Madagascar
They weren't born in the wild... They were shipped there.
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.
- Director
- Eric Darnell
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $542M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Madagascar actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Madagascar returned 7.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $75M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $542M
- Release date
- May 25, 2005
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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