Elf Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

IMDb

Released Date

November 7, 2003

Distributor

New Line Cinema

Genre

Comedy

Rating

Budget

$33,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$176,630,408 + $47,223,328 = $223,853,736

Cast

Will Ferrell, Zooey Deschanel, Peter Dinklage, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Faizon Love, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Richter, Amy Sedaris, Daniel Tay, Kyle Gass, Artie Lange, Michael Lerner

Will Ferrell

as Buddy Hobbs

Zooey Deschanel

as Jovie

Peter Dinklage

as Miles Finch

1940-2022

James Caan

as Walter Hobbs

Bob Newhart

as Papa Elf

1929-2021

Ed Asner

as Santa Claus

Faizon Love

as Wanda

Mary Steenburgen

as Emily Hobbs

Andy Richter

as Morris

Amy Sedaris

as Deb

Daniel Tay

as Michael Hobbs

Kyle Gass

as Eugene Dupree

Artie Lange

as Gimbel's Santa

Michael Lerner

as Mr. Greenway

About Elf

Raised as an over-sized elf, a human travels from the North Pole to NYC to meet his biological father who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.

About

This Jon Favreau directed film follows a large elf from the north pole traversing the strange world that is New York City to find his true identity.

Trivia

The cotton balls that Buddy the Elf eats are actually cotton candy that were not dyed. The scene where Santa chases Buddy was done in one take.