Bad Santa 2 is a 2016 English-language Comedy Crime motion picture written by Johnny Rosenthal, Shauna Cross, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. The movie is directed by Mark Waters and produced by Geyer Kosinski and Andrew Gunn. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Bad santa 2 stars Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Brett Kelly, Lombardo Boyar and Ryan Hansen. The screenplay is written by Johnny Rosenthal and Shauna Cross which is inspired from Characters created by Glenn Ficarra John Requa. The music was composed by Lyle Workman. Cinematography was done by Theo van de Sande and editing by Travis Sittard. The motion picture has a running time of 92 minutes. It was released on 24th November 2016. Bad Santa 2 was made on a budget of $26 million and at the box office it grossed only $24 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Broad Green Pictures.