Editing The Santa Clause (section)

=== Box office ===
''The Santa Clause'' grossed $145.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $45 million in other territories, for a worldwide, total of $190.3 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1131382273/ | title = The Santa Clause (1994): All Releases | access-date = December 21, 2020 | website = Box Office Mojo | archive-date = June 29, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210629200233/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1131382273/weekend/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

The film grossed $19.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing second at the US box office behind ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' which opened with $36 million.<ref>{{cite news|title= Love at First Bite: 'Vampire' Tears Into Box Office : Movies: Warners film looks to be the fourth largest debut ever. 'Santa Clause' sleighs into the No. 2 spot with a solid take.|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 14, 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-14-ca-62651-story.html|access-date=December 22, 2010|first=Richard|last=Natale}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=3|title=Playing the numbers|date=November 15, 1994|last=Klady|first=Leonard}}</ref> In its second weekend it grossed $17.1 million, finishing third. Over the three-day Thanksgiving frame it then made $20.4 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1131382273/weekend/ | title = The Santa Clause (1994): Original Release | access-date = December 21, 2020 | website = Box Office Mojo | archive-date = January 25, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210125085507/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1131382273/weekend/ | url-status = live }}</ref> In November 2020, with the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] limiting new releases, ''The Santa Clause'' was re-released into 1,581 theaters and grossed $711,000.<ref>{{cite web |last= McNary |first= Dave |date= November 22, 2020 |url= https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-freaky-repeats-quiet-1234837533/ |title= 'Freaky' Repeats as Winner of Quiet U.S. Box Office With $1.2 Million |website= Variety |access-date= November 22, 2020 |archive-date= December 25, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201225000902/https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-freaky-repeats-quiet-1234837533/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr547639813/ | title = The Santa Clause (2020 Re-Release) | access-date = December 21, 2020 | website = Box Office Mojo | archive-date = June 29, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210629200232/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr547639813/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] and [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] have played the film on television during the holiday season with record ratings.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disclosure Edges Out 'Santa' at the Box Office Movies: Much-hyped sexual-harassment drama pushes aside the Tim Allen heavyweight.|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1994-12-12|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-12-ca-8096-story.html|access-date=2010-11-12|first=Richard|last=Natale|archive-date=2019-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605170220/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-12-ca-8096-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>