The Three Musketeers (2011 film)

The Three Musketeers
Promotional film poster
Directed byPaul W. S. Anderson
Written by
Based onThe Three Musketeers
1844 novel
by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGlen MacPherson
Edited byAlexander Berner
Music byPaul Haslinger
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 1 September 2011 (2011-09-01) (Germany)
  • 12 October 2011 (2011-10-12) (France/U.K.)
Running time
110 minutes[1]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million[3]
Box office$132.3 million[3]

The Three Musketeers is a 2011 period action-adventure film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and loosely based on Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel of the same title. It stars Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, Orlando Bloom, and Christoph Waltz. It is based on Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel of the same title with clock-punk elements.[4] The story follows Three Musketeers who must foil a plot against the king of France.

The film was released on September 1, 2011 in Germany, October 12, 2011 in the United Kingdom and France and October 21, 2011 in the United States, Canada and Australia. It grossed $132 million against a production budget of $75 million. It received negative critical reaction, with criticism of its writing, direction and characters.

  1. ^ "The Three Musketeers (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "The Three Musketeers (2011)". www2.bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The Three Musketeers (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  4. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. International Film Guide. p. 125. ISBN 978-1908215017.