
Arthur becomes enamoured of a picture of Selenia, the princess of the Minimoys. Daisy entertains Arthur with stories of his grandfather's adventures in Africa, featuring the tall Bogo Matassalai and the minuscule Minimoys, of whom the latter now live in Archibald's garden, protecting a collection of rubies. His grandfather Archibald has recently gone missing and he sees little of his parents (who are away looking for work). In the year 1960, protagonist 10-year-old Arthur lives with his grandmother Daisy in a quiet farm house on a dirt road, in a small rural community in Northeastern Connecticut (based on Sterling). The movie's soundtrack album was released on January 9, 2007. The film received the Imagina Award in the category Prix du Long-Métrage. It was nevertheless successful enough in France and in the rest of the world to generate two sequels, Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard and Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds. The film received negative reviews from critics, and under-performed in the United States. With a budget of €60 million, Arthur and the Invisibles was briefly the most expensive French film production until surpassed by Astérix at the Olympic Games. In the United States, it opened on December 29, 2006, for one week in Los Angeles, California, with a wider release on Januand it was released in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2007. It premiered in limited release in France on November 29, 2006, and received wide releases in a number of countries in the following weeks.

Template:For Template:Infobox film Arthur and the Invisibles (French: Arthur et les Minimoys) is a 2006 English-language French adventure comedy fantasy animated/live-action film adaptation of the 2002 children's book Arthur and the Minimoys, and the 2003 sequel Arthur and the Forbidden City, written by filmmaker Luc Besson, who also directed the film.
