Jingle all the Way is a 1996 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad, with Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi and Robert Conrad. The plot focuses on two rival fathers, workaholic Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) and postal worker Myron Larabee (Sinbad), both desperately trying to retrieve a Turbo-Man action figure for their respective sons on a last minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve. It was announced on February 11th, 2014 that a sequel Jingle All the Way 2 had gone into production in a joint production between WWE Studios and 20th Century Fox. None of the original cast are scheduled to return and instead the lead will be portrayed by comedian Larry the Cable Guy and WWE superstar Santino Marella, but will keep a similar plot as it's predecessor. The sequel will be a straight-to-DVD project and will be directed by Alex Zamm.
Franchise Box Office Economics
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 2 installments.
Profitable Franchise (1.85x ROI)
Total Worldwide Gross
$129.8M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$70M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$64.9M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
1.85x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
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Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.