Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
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| Directed by | Luc Besson |
| Produced by | Luc Besson Stéphane Lecomte Emmanuel Prévost |
| Written by | Luc Besson Céline Garcia |
| Based on |
Arthur and the War of Two Worlds by Luc Besson |
| Starring |
Freddie Highmore Selena Gomez Jimmy Fallon |
| Music by | Éric Serra |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
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EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/The Weinstein Company (USA) |
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Running time
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101 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Budget |
€65 million ($91 million) shared with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard |
| Box office | $30,698,619 |
Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds (French: Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes, also known in North America as Arthur and the Invisibles 3 or simply Arthur 3) is a 2010 English-language French animated/live-action feature film co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and the other actors that reprise for the movie. EuropaCorp produced the film, which is the third in Besson's Arthur series, following Arthur and the Invisibles and continuing Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard.
Following the second film of the series, Maltazard has assumed human size, and left Arthur in miniature. Accompanied by Selenia and Betameche, Arthur attempts to retrieve an enlarging potion from his house, which Maltazard seizes to enlarge his followers, whereafter Arthur returns to human form using an Elixir of Life given by a queen bee. Archibald convinces Darkos, Maltazard's son, to change sides, and enlarges him with a second potion. Arthur and Darkos then confront Maltazard, until Selenia and Betameche shrink Maltazard back to his Minimoy size and Arthur captures him, while the U.S. Army overcome Maltazard's forces. Maltazard thereafter remains a prisoner of Arthur's family.
During the credits Darkos sings David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel".
Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds received mixed to negative reviews. One critic deemed the film "A mild improvement over its two predecessors" and gave the film a score of 2/5.Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 20% approval rating based on 5 reviews, with a rating average of 4.8/10.
Arthur and the War of Two Worlds was not released theatrically in the US, due to the poor box office showing of Arthur and the Invisibles. Instead, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released it together with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard as a two-movie direct-to-video set on March 22, 2011, under the title Arthur and the Invisibles 2+3: The New Minimoy Adventures.
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