Bad Santa is a 2003 American English-language Comedy Crime motion picture starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter and Matt Walsh. A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot. Bad Santa was Produced by John Cameron, Sarah Aubrey and Bob Weinstein. Bad Santa is written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and it is directed by Terry Zwigoff. Buena Vista Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The movie has a running time of 91 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Bad Santa was made on a budget of $23 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $76 million. Cinematography was done by Jamie Anderson and editing by Robert Hoffman. The music was composed by David Kitay.