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Well then, barely a few hours after the first full trailer
went up I’ve got the international trailer to go up too. Of course I really don’t
want to repeat myself so I’ll not go over the ground already covered then...
Arthur Christmas: Aardman’s latest feature film gets a full trailer at last...
This film has some great actors providing the voices including
James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class) as Arthur, Hugh Laurie (House, Stuart Little)
as Steve, Bill Nighy Pirates of The Caribbean
2 & 3, Shaun of The Dead) as Grandsanta, Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter 6
& 7, The Borrowers) as Santa, Ashley Jensen (Extras, Ugly betty) as Bryony
and Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter 5 & 7.1, Nanny McPhee) as Mrs. Santa. It
is Aardman’s first 3D film, as well as the first in their new partnership with
Sony Pictures Animation. It is also the next step in Aardman’s attempts to go
from awards darlings and Domestic heavyweights to a truly global ‘brand. Much
like Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli, Aardman have the highest respect from
other animators and fans he world over; but their films don’t necessarily make
huge amounts of money, at the cinema, outside of their some country and
certainly not in North America. Hopefully (assuming the film is good, and being
Aardman that’s all but guaranteed) it will really break through.
Aardman at the movies...
Film
|
Year
|
North American
Gross
|
International
Gross
|
Worldwide
|
U.K Gross
|
Budget
|
|||
1
|
* Chicken
Run
|
|
$106,834,564
|
$118,000,000
|
$224,834,564
|
$42m+
|
$45m
|
||
2
|
Wallace and
Gromit:
The Curse of the
Were-Rabbit
|
2005
|
$56,110,897
|
$136,499,475
|
$192,610,372
|
$56.8m
|
$30m
|
||
3
|
Flushed
Away
|
2006
|
$64,665,672
|
$113,454,338
|
$178,120,010
|
$22m
|
$149m
|
||
* The UK exact
gross for Chicken run may be slightly higher
The interesting thing about the figures in that chart is
that t shows a much stronger performance for the traditional Stop motion Clay
work that Aardman is famous for, in their domestic market. With massive takings
for Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit pretty much 2 to 2.5 bigger than that
for Flushed Away; which with $22m was still a fair sized hit in the UK. Both
Aardman ans Sony Pictures Animation will be hoping that the strong sals of
Flushed Away on DVD, and the fans it has
picked up on TV etc down the years, will
make audiences more receptive to a computer animated Aardman film.
Synopsis...
“An Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation, at last
reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So
how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's
exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at
the heart of the film is a story with the ingredients of a Christmas classic -
a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an
urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.”
Country
|
Date
|
11
November 2011
|
|
11
November 2011
|
|
17
November 2011
|
|
23
November 2011
|
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23
November 2011
|
|
23
November 2011
|
|
23
November 2011
|
|
24
November 2011
|
|
24
November 2011
|
|
24
November 2011
|
|
24
November 2011
|
|
24
November 2011
|
|
25
November 2011
|
|
1
December 2011
|
|
1
December 2011
|
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1
December 2011
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