Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (French: Arthur 3 : La Guerre des deux mondes) is a 2010 English-language French fantasy animated/live-action directed and co-written by Luc Besson. It is based on the fourth book of the Arthur children's books series by Besson. It is the sequel to Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) and the third installment in the Arthur film series. The film was shot back-to-back with the previous installment.
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French | Arthur 3 : La Guerre des deux mondes |
Directed by | Luc Besson |
Written by | Luc Besson Céline Garcia |
Based on | Arthur and the War of Two Worlds by Luc Besson |
Produced by | Luc Besson Stéphane Lecomte Emmanuel Prévost |
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Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
Music by | Éric Serra |
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Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | English |
Budget | €65 million[1] ($91 million) |
Box office | $30,698,619[2] |
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds was released theatrically in France on 13 October 2010 by EuropaCorp. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office success in France. However, following its two predecessor's under-performance at the box-office internationally, the film generated huge losses for EuropaCorp.[3]
It is the last installment in the main series. A spin-off, Arthur, malédiction, was released in France in 2022.
Picking up after the second film, Maltazard has assumed human size, and left Arthur in miniature. Accompanied by Princess Selenia and her brother, Prince 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.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 20% based on reviews from 5 critics.[4]
David Nusiar of Reelfilm.com called the film "A mild improvement over its two predecessors" and gave it a score of 2 out of 5.[5]
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