Christmas Vacation

Released

Nov 30, 1989

IMDb rating

7.5 / 10 249,320 votes

Recall rating

8.0 / 10 1 rating

Overview

With Christmas only a few weeks away, Chicago resident Clark Griswold decides it is time to get a Christmas tree. He gathers his wife Ellen, daughter Audrey, and son Rusty and drives out to the country where he picks out a huge tree. Realizing too late that they didn't bring any tools to cut the tree down, they are forced to uproot it instead, before driving home with the tree strapped to the roof of their car.

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget

$25,000,000

Box office

$71,300,000