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Madagascar

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

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

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$194M
Final
Opening Weekend
$47.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.10x
Opening → Total
Budget
$75.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$542M
$348M international
2005 Rank
#9
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 27-29 3 $47.2M $47.2M 4,131 $11K 1
Jun 3-5 1 $28.1M -40.5% $100.4M 4,142 $7K 2
Jun 10-12 2 $17.2M -38.9% $128.4M 3,929 $4K 3
Jun 17-19 3 $10.7M -37.5% $146.8M 3,533 $3K 4
Jun 24-26 6 $7.4M -30.8% $160.2M 2,948 $3K 5
Jul 1-3 6 $5.4M -26.8% $170.9M 2,526 $2K 6
Jul 8-10 8 $4.0M -26.3% $179.3M 2,162 $2K 7
Jul 15-17 10 $2.3M -42.4% $184.1M 1,779 $1K 8
Jul 22-24 14 $1.2M -48.0% $186.7M 1,101 $1K 9
Jul 29-31 17 $565K -52.9% $188.2M 663 $852 10
Aug 5-7 19 $406K -28.2% $189.1M 489 $830 11
Aug 12-14 24 $330K -18.7% $189.8M 327 $1K 12
Aug 19-21 27 $252K -23.7% $190.3M 363 $693 13
Aug 26-28 Hurricane Katrina 21 $447K +77.4% $190.8M 483 $924 14
Sep 2-4 Hurricane Katrina 23 $451K +1.0% $191.5M 453 $995 15
Sep 9-11 Hurricane Katrina 26 $296K -34.4% $192.0M 373 $792 16
Sep 16-18 Hurricane Katrina 28 $273K -7.7% $192.3M 324 $842 17
Sep 23-25 Hurricane Katrina 26 $242K -11.4% $192.7M 323 $748 18
Sep 30-Oct 2 Hurricane Katrina 29 $186K -23.0% $192.9M 292 $638 19
Oct 7-9 36 $137K -26.6% $193.1M 252 $542 20

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byEric Darnell, Tom McGrath
ScreenplayEric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Billy Frolick, Mark Burton
StarringBen Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer
StudioDreamWorks Distribution