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2005 • PG • 1h 26m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks Distribution

They weren't born in the wild... They were shipped there.

🍅 55% 67%

57

3.61

6.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$194.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$557.30M

$363.00M international

Domestic legs4.12x

Budget$75.0M

2005 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Darnell filmography

Eric Darnell

Eric Darnell Director

Tom McGrath

Tom McGrath Director

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Chris Rock

Chris Rock Starring

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer Starring

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith Starring

ScreenplayEric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Billy Frolick, Mark Burton Produced byMireille Soria MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignKendal Cronkhite StudioDreamWorks SeriesMadagascar

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 27-29 3 $47.2M — 4,131 $11,431 $47.2M

2 Jun 3-5 1 $28.1M −40.5% 4,142 $6,786 $100.4M

3 Jun 10-12 2 $17.2M −38.9% 3,929 $4,372 $128.4M

4 Jun 17-19 3 $10.7M −37.5% 3,533 $3,039 $146.8M

5 Jun 24-26 6 $7.4M −30.8% 2,948 $2,522 $160.2M

6 Jul 1-3 6 $5.4M −26.8% 2,526 $2,154 $170.9M

7 Jul 8-10 8 $4.0M −26.3% 2,162 $1,854 $179.3M

8 Jul 15-17 10 $2.3M −42.4% 1,779 $1,297 $184.1M

9 Jul 22-24 14 $1.2M −48.0% 1,101 $1,089 $186.7M

10 Jul 29-31 17 $565.1K −52.9% 663 $852 $188.2M

11 Aug 5-7 19 $406.1K −28.2% 489 $830 $189.1M

12 Aug 12-14 24 $330.0K −18.7% 327 $1,009 $189.8M

13 Aug 19-21 27 $251.8K −23.7% 363 $693 $190.3M

14 Aug 26-28 21 $446.6K +77.4% 483 $924 $190.8M

15 Sep 2-4 23 $451.1K +1.0% 453 $995 $191.5M

16 Sep 9-11 26 $295.7K −34.4% 373 $792 $192.0M

17 Sep 16-18 28 $273.1K −7.7% 324 $842 $192.3M

18 Sep 23-25 26 $241.9K −11.4% 323 $748 $192.7M

19 Sep 30-Oct 2 29 $186.3K −23.0% 292 $638 $192.9M

20 Oct 7-9 36 $136.7K −26.6% 252 $542 $193.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 27 #3 $13.9M — $13.9M 4,131 $3,376 1

Sat May 28 #2 $17.9M +28% $31.8M 4,131 $4,323 2

Sun May 29 #2 $15.4M −14% $47.2M 4,131 $3,732 3

Mon May 30 #2 $13.8M −11% $61.0M 4,131 $3,337 4

Tue May 31 #3 $3.8M −72% $64.8M 4,131 $928 5

Wed Jun 1 #2 $3.8M −2% $68.6M 4,131 $914 6

Thu Jun 2 #2 $3.6M −4% $72.3M 4,131 $882 7

Fri Jun 3 #2 $8.1M +122% −42% $80.4M 4,142 $1,954 8

Sat Jun 4 #1 $11.6M +43% −35% $92.0M 4,142 $2,801 9

Sun Jun 5 #1 $8.4M −28% −45% $100.4M 4,142 $2,030 10

Mon Jun 6 #1 $2.5M −70% −82% $102.9M 4,142 $615 11

Tue Jun 7 #1 $2.7M +5% −30% $105.6M 4,142 $645 12

Wed Jun 8 #1 $2.8M +4% −26% $108.4M 4,142 $670 13

Thu Jun 9 #1 $2.9M +3% −22% $111.2M 4,142 $689 14

Fri Jun 10 #2 $4.9M +70% −40% $116.1M 3,929 $1,239 15

Sat Jun 11 #2 $7.0M +45% −39% $123.1M 3,929 $1,792 16

Sun Jun 12 #2 $5.3M −25% −37% $128.4M 3,929 $1,341 17

Mon Jun 13 #2 $1.9M −63% −24% $130.3M 3,929 $491 18

Tue Jun 14 #2 $1.9M +1% −27% $132.3M 3,929 $495 19

Wed Jun 15 #3 $1.8M −5% −34% $134.1M 3,929 $469 20

Thu Jun 16 #3 $2.0M +6% −31% $136.1M 3,929 $498 21

Fri Jun 17 #3 $3.3M +68% −32% $139.4M 3,533 $931 22

Sat Jun 18 #3 $4.2M +29% −40% $143.6M 3,533 $1,200 23

Sun Jun 19 #4 $3.2M −24% −39% $146.8M 3,533 $907 24

Mon Jun 20 #3 $1.5M −55% −25% $148.3M 3,533 $410 25

Tue Jun 21 #3 $1.5M +2% −24% $149.8M 3,533 $420 26

Wed Jun 22 #4 $1.5M +4% −16% $151.3M 3,533 $437 27

Thu Jun 23 #4 $1.4M −7% −26% $152.8M 3,533 $408 28

Fri Jun 24 #6 $2.2M +53% −33% $155.0M 2,948 $749 29

Sat Jun 25 #6 $2.9M +32% −31% $157.9M 2,948 $990 30

Sun Jun 26 #6 $2.3M −21% −28% $160.2M 2,948 $781 31

Mon Jun 27 #5 $1.2M −46% −15% $161.4M 2,948 $419 32

Tue Jun 28 #5 $1.4M +12% −7% $162.8M 2,948 $470 33

Wed Jun 29 #6 $1.3M −6% −15% $164.1M 2,948 $443 34

Thu Jun 30 #6 $1.3M +2% −8% $165.5M 2,948 $451 35

Fri Jul 1 #6 $1.8M +37% −18% $167.2M 2,526 $720 36

Sat Jul 2 #6 $2.0M +8% −33% $169.2M 2,526 $775 37

Sun Jul 3 #6 $1.7M −15% −28% $170.9M 2,526 $659 38

Mon Jul 4 #6 $1.3M −24% +2% $172.1M 2,526 $498 39

Tue Jul 5 #6 $1.0M −18% −26% $173.2M 2,526 $407 40

Wed Jul 6 #6 $1.1M +7% −16% $174.3M 2,526 $434 41

Thu Jul 7 #6 $992.9K −10% −25% $175.3M 2,526 $393 42

Fri Jul 8 #8 $1.4M +40% −24% $176.6M 2,162 $641 43

Sat Jul 9 #8 $1.6M +13% −20% $178.2M 2,162 $727 44

Sun Jul 10 #8 $1.0M −33% −37% $179.3M 2,162 $485 45

Mon Jul 11 #8 $547.4K −48% −56% $179.8M 2,162 $253 46

Tue Jul 12 #8 $637.6K +16% −38% $180.4M 2,162 $294 47

Wed Jul 13 #8 $675.5K +6% −38% $181.1M 2,162 $312 48

Thu Jul 14 #8 $655.2K −3% −34% $181.8M 2,162 $303 49

Fri Jul 15 #10 $613.8K −6% −56% $182.4M 1,779 $345 50

Sat Jul 16 #10 $884.1K +44% −44% $183.3M 1,779 $496 51

Sun Jul 17 #9 $810.3K −8% −23% $184.1M 1,779 $455 52

Mon Jul 18 #10 $356.9K −56% −35% $184.4M 1,779 $200 53

Tue Jul 19 #10 $376.5K +5% −41% $184.8M 1,779 $211 54

Wed Jul 20 #10 $353.8K −6% −48% $185.2M 1,779 $198 55

Thu Jul 21 #10 $370.0K +5% −44% $185.5M 1,779 $207 56

Mon Sep 5 #22 $125.9K — $191.6M 453 $277 102

Mon Oct 10 #30 $29.9K — $193.2M 252 $118 137

Fri Jan 16 $82.5K — $193.7M 1,083 $76

Sat Jan 17 $171.3K +108% $193.8M 1,083 $158

Sun Jan 18 $148.9K −13% $194.0M 1,083 $137

Mon Jan 19 $201.8K +36% $194.2M 1,083 $186

Tue Jan 20 $38.4K −81% $194.2M 1,083 $35

Wed Jan 21 $25.2K −34% $194.3M 1,083 $23

Thu Jan 22 $20.7K −18% $194.3M 1,083 $19

Fri Jan 23 $2.4K −89% −97% $194.3M 136 $17

Sat Jan 24 $11.1K +369% −94% $194.3M 136 $81

Sun Jan 25 $1.9K −83% −99% $194.3M 136 $13

Mon Jan 26 $665 −65% −100% $194.3M 136 $4

Tue Jan 27 $1.0K +53% −97% $194.3M 136 $7

Wed Jan 28 $1.5K +49% −94% $194.3M 136 $11

Thu Jan 29 $1.3K −14% −94% $194.3M 136 $9

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$194.3M

May 27Jun 13Jul 1Jul 18Jan 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $565.1K

$47.2M

$28.1M

$17.2M

$10.7M

$7.4M

$5.4M

$4.0M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$565.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,142 → 136 −96.7%

4,131 open136 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.9%

−40.5%

W1→2

−38.9%

W2→3

−37.5%

W3→4

−30.8%

W4→5

−26.8%

W5→6

−26.3%

W6→7

−42.4%

W7→8

−48.0%

W8→9

−52.9%

W9→10

Steepest −52.9%Best hold −26.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Jun 5

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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