



The current Santa, Malcolm Claus, is heading his 70th mission, but his role has largely been reduced to that of a figurehead. Instead of a single individual, Santa Claus is a hereditary title belonging to gift-givers that has been carried on for many generations. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and earned $147 million at the box office. Accompanied only by his free-spirited and reckless grandfather, an enthusiastic young Christmas elf obsessed with wrapping gifts for children, and a team of reindeer, he embarks on a mission to deliver the girl's present personally.Īrthur Christmas was released on Novemin the United Kingdom, and on Novemin the United States. Set on Christmas Eve, the film centers on Arthur Claus, the clumsy but well-meaning son of Santa Claus, who discovers that his father's high-tech ship has failed to deliver one girl's present. It is also Aardman's second entirely computer-animated feature film after 2006’s Flushed Away. Featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, and Ashley Jensen, the film is a co-production between Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman Animations. Arthur Christmas is a 2011 3D computer-animated Christmas science fantasy comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and Barry Cook.
