Office Christmas Party (2016)

When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...

Directors:

Josh Gordon, Will Speck

Writers:

Jon Lucas (story by), Scott Moore (story by)

Stars:

Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Bateman	...	Josh Parker
Olivia Munn	...	Tracey Hughes
T.J. Miller	...	Clay Vanstone
Jennifer Aniston	...	Carol Vanstone
Kate McKinnon	...	Mary
Courtney B. Vance	...	Walter Davis
Jillian Bell	...	Trina
Rob Corddry	...	Jeremy
Vanessa Bayer	...	Allison
Randall Park	...	Fred
Sam Richardson	...	Joel
Karan Soni	...	Nate
Jamie Chung	...	Meghan
Abbey Lee	...	Savannah
Da'Vine Joy Randolph	...	Carla

Storyline

When the CEO (Jennifer Aniston) tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he (T.J. Miller) and his Chief Technical Officer (Jason Bateman) must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas party | female nudity | group sex | sex on a desk | debauchery | 

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Taglines:

Party like your job depends on it.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, drug use and graphic nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA India

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

9 December 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Office Holiday Party Project

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,500,000, 9 December 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$54,730,514, 20 January 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$114,455,140

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks,Reliance Entertainment,Amblin Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 111 min (Unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While the title of the movie was inspired by an SNL (1975-) skit called "Office Christmas Party", the story itself was an original idea of Josh Gordon & Will Speck.

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Goofs

Walter takes Clay's microphone to announce that he wants to work with Zenotek. A couple of shots later, Clay is holding the microphone.

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Quotes

Clay Vanstone: I gotta tell you, I was always like, "Tracey, this doesn't make any sense," and she was like, "Words, words, words and some numbers." But she did it.

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Crazy Credits

The first part of the closing credits features stills, outtakes, and alternative lines.

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Connections

References Up (2009)

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Soundtracks

The 900 Number
Written by The 45 King (as Mark James)
Performed by The 45 King
Licensed courtesy of Tuff City Records

User Reviews

Better than I was expecting

I dreaded seeing this. My daughter rents many videos on Redbox, but we consistently shot her down when she would bring this one up to rent. She finally rented it anyway. We sat down to watch it and I was ready to just play games on my phone until it was over. I was pleasantly surprised. It was not as bad as the reviews would lead you to believe. Comedy is a very relative, personal thing. What someone finds funny, someone else would not. I have strange taste in comedy. I like physical, silly comedies, but also intelligent satire, I'm kind of all over the map when it comes to what makes me laugh. This one, about a software company on the brink of failure, was pretty good. I laughed several times. It was a little long for a comedy, I feel they could have edited some scenes better. Two hours is too long for most movies, especially a comedy. I liked most of the characters and thought they did well with the script they were given. It's not rocket science, but it was entertaining and I'm glad she rented it.