Name: Madagascar
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Released: 2005
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 27	#3	$13.95M		—	$13.95M	4,131	$3.4K	1
Sat May 28	#2	$17.86M	+28%	—	$31.81M	4,131	$4.3K	2
Sun May 29	#2	$15.42M	-14%	—	$47.22M	4,131	$3.7K	3
Mon May 30	#2	$13.79M	-11%	—	$61.01M	4,131	$3.3K	4
Tue May 31	#3	$3.83M	-72%	—	$64.85M	4,131	$928	5
Wed Jun 1	#2	$3.78M	-2%	—	$68.62M	4,131	$914	6
Thu Jun 2	#2	$3.64M	-4%	—	$72.27M	4,131	$882	7
Fri Jun 3	#2	$8.10M	+122%	-42%	$80.36M	4,142	$2.0K	8
Sat Jun 4	#1	$11.60M	+43%	-35%	$91.97M	4,142	$2.8K	9
Sun Jun 5	#1	$8.41M	-28%	-45%	$100.38M	4,142	$2.0K	10
Mon Jun 6	#1	$2.55M	-70%	-82%	$102.93M	4,142	$615	11
Tue Jun 7	#1	$2.67M	+5%	-30%	$105.60M	4,142	$645	12
Wed Jun 8	#1	$2.78M	+4%	-26%	$108.38M	4,142	$670	13
Thu Jun 9	#1	$2.86M	+3%	-22%	$111.23M	4,142	$689	14
Fri Jun 10	#2	$4.87M	+70%	-40%	$116.10M	3,929	$1.2K	15
Sat Jun 11	#2	$7.04M	+45%	-39%	$123.14M	3,929	$1.8K	16
Sun Jun 12	#2	$5.27M	-25%	-37%	$128.41M	3,929	$1.3K	17
Mon Jun 13	#2	$1.93M	-63%	-24%	$130.35M	3,929	$491	18
Tue Jun 14	#2	$1.95M	+1%	-27%	$132.29M	3,929	$495	19
Wed Jun 15	#3	$1.84M	-5%	-34%	$134.14M	3,929	$469	20
Thu Jun 16	#3	$1.96M	+6%	-31%	$136.09M	3,929	$498	21
Fri Jun 17	#3	$3.29M	+68%	-32%	$139.38M	3,533	$931	22
Sat Jun 18	#3	$4.24M	+29%	-40%	$143.62M	3,533	$1.2K	23
Sun Jun 19	#4	$3.21M	-24%	-39%	$146.83M	3,533	$907	24
Mon Jun 20	#3	$1.45M	-55%	-25%	$148.28M	3,533	$410	25
Tue Jun 21	#3	$1.48M	+2%	-24%	$149.77M	3,533	$420	26
Wed Jun 22	#4	$1.55M	+4%	-16%	$151.31M	3,533	$437	27
Thu Jun 23	#4	$1.44M	-7%	-26%	$152.76M	3,533	$408	28
Fri Jun 24	#6	$2.21M	+53%	-33%	$154.97M	2,948	$749	29
Sat Jun 25	#6	$2.92M	+32%	-31%	$157.89M	2,948	$990	30
Sun Jun 26	#6	$2.30M	-21%	-28%	$160.19M	2,948	$781	31
Mon Jun 27	#5	$1.24M	-46%	-15%	$161.43M	2,948	$419	32
Tue Jun 28	#5	$1.39M	+12%	-7%	$162.82M	2,948	$470	33
Wed Jun 29	#6	$1.31M	-6%	-15%	$164.12M	2,948	$443	34
Thu Jun 30	#6	$1.33M	+2%	-8%	$165.45M	2,948	$451	35
Fri Jul 1	#6	$1.82M	+37%	-18%	$167.25M	2,526	$720	36
Sat Jul 2	#6	$1.96M	+8%	-33%	$169.21M	2,526	$775	37
Sun Jul 3	#6	$1.67M	-15%	-28%	$170.87M	2,526	$659	38
Mon Jul 4	#6	$1.26M	-24%	+2%	$172.13M	2,526	$498	39
Tue Jul 5	#6	$1.03M	-18%	-26%	$173.16M	2,526	$407	40
Wed Jul 6	#6	$1.10M	+7%	-16%	$174.26M	2,526	$434	41
Thu Jul 7	#6	$993K	-10%	-25%	$175.25M	2,526	$393	42
Fri Jul 8	#8	$1.39M	+40%	-24%	$176.64M	2,162	$641	43
Sat Jul 9	#8	$1.57M	+13%	-20%	$178.21M	2,162	$727	44
Sun Jul 10	#8	$1.05M	-33%	-37%	$179.26M	2,162	$485	45
Mon Jul 11	#8	$547K	-48%	-56%	$179.81M	2,162	$253	46
Tue Jul 12	#8	$638K	+16%	-38%	$180.44M	2,162	$294	47
Wed Jul 13	#8	$675K	+6%	-38%	$181.12M	2,162	$312	48
Thu Jul 14	#8	$655K	-3%	-34%	$181.77M	2,162	$303	49
Fri Jul 15	#10	$614K	-6%	-56%	$182.39M	1,779	$345	50
Sat Jul 16	#10	$884K	+44%	-44%	$183.27M	1,779	$496	51
Sun Jul 17	#9	$810K	-8%	-23%	$184.08M	1,779	$455	52
Mon Jul 18	#10	$357K	-56%	-35%	$184.44M	1,779	$200	53
Tue Jul 19	#10	$376K	+5%	-41%	$184.82M	1,779	$211	54
Wed Jul 20	#10	$354K	-6%	-48%	$185.17M	1,779	$198	55
Thu Jul 21	#10	$370K	+5%	-44%	$185.53M	1,779	$207	56
Mon Sep 5	#22	$126K			$191.59M	453	$277	102
Mon Oct 10	#30	$30K			$193.17M	252	$118	137
Fri Jan 16		$82K			$193.68M	1,083	$76
Sat Jan 17		$171K	+108%		$193.85M	1,083	$158
Sun Jan 18		$149K	-13%		$194.00M	1,083	$137
Mon Jan 19		$202K	+36%		$194.20M	1,083	$186
Tue Jan 20		$38K	-81%		$194.24M	1,083	$35
Wed Jan 21		$25K	-34%		$194.26M	1,083	$23
Thu Jan 22		$21K	-18%		$194.28M	1,083	$19
Fri Jan 23		$2K	-89%	-97%	$194.29M	136	$17
Sat Jan 24		$11K	+369%	-94%	$194.30M	136	$81
Sun Jan 25		$2K	-83%	-99%	$194.30M	136	$13
Mon Jan 26		$665	-65%	-100%	$194.30M	136	$4
Tue Jan 27		$1K	+53%	-97%	$194.30M	136	$7
Wed Jan 28		$2K	+49%	-94%	$194.30M	136	$11
Thu Jan 29		$1K	-14%	-94%	$194.30M	136	$9

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 27-29	3	$47.22M	—	$47.22M	4,131	$11.4K	1
Jun 3-5	1	$28.11M	-40.5%	$100.38M	4,142	$6.8K	2
Jun 10-12	2	$17.18M	-38.9%	$128.41M	3,929	$4.4K	3
Jun 17-19	3	$10.74M	-37.5%	$146.83M	3,533	$3.0K	4
Jun 24-26	6	$7.43M	-30.8%	$160.19M	2,948	$2.5K	5
Jul 1-3	6	$5.44M	-26.8%	$170.87M	2,526	$2.2K	6
Jul 8-10	8	$4.01M	-26.3%	$179.26M	2,162	$1.9K	7
Jul 15-17	10	$2.31M	-42.4%	$184.08M	1,779	$1.3K	8
Jul 22-24	14	$1.20M	-48.0%	$186.73M	1,101	$1.1K	9
Jul 29-31	17	$565K	-52.9%	$188.24M	663	$852	10
Aug 5-7	19	$406K	-28.2%	$189.11M	489	$830	11
Aug 12-14	24	$330K	-18.7%	$189.79M	327	$1.0K	12
Aug 19-21	27	$252K	-23.7%	$190.25M	363	$693	13
Aug 26-28	21	$447K	+77.4%	$190.83M	483	$924	14
Sep 2-4	23	$451K	+1.0%	$191.47M	453	$995	15
Sep 9-11	26	$296K	-34.4%	$191.95M	373	$792	16
Sep 16-18	28	$273K	-7.7%	$192.34M	324	$842	17
Sep 23-25	26	$242K	-11.4%	$192.66M	323	$748	18
Sep 30-Oct 2	29	$186K	-23.0%	$192.93M	292	$638	19
Oct 7-9	36	$137K	-26.6%	$193.14M	252	$542	20

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byEric Darnell, Tom McGrath

ScreenplayEric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Billy Frolick, Mark Burton

Produced byMireille Soria

MusicHans Zimmer

Prod. DesignKendal Cronkhite

StarringBen Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer

StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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