<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $28 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $122 million </Td> </Tr> <P> A Bad Moms Christmas is a 2017 American Christmas comedy film written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore . It is a sequel to the 2016 film Bad Moms . The plot follows the three moms from the first film (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn) dealing with their own mothers (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, and Susan Sarandon) visiting during the Christmas holiday . </P> <P> Principal photography on the film began in Atlanta, Georgia in May 2017, and the film was released by STXfilms in the United States on November 1, 2017 . It received mixed reviews, with criticism aimed at the thin story and raunchy jokes, and has grossed $122 million worldwide . </P>

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