Parental Guidance (film)

Parental Guidance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andy Fickman
Written by	Lisa Addario Joe Syracuse
Produced by	Billy Crystal Peter Chernin Dylan Clark
Starring	Billy Crystal Bette Midler Marisa Tomei Tom Everett Scott Bailee Madison
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Kent Beyda
Music by	Marc Shaiman
Production companies	Walden Media Chernin Entertainment Face Productions Dune Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 25, 2012 (2012-12-25)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million[2]
Box office	$119.8 million[2]

Parental Guidance is a 2012 American family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, from a screenplay written by Lisa Addario, and Joe Syracuse. It stars Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, and Tom Everett Scott, and follows a couple who are asked to look after their grandchildren by their skeptical daughter, while she and her husband are out of town.^[3][4][5]

This was the final 20th Century Fox film to be financed by Dune Entertainment as part of a deal with the studio; shortly after, the company merged with RatPac Entertainment and struck a financing deal with Warner Bros. It was theatrically released on December 25, 2012, to negative reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing $119.8 million from a $25 million budget.