Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film) Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American family comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and stars Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. The film was released on December 25, 2003, by 20th Century Fox and grossed $190 million worldwide against its $40 million budget. Tom Baker is a football coach at Lincoln College, a small rural college near Midland City, Illinois. He met his future wife, Kate at Illinois Poly Tech, and together, they gave birth to 12 children (Nora, Charlie, Lorraine, Henry, Sarah, Jake, Mark, fraternal twins Jessica and Kim, Mike, and identical
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film) the Brazilian mud viper they also got for him escapes. The resulting panic causes Tom to realize the kids had disappeared, and he orders his players to round the kids up. Tom tries to remove Sarah from the bounce house, but during the chaos, a helium tank falls on the bounce house, causing it to overinflate, then explode, sending Tom and several kids flying through the air. While the football players successfully catch Sarah and the other kids, Tom accidentally lands on top of Dylan, breaking his arm and he is taken to the hospital. Kate overhears from the children