New Year’s Eve(2011)

Warner Bros.

PG-13
1h 58m
- Comedy
- Romance

Release Date: Dec 9, 2011 | Wide

7%
45%
B+
5.6

The lives of several couples and singles in New York City intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

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Releases

Original Release | Dec 9, 2011

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$13,019,180
Total US & Canada:
$54,544,638
Total International
$87,500,000
Total Worldwide:
$142,044,638

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Director & Top Cast

Garry Marshall
Director

Sarah Jessica Parker
Kim (segment "Mother & Daughter")

Jessica Biel
Actor

Ashton Kutcher
Randy (segment "Elevator")

Michelle Pfeiffer
Actor

Zac Efron
Paul (segment "Resolution Tour")

Charlotte Marshall-Fricker

Actor

Fiona Choi

Actor

Mary Marguerite Keane

Actor

Michael Mandell

Murray (segment "Resolution Tour")

Patrick Reale

Times Square Cop (segment "Resolution Tour")

Robert De Niro

Stan Harris (segment "Hospital Story")

Halle Berry

Nurse Aimee (segment "Hospital Story")

Cary Elwes

Stan's Doctor (segment "Hospital Story")

Alyssa Milano

Nurse Mindy (segment "Hospital Story")

Common

Soldier (segment "Hospital Story")

Barbara Marshall

Head Nurse Helen (segment "Hospital Story")

Seth Meyers

Griffin Byrne (segment "Maternity Ward")

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,Datasat,SDDS

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

On New Year's Eve, Vice-President of the Times Square Alliance Claire Morgan (Hilary Swank) is making the final arrangements for the ball drop with the help of her friend Police Officer Brendan (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges). Meanwhile, after being nearly run over by a car and denied a vacation, Ahern Records secretary Ingrid Withers (Michelle Pfeiffer) quits her job and offers the deliveryman Paul Doyle (Zac Efron) tickets for the Ahern Records Masquerade Ball if Paul helps her complete a series of New Year's resolutions before midnight, which he accepts.Paul's sister Kim Doyle (Sarah Jessica Parker) is having trouble with her teenage daughter Hailey (Abigail Breslin) who wants to spend New Year's Eve with her friends and her boyfriend Seth Anderson (Jake T. Austin) in Times Square.Paul's friend, comic book illustrator Randy (Ashton Kutcher), who hates New Year's Eve after his girlfriend left him on a date, gets stuck in an elevator with Elise (Lea Michele), an aspiring singer who will be providing back-up for musician Daniel Jensen (Jon Bon Jovi) in his show at Times Square. He also prepares to perform at the Ahern Records ball, where he rekindles his feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Laura (Katherine Heigl).Laura (Katherine Heigl) meanwhile is catering for the Daniel Jensen concert along with her crew Eva (Sophia Vergara) and Sunil (Russell Peters). Laura has some sort of history with Jensen and slaps her when he comes by to see her. One year ago, at the last NYE, Jensen proposed to Laura and then walked out on her, when he got cold feet.At a nearby hospital, Stan Harris (Robert De Niro), a man in the final stages of cancer who refuses chemotherapy and who only wishes to see the ball drop one last time, is kept company by Nurse Aimee (Halle Berry) and Nurse Mindy (Alyssa Milano) after his doctor (Cary Elwes) reveals he will not last much longer.In the same hospital, a young couple named Griffin (Seth Meyers) and Tess Byrne (Jessica Biel) are about to have their first child, and they compete with another couple, James (Til Schweiger) and Grace Schwab (Sarah Paulson), for a bonus offered to the family of the first child born in the new year.Elsewhere, Sam (Josh Duhamel), a businessman from Ahern Records, attempts to go to the Ahern Records Ball, where he is to deliver an important speech, after his car crashes outside New York City, all the while wondering if he should attend a meeting with a mysterious woman he met and fell in love with on the previous New Year's Eve. Sam manages to get a tow truck service, but there is no way he can get his car fixed or get a ride into NYC. A family with a station wagon gives him a lift and, in the drive, Sam narrates how he met this mysterious woman whom he kissed, but she had left by the time he came back from the washroom. She left a note asking him to meet again at a specific spot the next NYE.In the early evening, one of the LED panels on the Times Square Ball malfunctions, jamming the ball and forcing Claire to call Kominsky (Héctor Elizondo), an electrician who the company had fired a few weeks prior. Kominsky repairs the ball before midnight, and, in gratitude, Claire leaves him in charge of the operation, and rushes to see the ball drop with her father, Stan. Meanwhile, Nurse Aimee has a video conference with her husband Chino (Common), a soldier serving in Afghanistan. Stan passes away just after the ball drops and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne, with Claire holding his hand.Paul helps Ingrid complete all the items on her list (which included a round trip of the world (Giant globe), visit to Bali (Indonesian Spa), being amazed (a solo theatre performance and so on), and she gives him the tickets. Meanwhile, Randy and Elise bond, and, as they are about to kiss, the elevator is repaired by the building superintendent (James Belushi) and Elise rushes to Jensen's show. Randy notices she forgot her rubber band and rushes to give it to her.At Times Square, Jensen leaves midway during his show to return to the Ahern Ball to apologize to Laura, who accepts him back and leaves with the approval of Sam. With Jensen gone, Elise is called to replace him and attracts the attention of the crowd. She kisses Randy, and they start a romantic relationship.Griffin and Tess have their baby and, although it is born first, they allow James and Grace to have the bonus after discovering they already have two other children to provide for. Meanwhile, after being forbidden from attending the celebration, Hailey runs away to Times Square, where she sees Seth being kissed by another girl. Heartbroken, she meets and is comforted by her mother.Seth finds them and apologizes, claiming the girl stole a kiss from him. Hailey forgives and kisses him. Her mother allows her to go to an after-party. Kim then goes to a restaurant to meet Sam, who had succeeded in delivering his speech. She is the mysterious woman he met one year prior, and they finally discover each other's names.

Storyline

Set during New Year's Eve in New York city, this movie follows several people and how the day affects them. Kim is a single mother who still thinks of her daughter, Hailey as a child who wants to go out with a boy so that she could kiss him at midnight. Claire, who is in charge of the city's annual tradition, the ball drop on Times Square. And when something goes wrong she has to ask an electrician, who was fired, to come and fix it. Laura, a chef who is cooking the New year's Eve party for a record company who runs into Jensen, her ex who's a singer and performing at the party. While he tries to apologize for how things ended, she refuses to accept it. Ingrid, a woman who works at the record company, after having a near death experience, decides to quit her job and asks a young messenger, Paul to help her fulfill her resolutions. And at a hospital, Stan, a man who is in the final stages of cancer, only wishes to see the ball drop. Also Griffin and Tess, a couple who are expecting, want to be the ones who give birth first after New Year because of the available cash prize; but another couple is also about to give birth. Randy a man who's not exactly fond of the holiday because of something that happened, finds himself trapped in an elevator with a singer who is one of Jensen's back up singers when he performs at Times Square. And Sam, son of the owner of the record company, who is out of town and is trying to get back to the city so that he could give a speech at the party, but when he has an accident and since it's a holiday, his car can't be fixed so he hitches a ride with some people going to the city. But it seems he has another reason why he needs to get back. — rcs0411@yahoo.com