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Arthur and the Minimoys (Arthur and the Invisibles in English-speaking territories) is a part-animated, part-live action feature film adaptation of the same-name, 2002 children's book and the 2003 sequel Arthur et la cit interdite / Arthur and the Forbidden City by filmmaker Luc Besson, who also directed the film. It premired in limited release in France on November 29, 2006, and received wide releases in a number of countries in the following weeks. In the U.S., it opened on December 29, 2006, for one week in Los Angeles, California, with a wider release on January 12, 2007 (February 2, 2007 in the UK).[1] The film was MGM's first theatrically-released animated film since 1996's All Dogs Go to Heaven 2.<br />
With a budget of 65,000,000, Arthur and the Minimoys was the most expensive French film production until Asterix at the Olympic Games.[2]<br />
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