Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 3 wins & 23 nominations total
James McAvoy
- Arthur
- (voice)
Jim Broadbent
- Santa
- (voice)
Bill Nighy
- Grandsanta
- (voice)
Hugh Laurie
- Steve
- (voice)
Imelda Staunton
- Mrs Santa
- (voice)
Ashley Jensen
- Bryony
- (voice)
Marc Wootton
- Peter
- (voice)
Eva Longoria
- Chief De Silva
- (voice)
Ramona Marquez
- Gwen
- (voice)
Michael Palin
- Ernie Clicker
- (voice)
Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
Robbie Coltrane
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
Joan Cusack
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
Rhys Darby
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
Jane Horrocks
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
Iain McKee
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
Andy Serkis
- Lead Elf
- (voice)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe creators decided to approach the character design with the idea to make them feel British and quirky, not air-brushed or appealing.
- GoofsScandinavia celebrates Christmas on the eve of the 24th. So even though Denmark is apparently Santa's first stop on Christmas night, the children would have long since unwrapped their presents when he got there.
- Quotes
Grandsanta: You were right, Arthur. It doesn't matter how Santa's gift gets there. Doesn't even matter if it's Mr. Postman in his spaceship.
Arthur: As long as it gets there.
Grandsanta: You made it happen, lad! No one got left out.
- Crazy creditsAfter the end of the credits, there is a seven second scene, all in black silhouette on a blue background. One of the elf-lowering-cables descends, pauses, then lifts up an elf, who proceeds to throw snowballs at the screen until it's all black.
- Alternate versionsAlso shown in 3D version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Big Picture: November 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksSanta Claus Is Comin' To Town
Written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and Larry Spier Music LLC o/b/o Haven Gillespie Music Publishing
Produced by Christopher Stewart (as C. "Tricky" Stewart) and Aaron Pearce
Vocals produced by Kuk Harrell
Background vocals by Kuk Harrell and Bryan Jackson
Performed by Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber appears courtesy of RBMG/Island/Def Jam Music Group
Contains portions of "ABC"
Written by Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)
Published by Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Contains portions of "I Want You Back"
Written by Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)
Published by Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Featured review
Arthur Christmas is a lovely family fun film that delivers that feel good factor together with good humor. It has that balance between kid movie and adult friendly atmosphere too. The premise of the movie is how Christmas has changed over the years but after all those changes some of the values of Christmas have been forgotten. Arthur(James Mcavoy)is a goofy but altogether lovable character, Bill Nighy as grandsanta delivers punchlines and old school views which lighten the movie greatly. Hugh Laurie is also brilliant as Steve. the cast was great and the story heartwarming. i would definitely recommend this movie for anyone with a sense of humor, it'll surely be a hit with the kids,both small and large.
- Pkinyanjui91
- Dec 16, 2011
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- Also known as
- Arthur Christmas in 3D
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,462,469
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,068,931
- Nov 27, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $151,411,134
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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