When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.














7th November 2003
23 years ago
1 hour 37 minutes
Finishes at 9:57am
$32,000,000 ($57,536,000 today)
Revenue $228,500,000

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