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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.
Theatrical
Nov 23, 2011
Box Office
$151.3M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
15.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 6, 2012
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Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman
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Cast
Full credits →J
James McAvoy
Arthur (voice)
H
Hugh Laurie
Steve (voice)
Bill Nighy
Grandsanta (voice)
J
Jim Broadbent
Santa (voice)
I
Imelda Staunton
Mrs Santa (voice)
A
Ashley Jensen
Bryony (voice)
M
Marc Wootton
Peter (voice)
L
Laura Linney
North Pole Computer (voice)
E
Eva Longoria
Chief De Silva (voice)
R
Ramona Marquez
Gwen (voice)
M
Michael Palin
Ernie Clicker (voice)
S
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Lead Elf (voice)
R
Robbie Coltrane
Lead Elf (voice)
J
Joan Cusack
Lead Elf (voice)
R
Rhys Darby
Lead Elf (voice)
J
Jane Horrocks
Lead Elf (voice)
I
Iain McKee
Lead Elf (voice)
A
Andy Serkis
Lead Elf (voice)
D
Dominic West
Lead Elf (voice)
P
Peter Baynham
Elf (voice)
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Quotes
See all →Debating the Fate of Christmas
Scottish Elf
It's like 1816!
Elf
Abandon the North Pole!
North Pole Computer
Are you sure you want to delete Christmas?
[the elf hits "yes" and a 10-minute countdown starts to meltdown]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Reflection on Christmas and Growing Up
Grandsanta
Poor Evie. Sun'll be up soon. It's Christmas!
Arthur
Christmas is for kids. You grow out of it.
Bryony
What, in the last 6 minutes?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
