The holiday season movies

Evey holiday season many movies come about which are mostly funny and amusing.Some of the movies that are comming out this season are Four Christmas's and Nothing Like the Holidays.These movies are created to put people in the holiday spirit and do a good job of it.Last year the hit Christmas movie Fred Clause closed out at 18.5 million dollars.I was wondering why producers create these movies if they dont bring in alot of money.Is it that the producers do it to put people in the holiday mood or to make money?