Daddy Day Camp is a 2007 comedy film directed by Fred Savage, a sequel to Daddy Day Care. All returning characters have been recast, with Cuba Gooding, Jr. assuming the lead in place of Eddie Murphy.
So far, Daddy Day Camp has received cold reviews. It currently holds 2% on Rotten Tomatoes with 16% user reviews and 18 on Metacritic with 18 reviews. The film received a rare "F" from The A.V. Club. It also holds 1.5 / 10 on IMDb, and holds the #5 place on the Bottom 100 of IMDb. On its first day of release, the film came in a mediocre 9th place with a weak $773,706.
On its opening weekend, Daddy Day Camp flopped, making just $3,500,000 in over 2,000 screens.
The film was released with the short film, The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. who takes place of Eddie Murphy, also stars in the film Norbit, where he tries to marry Norbit's (Eddie Murphy's) childhood girlfriend.
This film was originally intended to go direct-to-video.
Plot.
After Daddy Day Care, Charlie (Gooding, Jr.) starts Daddy Day Camp with Phil Ryerson and new Lance Warner. When Charlie's son chooses to go to camp the director leaves Charlie and Phil to tend for the camp. Starting with 35 kids, by the second day there are only 7 kids remaining. Those kids band together when Charlie's Father, Col. Buck Hinton starts to control the whole camp and eventually the kids start to form a team instead of fighting each other. They then battle the rival day camp in a Olympian... In the end the kids prevail and more kids come to the camp saving Camp Driftwood from foreclosure.Wikipedia
