Cheaper by the Dozen Release Date: What is the Plot of This Movie?

By Sirjan Chetri Last updated Aug 23, 2022

Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Shawn Levy. It is a remake of the same-named movie from 1950.

Both movies were based on the book Cheaper by the Dozen, which was written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

The book is partly about their lives. Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, and Piper Perabo are among the people who are in the 2003 version.

20th Century Fox released the movie on December 25, 2003, and it made $190 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. The critics on Rotten Tomatoes all agreed that the movie didn’t have any funny parts.

In 2005, the movie Cheaper by the Dozen 2 came out. On Disney+, a second remake came out in 2022.

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Cheaper by the Dozen Release Date and Where You Can Watch It

This year, they start the Disney+ Day, which has many items as one important information recently updated by Disney as “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Disney also planned and scheduled the release date in the March 2022.

But in the future, there will be having some changes to the release date based on the production team’s work. The movie will release after the production in the stream of Disney+.

According to Screenrant, shared many things about the renewal of this old film.

Cheaper By the Dozen, an Original Movie, is streaming March 2022 on #DisneyPlus. #DisneyPlusDay pic.twitter.com/4mfuIZ8wWA

— Disney+ (@disneyplus) November 12, 2021

Cheaper by the Dozen

In the year 2005, the “Cheaper by the Dozen” film was released. Because the familiar actor Steve Martin acted in this film, so audience liked the film very much.

In this, the lead actor takes care of his family because his family was in a bad and sad situation. He takes this bad situation in his head. Then he planned with his family at a momentous crossroads in their lives.

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Then now the film will be planned for its renewal. This renewal will be centered on a blended family of 12. This will give the information about the hectic home life and their family business.

Actor Gabrielle shared something about the renewal movie as the main concept will be based on “It’s an update on the classic comedy centered on a multi-racial, blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life while managing their family business.” shared by him. Trailer also released as officially

Cheaper by the Dozen Cast Members

Disney’s “Cheaper by the Dozen” stars as the main lead role will be taken by the actors Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.

Other important support cast members will be as follows:

Journee Brown
Kylie Rogers,
Andre Robinson,
Caylee Blosenski,
Aryan Simhadri,
Leo A. Perry,
Mykal-Michelle Harris,
Christian Cote
Sebastian Cote and
Luke Prael.

What is the Plot of Cheaper by the Dozen?

The renewal of the film will come to the screen as per the scheduled date. This will release based on something in the previous film. Initially, the film will start with one key as the married couple will have 10 children instead of 12.

From this, we can understand one thing as the title includes “a dozen” to refer to the entire family of 12, instead of a couple with 12 kids making up a family of 14.

Then the new film will include some new features such as a multi-racial, blended family, instead of a nuclear family. But this renewed film will have some modern concepts, cast, and many others.

But the same thing will be generated in both film as previous and present as a hectic home life while managing their family business.

In the previous film, The baker family faced some problems in their life. So they plan to move the family into other places. So kids are sent to new schools. By this Tom and Kate, both of them affected by the work-home balance. So the kids want more attention from the parents.

The renewal of the new film has some similar topics and changes. This also includes multiracial families and some challenges. In the future, the film will release with a multiracial family.