The Three Musketeers is a 2011 period action-adventure film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. 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. 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.