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#1,375 All-time worldwide
#51 2011 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $151.3M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $141.3M
ROI 15.13x

Domestic gross

$65.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$86.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$19.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Arthur Christmas ranks

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Quick answer

How did Arthur Christmas (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Arthur Christmas (2011) earned a reported $151.3M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $141.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 15.13x. In this database it currently ranks #1,375 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #51 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$151,300,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$141,300,000
ROI
15.13x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 10, 2011
Production
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman
Countries
GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, Arthur Christmas is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Animation, Family title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $151.3M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $141.3M, ROI is 15.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,375 all-time in the current chart set and #51 among 2011 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.