Actor	Mark Wahlberg	Nominated
		Worst Supporting Actor	Mel Gibson	Won
August 12, 2018	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Comedy	Daddy s Home 2	Nominated
		Choice Comedy Actor	Will Ferrell	Nominated
			Mark Wahlberg	Nominated

Sequel

In an interview, Mark Wahlberg mentioned that they would like to get Liam Neeson for the third installment of the film.

Year	2017
ReleaseDate	2017-11-10
RuntimeMins	100
RuntimeStr	1h 40min
Plot	Having finally gotten used to each other’s existence, Brad and Dusty must now deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Awards	Awards, 1 win & 8 nominations
Directors	Sean Anders
Writers	Sean Anders, John Morris, Brian Burns
Stars	Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson
Produced by	Molly Allen,Sean Anders,Allegra Clegg,Will Ferrell,Chris Henchy,Stephen Levinson,Adam McKay,Kevin J. Messick,John Morris,Mark Wahlberg
Music by	Michael Andrews
Cinematography by	Julio Macat
Film Editing by	Brad Wilhite
Casting By	Ben Harris,Allison Jones
Production Design by	Clayton Hartley
Art Direction by	Rachel Block
Set Decoration by	Debbie Cutler
Costume Design by	Carol Ramsey
Makeup Department	Autumn Butler,Bridget Cook,Cheryl Daniels,Juliet Loveland,Peter Montagna,Nichole Pleau,Joanna Raskin,Johnny Villanueva,Raul Hernandez,Kristen Strassel,Jennifer Traub
Production Management	Shari LaFranchi Blakney,Haley Sweet,Jay Vinitsky
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Eric Altieri,Todd Bryant,Joann Connolly,Chad Goyette,Christian Labarta,Katharine McManus,Matt Rebenkoff,Peggy Robinson,Stephen Turro,Sean Yopchick
Art Department	Gary Alioto,Torri Anders,Beth Anderson,Chris Arnold,Joseph Barillaro,Paula Bird,Steve Blakney,Steve Brennan,Brian Buckley,Rachel Burgio,Jesse Cambria,Sophie Carlhian,Jonathan Champoux,Kim Codner,Thomas Colleran,Donnchadh Gaf Condon,Christopher Conroy,Gregory J. Corcoran,Will Costello,Amanda Dobson,Noah Dubreuil,Ryan Falkner,Bryan Felty,Tim Folger,Brian Fry,Wilson Gallego,Jared Hartley,Paul Jaasko,Christopher Johnson,Jason Joubert,Dan Joy,Lima Hyelim Kang,Joseph Kearney,Wayne Kimball,Morgan Kling,Michael Krause,John Larson,Daniel Leonard,Lance Littlefield,Alexandra Mann,Sean Martin,Cameron Matheson,Butch McCarthy,Adam McClain,Kerri McGill,Mark Menard,Isaac Nadreau,Lisa Nagid,John O Neil,David T. Parsons,John Pungitore,Anthony Raymond,Benjamin Regan,Dawn Marie Richard,Isabel Riley,James Rocci,Timothy Rowcroft,Richard Sepulveda,Tyris Smith,Abby Spencer,Amber Subelka,Chris Sullivan,Ashley L. Sykes,Wilfredo Usuga,Geoff Wallick,Kelly Walton,Paul Wilson,Zachary Zablocki
Sound Department	Laura Harris Atkinson,Ryan Baker,Anna Behlmer,Jeannette Browning,Bill R. Dean,Andrew DeCristofaro,Eric Flickinger,Judah Getz,Hector C. Gika,David Jobe,Doc Kane,Dawn Lunsford,Chris Navarro,Ed Novick,Michael Novitch,Thomas J. O Connell,Michael Payne,Darren Polish,Terry Porter,Joel Reidy,David Stanke,Alicia Stevenson,John C. Stuver,Karen Vassar Triest,Darren Sunny Warkentin,Drew Webster,Gayle Wesley,Ryan Young,Brian Magrum
Special Effects by	Judson Bell,Adam Bellao,Douglas Calli,Thomas Carroll,Dale Eldredge,Tim Folger,Jeremy Hays,James Johnson,Michael Kay,Randy Krohmer,Juliana Lima,Aram Maranian III,Gabor Medveczky,John Ruggieri,Ryan John Thuotte,Ralph Wilber III,Daniel Yeager
Visual Effects by	Meg Bailey,Dan Bartolucci,Aaron Becker,Katelyn Boss,Erik Bruhwiler,Thomas R. Bryant,Brian Budak,Danielle Calder,Zachary Carnes,Dan Cayer,Myong Choi,Jake Cohen,Audrey Condon,Hermes Crespo,Meagan Darcy,James L. Davidson,Heather Davis Baker,Sean Devereaux,Conor Doolin,Brian Drewes,Alex Falcon,Matthew Friedlander,P. Whitney Gearin,Robby Geis,Richard Grandy,Rich Hardy Jr.,Sarah Jones,Matthew Klein,Seth Kleinberg,Alma Lafler,Gary Laurie,Sun Lee,Don Libby,Anu Liikkanen,Jack Lilburn,Robert Liscombe,James S. Little,Mare McIntosh,Troy James Miller,Mike Pare,David Pietricola,John Polyson,Kyle Raffile,Luis Amaury Rodriguez,Kevin Samar,Stephen Schmidt,Ben Schoen,Josh Schoen,Steven Spady,James Steller,Alphonse Swinehart,Alexis Tarakjian,Annalisa Torina,Charles Trippe,Sergio Villegas,Jennifer Wang,Brian White,Carmen Wong,Radoslav Yanudov,Fabio Zapata,Tomas Zaveckas,Tom Zils
Stunts	Helena Barrett,Todd Bryant,Max Daniels,Roger Dillingham Jr.,Roel Failma,Marvin Francis,Christopher Jon Gombos,Koreena Goslin,Rosine Ace Hatem,Jeffery Kincannon,Paul Marini,John Vincent Mason,Jeff Medeiros,Rene Mousseux,A.J. Paratore,Juliana Potter,Roxanne Roca,Kristofer Ryan,Mark Freeman Schotz,Stephen W. Schriver,Jim Stephan,Coleen M. Tracy,Eric Weinstein,Eric Weld,Mike Wilson
Camera and Electrical Department	Lee Ayrton,Graves Bates,Joseph Battista,Rick Beausoleil,Bill Bennett,Eric Robert Bradshaw Bennett,Carlos Bermudez,Malachi Bibel,Steven Blizzard,Jason Bowen,Eric Boyle,Mark Brochu,Dave Cambria,Ambar Capoor,Cheyenne Capri,Rick Cardillo,Tony Carmean,Tim Catz,David Conelli,Nathan Coscia,Robert Cuddy,John S. DeSimone,Richard Dionne,Michael Dynice,Dean Egan,Claire Folger,John Garrett,Christian Gibson,Christian Gibson,Felix Giuffrida,Dan Godar,Eric Goddard,Mike Henry,Jose Flecha Hernandez,Lee-Anthony Holloway,Christian J. Hollyer,Christopher D. Jones,Glenn Kaplan,Brendan Keefe,Tom Keenan,Robert Knowles,Jonathan Kobs,Vinnie Laraway,Julia Liu,Andreas Macat,Max Macat,Chris Malenfant,Matt Mania,Gordon D. Manson,Roger Marbury,Tom Mariano,Gordon Mason,Brandon J. Meadows,Frank Montesanto,A. Kyo Moon,Griffin Nash,Alexander Jay Nelson,Brian O Connor,Gary M. Olitsky,Melanie Patten,Harry Pray IV,Ryan Pray,Mark Price,David Puopolo,Michael E. Reynolds,Michael Rodríguez Torrent,Patrick Ruth,Shawn S. Ryder,Chris Ryerson,Dave Scranton,Zack Shultz,Steve Sikora,Pierson Silver,Darrell Temple,Robert S. Thorp,Cody Preston Troxell,Travis Trudell,Frans Wetterings III,Derek Whittington,Greg Wimer,Andrew Ox Wortman,Tom Killberg
Casting Department	Matt Bouldry,Emily Buntyn,Kyle Crand,Barbara Harris,Aaron Kahl,Marina Clarke Paolino,Carolyn Pickman,Ashley Skomurski,Maura Smith
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Penelope Cariolo,Guillermo Cervantes,Elizabeth Clifford,Lorraine Crossman,Beau Desmond,Margaret Galvin,Meg Gustafson,Marylou Lim,Alyson MacInnis,Aimee McCue,Jenny Moss,Liz Pecos,Amy Pickering,Sarah Hill Richmond,Senna Shanti,Jill Thibault,Jennifer Lynn Tremblay,Taryn Walsh,Valerie Zielonka
Editorial Department	Rafael Baez Jr.,Elliott C. Balsley,Brett Carroll,Hunter Clancey,Roger Cooper,Leeza Diott,Jason Dougherty,Vanessa Galvez,Tracy Jemison,Liam Johnson,Eric Kissack,Dave Lee,Rebecca Markham,Terry Morrison,Mitch Paulson,Mary Quan,Jennifer Raymond,Stephen Regnier,Alexis Ross,Marc Ross,Jeremy Taylor,Matthew Willard
Location Management	Melissa Busfield,Patrick Donovan,Mark Fitzgerald,Brendan Flynn,Jason Fritz,Josh Gibbons,Michael Judge,Paul Katsenis,Jessica Logan,Josh Piccone,Miguel Tapia,Joshua Youman
Music Department	Emad Borjian,Jeff Bunnell,Todd Burke,Juliet Burks,Tom Calderaro,Dominic Cannarella-Andersen,Chelsea Chiu,David Connor,Brandon Crichfield,Wade Culbreath,Kyana Fanene,Rick Giovinazzo,Rachel Gonzalez,Opie Gruves,Levi Gunn,Tom Hardisty,James Harrell,Jordan Holly,The Hollywood Studio Symphony,Tyler Hudson,Steve Kempster,Micah Angelo Luna,Larry Mah,James McAlister,Jasper Randall,Manish Raval,David Reynolds,Ryan Robinson,Stuart Roslyn,Carl Sealove,Alexander Thompson,Rich Wheeler,Gina Zimmitti,Michael Giacchino,Natalie Hayden
Script and Continuity Department	Cate Hardman
Transportation Department	Bobby Anderson,Billy Benner,James Divito,Christopher P. Johnson,David Kenney,Keith Leahy,Kevin Oconnell,Davin Olson,Charles Ramirez,Robby Wright,Bill Young
Additional Crew	Nicole Aiguier,Eric Altieri,Kristen Annese,Tommy Armour IV,Carolina Barlow,Michael Bartholet,Risa Uchida Battis,Nicole Beaudoin,Amanda Breen,John W. Burke,Matt Campbell,Cheyenne Capri,Terry Conforti,Jesse Cook III,Jason Cox,Lorraine Crossman,Kayla Cruz,Maeve Cullinane,Ben Daves,Justin Dec,Roger Dillingham Jr.,Joseph E. Doyle,Jennifer Driscoll,Timothy DuBois,David Farr,Tony Fluhmann,Tracy R. Fox,Joe Gagnepain,Christine Gamache,Gabriella Graves,Bradley Grenon,Dan Harder,Guy Holt,Margaret Horning,Emmy Horton,Griffin Howes,Ashley Hughes,Patrick Jackson,Jennifer K. Jacobs,Peter Keto,Nathan Alexander Kirk,Logan Kishi,Richard Knickerbocker,Kyle Lafleur,Shari LaFranchi Blakney,Delane Leahy,Dan Lee,Denise Leip,Jamie Lieberman,James T. Marchant,Cody Marks,Robert Marsella,Daniel Martin,Maegan McCarthy,Devin McDonough,Casey McDougal,Katharine McManus,Stewart Scott Mitchell,Tim Neven,Lauren Orlowski,Levon Panek,JoJo Putiloff,Kim Quam,Alex Sanchez Rivas,Abbey Roe,Chris Romberg,Alessia Rosaria,Tammy Sandler,Johnde Santilli,Monica Saviolakis,Nadia Sayess,Tony Scelsi,Jake Shankle,Emma Shannon,Jeffrey D. Stevens,Sophia Tapia,Kirsten Tobey,Anastasia Tsikhanava,Stephen Turro,Michael Ullman,Daniel Villagomez,Christopher Vincent,Alexander Wayne,Eric Weinstein,Robyn Wholey,Guy Wood,ViviAnn Yee,Benjamin Zalusky,Robert Martignetti,Phil Thomas
Genres	Comedy
Companies	Paramount Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English, Spanish
ContentRating	PG-13
ImDbRating	6
ImDbRatingVotes	73263
MetacriticRating	30
Keywords	second part,stepfamily,father son relationship,father son talk,father son conflict