Dwayne Johnson comes out to surprise families in Los Angeles!

Johnson, 52, made a surprise appearance at a special advance screening of his new Christmas-themed film Red One on Thursday, Nov. 14, where Amazon helped MGM Studios, the film’s distributor, give away toys focused on STEM education to families in attendance in the city community. Watts Empowerment Center.

Photos from the event show Johnson, who sometimes refers to himself as “I want Christmas“Around the holidays, mingling with parents and children in the crowd as he and others in the studio passed out toys from brands like Barbie, Uno, Hot Wheels and other Mattel-branded toys that are featured in the film.

Amazon also donated a bus to the Watts Empowerment Center to help families living in the community center’s associated housing projects safely transport their children to school and other family activities, according to a statement.

In Red OneJohnson portrays the head of security at the North Pole; he teams up with a bounty hunter portrayed by Chris Evans to save Santa Claus after he is kidnapped. In addition to Johnson and Evans, the new holiday action flick also stars JK Simmons, Lucy Liu, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Nick Kroll and Kiernan Shipka.

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In a recent interview with PEOPLE ahead of the film’s release, Evans, 43, said that Johnson offered $40,000 of his own money in a raffle held for crew members on set during filming Red One as a means of thanking those who worked on the film.

“He does this thing on set, at the end of the week, the crew will put all their $5, $10 into this little bucket. They get raffle tickets. It’s called “Five Dollar Friday,” the Avengers the star said of Johnson. “Someone draws a name at the end of the day and wins a few thousand dollars. And DJ would stir the pot in ways that no other actor could keep up with.”

As Evans said, the additions of Johnson and other actors to the sweepstakes are “just a way to say thank you to the team every week.”

Red One it’s in theaters now.