Penguins of Madagascar
When three daring penguins hijack Fort Knox for a birthday treat, they’re captured by a vengeful octopus mastermind and must outwit him to save their friend and prove their worth.
“The movie event that will blow their cover.”
Synopsis
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private collaborate with the covert group known as The North Wind to thwart Dr. Octavius Brine’s plan to destroy the world.
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A crew of 52+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Nick KenwayScored by Lorne BalfeDesigned by Shannon Jeffries
Box Office
2014 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$373.5M
US & Canada: $83.9M — 22% of worldwide · International: $289.7M (78%)
Opening weekend: $10.0M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $10.0M — 12% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 3,654 theaters
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Die Pinguine aus Madagascarde
- The Penguins of Madagascaren
- Los pingüinos de Madagascares
- Les Pingouins de Madagascarfr
- I pinguini di Madagascarit
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Cast & Crew
52 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tom Mcgrath
as Skipper
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Agent Classified
Ken Jeong
as Short Fuse
Annet Mahendru
as Eva
Peter Stormare
as Corporal
Conrad Vernon
as Rico
John Malkovich
as Dave
Andy Richter
as Mort
Chris Miller
as Kowalski
Christopher Knights
as Private
Chris Miller Nm1844237
as Kowalski
Tom Mcgrath Nm0569891
as Skipper
Supporting cast
25Danny Jacobs
as King Julien (voice)
Werner Herzog
as Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
Sean Charmatz
as Cricket (voice)
Billy Eichner
as New York Reporter (voice)
Stephen Kearin
as Pilot / Aquarium Employee (voice)
Ava Acres
as Girl at Zoo (voice)
Kelly Cooney Cilella
as Mermaid Penguin (voice)
Susan Fitzer
as Antarctic Penguin (voice)
Chris Sanders
as Antarctic Penguin (voice)
Emily Nordwind
as Antarctic Penguin (voice)
Mike Mitchell
as Antarctic Penguin (voice)
Hope Levy
as Antarctic Penguin / Woman at Aquarium (voice)
Walt Dohrn
as Antarctic Penguin (voice)
Jim Pirri
as Gondolier (voice)
Elizabeth Pan
as Shanghai TV Reporter (voice)
Jeff Fischer
as Security System Voice (voice)
Stephen Apostolina
as Penguin Prisoner (voice)
Al Rodrigo
as Penguin Fan (voice)
Steve Alterman
as Aquarium Announcer (voice)
Carter Hastings
as Boy at Aquarium (voice)
Cullen Mccarthy
as Boy at Zoo (voice)
Nicholas Guest
as Flight Attendant (voice)
Adriano Aragon
as Angry Man (voice)
Lynnanne Zager
as Computer Voice (voice)
Angie Wu
as Girl with Snow Globe (voice)
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3Other crew
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