The Magic Crystal (2011 film)
| The Magic Crystal | |
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DVD cover | |
| Finnish | Maaginen kristalli |
| Directed by | Antti Haikala |
| Screenplay by | Antti Haikala Bob Swain Dan Wicksman Nuria Wicksman Alessandro Liggieri |
| Music by | Menno Van Riet |
Production companies | Epidem ZOT Aranéo Belgium Skyline Animation |
| Distributed by | Future Film (Finland) TF1 Enterprises (international) Atlas International Film (worldwide sales) |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Countries | Finland Belgium |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | €5,074,000 ($6,001,019.8) |
| Box office | €340,836 |
The Magic Crystal (Finnish: Maaginen kristalli), also released as Santa's Magic Crystal and The Elf that Rescued Christmas in the UK, is a 2011 computer-animated Christmas film directed by Antti Haikala from a screenplay by Haikala, Bob Swain, Dan Wicksman, Nuria Wicksman and Alessandro Liggieri. The film is part of a unified multimedia concept developed by Mikael Wahlfors, which also includes Andrew Bernhardt's Special Patrol children's books, the Italian-produced animated series Red Caps, and the mobile app World Polar Heroes. The Magic Crystal was produced by the Epidem ZOT, Aranéo and Skyline Animation.
It was released in Belgium on November 2, 2011 and on 18 of the same month in Finland; the film was a box office bomb, grossing $340,836 against a budget of €5,074,000 ($6,001,019.8).