Violent Night Trivia | 25 facts about the film

“Violent Night” is a Christmas action – comedy film starring David Harbour as Santa Claus.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Violent Night is a 2022 American Christmas action-comedy film
2. Starring David Harbour as Santa Claus
3. This Santa fights mercenaries who have taken a wealthy family hostage in their home
4. It is directed by Tommy Wirkola
5. The film is written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller
6. It also stars John Leguizamo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Leah Brady, and Beverly D’Angelo
7. Violent Night had its world premiere at the New York Comic Con on October 7, 2022
8. Universal Pictures released the film in theaters in the United States and Canada on December 2, 2022
9. In March 2020, Universal Pictures announced that it acquired the original screenplay to Violent Night by Pat Casey and Josh Miller and that 87North Productions would produce
10. In November 2021, David Harbour was cast in the lead role, with Tommy Wirkola set to direct
11. In early 2022, John Leguizamo, Beverly D’Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, and André Eriksen were confirmed to star
12. The shooting of the film took place from January–March 2022
13. And had commenced by February 2022 in Winnipeg
14. The film is projected to gross around $10 million from 3,200 theaters in its opening weekend
15. The film made $4.9 million on its first day
16. This include $1.1 million from Thursday night previews
17. Opening-weekend audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
18. While those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 76%
19. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 70% rating
20. Based on 128 critics’ reviews
21. With an average rating of 6.3 out of 10
22. The website’s critics consensus reads, “Violent Night isn’t as wildly entertaining as its concept might suggest, but for those seeking harder-edged holiday fare, it may be a ho-ho-whole lot of fun”
23. Metacritic sampled 32 reviews
24. The review aggregator assessed 17 as positive, 10 as mixed, and 5 as negative
25. It gave the film a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, indicating “mixed or average reviews”