New Year's Eve is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. New Year's Eve is the second in an unofficial trilogy of romantic comedy films directed by Garry Marshall, set on a one-day holiday and featuring an ensemble cast in a variety of stories, the other films being Valentine's Day (2010) and Mother's Day (2016). Some of the cast of New Year's Eve had previously appeared in Valentine's Day, including Biel, Kutcher, and Elizondo. New Year's Eve was released on December 9, 2011, and grossed $142 million. New Year's Eve follows several interconnected stories of people experiencing various problems on New Year's Eve. Claire Morgan and her officer friend Brandon are setting up for the ball drop in Times Square. Ingrid Withers, a record company secretary quits her job and offers deliveryman Paul Doyle tickets to a masquerade ball if she can help him complete his list of resolutions by midnight. Paul's older sister Kim Doyle is having trouble with her teenage daughter Hailey, who wants to spend New Year's Eve with her friends and her boyfriend Seth Anderson in Times Square, though Kim wants to spend the New Year with her after her divorce. Paul's best friend, comic book illustrator Randy, hates New Year's Eve as his girlfriend left him on a date, gets stuck in an elevator with Elise, an aspiring singer providing back-up for musician Daniel Jensen at his Times Square show. Jensen is also preparing to perform at the Ahern Records ball while attempting to rekindle his relationship with his ex-fiancée, Laura. Nearby, Claire's father Stan Harris is dying of cancer at a local hospital but wants to live long enough to see the ball drop one final time. In the same hospital, a young couple are about to have their first child, and compete with another couple, James and Grace Schwab, for a bonus offered to the family of the first child born in the New Year. Elsewhere, Sam Ahern, Jr., a businessman and son of the late founder Sam Ahern, Sr. of Ahern Records, attempts to go to the Ahern Records Ball to deliver an important speech. After his car malfunctions in nearby Connecticut, all the while wondering if he should reunite with a mysterious woman he met and fell in love with on the previous New Year's Eve. Failing to find a mechanic or tow truck, Sam is able to get a ride from a cheerful family in an RV. In the glitz and glamor of New York City, every character learns that New Year's Eve is a night of happiness, hope, and promise, and that the New Year is a time to look forward to and enjoy that happiness for the next year to come.