Arthur Christmas (2011)
Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?
97 min
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
- Release date
- November 2, 2011
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $151,300,000
Trailer
Cast
- James McAvoy as Arthur
- Jim Broadbent as Santa
- Bill Nighy as Grandsanta
- Hugh Laurie as Steve
- Imelda Staunton as Mrs Santa
- Ashley Jensen as Bryony
- Marc Wootton as Peter
- Laura Linney as North Pole Computer
- Eva Longoria as Chief De Silva
- Ramona Marquez as Gwen
Crew
- Sarah Smith · Director
- Peter Baynham · Writer
- Sarah Smith · Writer
- Peter Lord · Producer
- Steve Pegram · Producer
- Carla Shelley · Producer
- David Sproxton · Producer
- Harry Gregson-Williams · Composer
- Jericca Cleland · Cinematographer
- John Carnochan · Editor
- James Cooper · Editor
- Sarah Crowe · Casting director
- Evgeni Tomov · Production designer