The Holdovers
“Discomfort and joy.”
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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Cast
46 people
Paul Giamatti
Paul Hunham
Known for
The Illusionist
The Truman Show
Dominic Sessa
Angus Tully
Known for
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Tony
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Mary Lamb
Known for
Only Murders in the Building
The Lost City
Carrie Preston
Miss Lydia Crane
Known for
True Blood
To the Bone
Brady Hepner
Teddy Kountze
Known for
The Black Phone
The Waterfront
Ian Dolley
Alex Ollerman
Also in
Spirited
Mooch
Jim Kaplan
Ye-Joon Park
Also in
Marry Me
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)
Michael Provost
Jason Smith
Known for
Insatiable
9-1-1: Nashville
Andrew Garman
Dr. Hardy Woodrup
Known for
Julie & Julia
Naheem Garcia
Danny
Known for
Free Guy
Madame Web
Stephen Thorne
Thomas Tully
Known for
Mother/Android
Boston Strangler
Gillian Vigman
Judy Clotfelter
Known for
Star Trek: Lower Decks
The Hangover Part II
Alexander Payne Director · David Hemingson Writer Mark Orton Composer
Worldwide gross $43M · Budget $13M · United States release October 27, 2023
Box office
Budget
$13,000,000
Worldwide gross
$42,513,270
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
Gran Via Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 31, 2023
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · October 27, 2023
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York / Los Angeles, California
United States · November 28, 2023
Digital
United States
October 28, 2023 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
November 10, 2023 · Theatrical
December 29, 2023 · Digital · Peacock
January 2, 2024 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
April 29, 2024 · Digital · Prime Video
June 28, 2025 · TV · Starz
Argentina
February 8, 2024 · Theatrical
Australia
January 11, 2024 · Theatrical
Austria
January 25, 2024 · Theatrical
Belgium
December 15, 2023 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 11, 2024 · Theatrical
Canada
September 10, 2023 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
October 27, 2023 · Theatrical
China
September 27, 2024 · Digital
Czechia
February 22, 2024 · Theatrical
Dominican Republic
February 8, 2024 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 3, 2023 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
January 26, 2024 · Theatrical
Finland
January 5, 2024 · Theatrical
France
October 15, 2023 · Premiere · Grand Lyon Film Festival
December 13, 2023 · Theatrical
Germany
January 25, 2024 · Theatrical
April 11, 2024 · Physical
Greece
January 25, 2024 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 7, 2024 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 29, 2024 · Theatrical
India
June 16, 2024 · Digital
February 16, 2025 · Theatrical
Indonesia
February 23, 2024 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 19, 2024 · Theatrical
November 26, 2024 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival
Israel
February 8, 2024 · Theatrical
May 9, 2024 · Digital
Italy
January 18, 2024 · Theatrical
Japan
June 21, 2024 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 18, 2024 · Theatrical
September 6, 2024 · Digital · Max
Netherlands
January 11, 2024 · Theatrical
New Zealand
June 1, 2024 · Digital
Peru
January 11, 2024 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 31, 2024 · Digital · HBO GO
Poland
January 26, 2024 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 14, 2024 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
November 23, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Fine Arts
November 28, 2023 · Digital
December 29, 2023 · Digital · Peacock
January 2, 2024 · Physical
Singapore
January 11, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Slovakia
February 22, 2024 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 7, 2023 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
February 21, 2024 · Theatrical
Spain
January 3, 2024 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Taiwan
April 15, 2024 · Digital
Thailand
February 22, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Ukraine
February 29, 2024 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 11, 2023 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 19, 2024 · Theatrical
Venezuela
February 8, 2024 · Theatrical
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