<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $8.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Bharat Nalluri and written by Susan Coyne based on the book of the same name by Les Standiford . It stars Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce . The plot follows Charles Dickens (Stevens) at the time when he wrote A Christmas Carol, and how Dickens's fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge (Plummer) was influenced by his real - life father, John Dickens (Pryce). </P> <P> It was released by Bleecker Street in the United States on November 22, 2017 and in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2017 . </P> <P> Two years after the success of Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) is suffering financial hardship from the failure of his last three books . Rejected by his publishers, he sets out to write a new book to restore his finances . Seeing inspiration around London, most notably a rich man's funeral that is largely unattended, he begins writing A Christmas Carol, due in six weeks in order to be published by Christmas . As Charles begins to develop his story, he interacts with the characters he is writing about, most notably Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer). Helping Dickens is one of his servants, Tara, an Irish immigrant who is literate and able to provide advice . </P>

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