page_title: Paul Blart: Mall Cop
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Paul Blart: Mall Cop / Production
caption_attribution_description: Kevin James at the set of Mall Cop
context_page_description: Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a 2009 American comedy film starring Kevin James as the titular character Paul Blart. The film was directed by Steve Carr and written by James and Nick Bakay. It also stars Jayma Mays, Keir O'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi, and Shirley Knight. In Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a single dad and bumbling mall security guard, Paul Blart, finds himself in the middle of a heist and the only one in position to rescue hostages.
  Filming began in February 2008 with a majority of the shooting taking place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts. Paul Blart: Mall Cop opened in the United States on January 16, 2009, and was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film was not well-received by critics but grossed $183.3 million worldwide against a production budget of $26 million. A sequel titled Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 was released in 2015.
context_section_description: Production began in late February 2008 in Boston. Principal photography took place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts after being denied a permit from Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, New Jersey. From late February until mid-April, the mall and its stores were decorated with Christmas decorations, and there was a large prop ball-pit in the main foyer of the mall near the Sears branch, and a Santa's Village at the opposite end near the Macy's branch where the mall usually puts its own Santa's Village. Interior filming took place mostly at night. Some of the aerial stunts, such as Blart being attacked in the scenic elevator, were performed at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, MA, as the Burlington Mall's construction did not allow for some of these stunts.
caption: Airport scenes were filmed at LG Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts on the set of Paul Blart: Mall Cop in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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