Fred Claus is a 2007 Christmas comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Dobkin and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti.
Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) is the older brother of Nick Claus (Paul Giamatti) and like all Santa's relatives will live forever. He has been estranged with his brother for years, due to being overshadowed as a child. Just as Fred begins to reconcile his differences with his brother, Clyde Northcutt (Kevin Spacey) asses...
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Fred Claus is a 2007 Christmas comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Dobkin and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti.
Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) is the older brother of Nick Claus (Paul Giamatti) and like all Santa's relatives will live forever. He has been estranged with his brother for years, due to being overshadowed as a child. Just as Fred begins to reconcile his differences with his brother, Clyde Northcutt (Kevin Spacey) asseses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Nick down.
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Overall, the movie did not fare well with critics, resulting in a 23% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. The movie earned $18,515,473 in its first weekend. The film closed on February 14, 2008 with a final gross of $72,006,777 in North America and another $25,831,572 in other territories for a total worldwide gross of $97,838,349. The film became number 1 in the UK on its first weekend, bringing in £1.93m. It held the top spot for 1 week until being knocked off by The Golden...
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