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Released
2011 · FILM

Arthur Christmas

Young Santa’s clumsy son Arthur races against a ticking clock and his high‑tech brother’s corporate operation to deliver a forgotten present to a child before Christmas morning, risking the holiday’s reputation for the sake of one smile.

“Ever wonder how 2 Billion presents get delivered all in 1 night?”

Directed by
Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Written by
Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
97 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 172+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John CarnochanShot by Jericca ClelandScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Evgeni TomovSound by Jimmy BoyleCostumes by Yves Barre

Box Office

2011 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 15× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$151.3M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$151.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $46.5M — 31% of worldwide · International: $104.8M (69%)

Opening weekend: $4.2M — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.2M — 9% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,376 theaters

Also known as

  • Arthur Weihnachtsmannde
  • Mission : Noëlfr
  • Mission : Noël, les aventures de la famille Noëlfr
  • Il figlio di Babbo Nataleit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United KingdomNov 11, 2011
  • IrelandNov 11, 2011
  • GermanyNov 17, 2011
  • SerbiaNov 17, 2011

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
DistributionSony Pictures Releasing, Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Norway, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Special effectsPainting Practice, The Third Floor, Twenty One
Other companiesAbbey Road Studios, American Cinema Editors (ACE), Apollo Voices, BAM Studios, Datasat Digital Sound

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