This Christmas is a 2007 English-language Comedy Drama film written and directed by Preston A. Whitmore Ii and produced by Preston A. Whitmore Ii and Will Packer under the banner of Rainforest Films. A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years. This christmas features Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Columbus Short, Regina King and Tatiana Varria. The music was composed by Marcus Miller. Cinematography was done by Alexander Gruszynski and editing by Paul Seydor. The film has a running time of 119 minutes. It was released on 21st November 2007. The Film was successful at box office. This Christmas was made on a budget of $13 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $49 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Screen Gems.