Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a 2014 American
family comedy film directed by
Miguel Arteta from a screenplay written by Rob Lieber. The film stars
Steve Carell,
Jennifer Garner, and
Ed Oxenbould, and is loosely based on
Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz's 1972
children's book of the same name. Co-produced by
Shawn Levy and
Lisa Henson for
Walt Disney Pictures through their respective production companies,
21 Laps Entertainment and
The Jim Henson Company, the film was released in North America on October 10, 2014. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $101 million worldwide against a $28 million budget.