Arthur and the Invisibles

***Arthur and the Invisibles*** is a 2006 English-language French adventure comedy fantasy animated/live-action film adaptation of the 2002 children's book *Arthur and the Minimoys*, and the 2003 sequel *Arthur and the Forbidden City*, written by filmmaker Luc Besson, who also directed the film.

## Storyline

### Plot

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.

### Genres

* Animation
* Adventure
* Family
* Fantasy

### Motion Picture Rating

* **Atp** (Argentina)
* **PG** (Australia)
* **Livre** (Brazil)
* **G** (Canada)
* **TE** (Chile)
* **7** (Denmark)
* **K-7** (Finland)
* **Tous publics** (France)
* **6** (Germany)
* **I** (Hong Kong)
* **PG** (Ireland)
* **6** (Netherlands)
* **PG** (New Zealand)
* **7** (Norway)
* **M/6** (Portugal)
* **6+** (Russia)
* **PG** (Singapore)
* **All** (South Korea)
* **T** (Spain)
* **7** (Sweden)
* **7** (Switzerland)
* **U** (UK)
* **PG** (USA)

## Cast and Crew

### Writing Credits

* Celine Garcia (written by) and
* Luc Besson (written by)
* Luc Besson (book)
* Patrice Garcia (creator: characters and settings) and
* Georges Bouchelagem (creator: characters and settings) and
* Philippe Rouchier (creator: characters and settings) and
* Nicolas Fructus (creator: characters and settings)

### Cast

* Freddie Highmore - Arthur
* Madonna - Princess Selenia (voice)
* Jimmy Fallon - Betameche (voice)
* Mia Farrow - Granny
* Ron Crawford - Archibald (voice)
* David Bowie - Maltazard (voice)
* David Suchet - Narrator (voice)
* Jason Bateman - Darkos (voice)
* Robert De Niro - King (voice)
* Adam LeFevre - Davido
* Snoop Dogg - Max (voice)
* Penny Balfour - Arthur's Mother
* Doug Rand - Arthur's Father
* Chazz Palminteri - The Travel Agent (voice)
* Harvey Keitel - Miro (voice)
* Erik Per Sullivan - Baby Bug / Mino (voice)
* Anthony Anderson - Koolomassai (voice)
* Emilio Estevez - Ferryman (voice)

### Producers

* Luc Besson (producer)
* Jerome de Baecque (animation producer)
* Stephane Lecomte (associate producer: Avalanche Productions)
* Emmanuel Prevost (executive producer: Avalanche Productions / producer)

## Details

### Release Dates

* November 29, 2006 (France) (limited)
* December 13, 2006 (Belgium)
* December 13, 2006 (France)
* December 14, 2006 (Israel)
* December 14, 2006 (Portugal)
* December 15, 2006 (Spain)
* December 21, 2006 (Greece)
* December 22, 2006 (Turkey)
* December 26, 2006 (Iceland)
* December 28, 2006 (Hungary)
* December 28, 2006 (Serbia)
* December 29, 2006 (USA) (limited)
* December 30, 2006 (Kuwait)
* January 5, 2007 (Poland)
* January 11, 2007 (Australia)
* January 12, 2007 (Canada)
* January 12, 2007 (USA)
* January 13, 2007 (China)
* January 17, 2007 (Philippines)
* January 25, 2007 (Germany)
* January 31, 2007 (Netherlands)
* February 2, 2007 (UK)
* February 2, 2007 (Ireland)
* February 2, 2007 (Italy)
* February 2, 2007 (Sweden)
* February 9, 2007 (Denmark)
* February 16, 2007 (Norway)
* March 2, 2007 (Finland)
* March 15, 2007 (Chile)
* March 16, 2007 (Estonia)
* March 16, 2007 (Mexico)
* March 22, 2007 (Russia)
* March 23, 2007 (Brazil)
* March 23, 2007 (Latvia)
* March 30, 2007 (Bulgaria)
* March 30, 2007 (Venezuela)
* April 5, 2007 (Argentina)
* April 5, 2007 (Hong Kong)
* April 6, 2007 (Lithuania)
* April 11, 2007 (Egypt)
* June 21, 2007 (Thailand)
* August 2, 2007 (Panama)
* September 22, 2007 (Japan)
* January 17, 2008 (South Korea)

### Home Media Release Dates

* May 15, 2007 (USA) (DVD)
* June 25, 2007 (UK) (DVD)

## Reception

### Box office

*Arthur and the Invisibles* grossed $107.9 million worldwide on a $85 million budget.

### Critical response

The film has a 6.0 rating on IMDb and a 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

## Company Credits

### Production Companies

* EuropaCorp
* Avalanche Productions
* Metro Voices (and the)
* Canal+ (participation)
* Sofica EuropaCorp (in association with)

### Distributors

* Alliance Atlantis (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
* EuropaCorp (2006) (France) (theatrical)
* EuropaCorp (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
* Independent Films (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
* Momentum Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
* Momentum Pictures (2007) (Ireland) (theatrical)
* The Weinstein Company (2007) (USA) (all media)
* Genius Products (2007) (USA) (DVD)
* Momentum Pictures (2007) (UK) (DVD)

### Special Effects

* Avalanche Productions (artworks, models and CG)
* BUF (CG and visual effects)
* BUF (computer graphics) (as BUF Compagnie)
* Les Versaillais

## Connections

### Followed by

* *Arthur and the Great Adventure* (2009)
* *Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds* (2010)

### Spoofs

* *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002) - One of the things that the magic knife turns into is a light sword that hums like a light saber. Beta is using it like Yoda in the fight against Count Doku.