Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted backdrop

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted movie poster

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 35m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks

They have one shot to get back home.

🍅 78% 72%

60

3.13

6.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$60.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$216.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$746.90M

$530.50M international

Domestic legs3.59x

Budget$145M

2012 rank#10

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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, Noah Baumbach Produced byMireille Soria, Mark Swift MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignKendal Cronkhite StudioDreamWorks SeriesMadagascar

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 8-10 1 $60.3M — 4,258 $14,165 $60.3M

2 Jun 15-17 1 $34.1M −43.5% 4,263 $7,988 $119.0M

3 Jun 22-24 2 $19.7M −42.1% 3,920 $5,028 $157.1M

4 Jun 29-Jul 1 5 $11.8M −39.9% 3,715 $3,187 $180.0M

5 Jul 6-8 7 $7.5M −36.5% 2,861 $2,628 $195.9M

6 Jul 13-15 10 $3.7M −51.2% 2,285 $1,605 $203.9M

7 Jul 20-22 11 $1.4M −63.2% 1,261 $1,071 $207.6M

8 Jul 27-29 14 $900.6K −33.3% 808 $1,114 $209.6M

9 Aug 3-5 17 $587.5K −34.8% 504 $1,165 $210.9M

10 Aug 10-12 19 $421.4K −28.3% 306 $1,377 $211.7M

11 Aug 17-19 18 $708.0K +68.0% 406 $1,743 $212.7M

12 Aug 24-26 17 $605.8K −14.4% 374 $1,619 $213.7M

13 Aug 31-Sep 2 24 $630.2K +4.0% 505 $1,247 $214.5M

14 Sep 7-9 25 $381.0K −39.5% 345 $1,104 $215.2M

15 Sep 14-16 30 $289.0K −24.1% 306 $944 $215.6M

16 Sep 21-23 33 $223.7K −22.6% 240 $931 $215.9M

17 Sep 28-30 35 $149.2K −33.3% 203 $734 $216.1M

18 Oct 5-7 38 $101.5K −32.0% 155 $654 $216.2M

19 Oct 12-14 38 $86.6K −14.6% 122 $710 $216.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 8 #2 $20.7M — $20.7M 4,258 $4,849 1

Sat Jun 9 #1 $22.6M +9% $43.2M 4,258 $5,300 2

Sun Jun 10 #1 $17.1M −24% $60.3M 4,258 $4,015 3

Mon Jun 11 #1 $6.3M −63% $66.6M 4,258 $1,486 4

Tue Jun 12 #1 $7.1M +13% $73.8M 4,258 $1,676 5

Wed Jun 13 #1 $5.8M −19% $79.5M 4,258 $1,351 6

Thu Jun 14 #1 $5.4M −6% $85.0M 4,258 $1,270 7

Fri Jun 15 #1 $10.0M +85% −51% $95.0M 4,263 $2,353 8

Sat Jun 16 #1 $13.3M +33% −41% $108.3M 4,263 $3,130 9

Sun Jun 17 #1 $10.7M −20% −38% $119.0M 4,263 $2,504 10

Mon Jun 18 #1 $4.4M −59% −31% $123.4M 4,263 $1,027 11

Tue Jun 19 #1 $5.0M +15% −30% $128.4M 4,263 $1,180 12

Wed Jun 20 #1 $4.5M −10% −22% $132.9M 4,263 $1,058 13

Thu Jun 21 #1 $4.4M −1% −18% $137.4M 4,263 $1,042 14

Fri Jun 22 #3 $6.2M +39% −38% $143.6M 3,920 $1,576 15

Sat Jun 23 #2 $7.8M +26% −42% $151.3M 3,920 $1,980 16

Sun Jun 24 #2 $5.8M −26% −46% $157.1M 3,920 $1,471 17

Mon Jun 25 #2 $3.1M −47% −30% $160.1M 3,920 $781 18

Tue Jun 26 #2 $3.2M +5% −36% $163.4M 3,920 $816 19

Wed Jun 27 #2 $2.4M −24% −46% $165.8M 3,920 $618 20

Thu Jun 28 #2 $2.4M n/c −46% $168.2M 3,920 $617 21

Fri Jun 29 #5 $3.6M +49% −42% $171.8M 3,715 $971 22

Sat Jun 30 #5 $4.7M +29% −40% $176.5M 3,715 $1,252 23

Sun Jul 1 #5 $3.6M −23% −38% $180.0M 3,715 $962 24

Mon Jul 2 #5 $2.0M −44% −35% $182.0M 3,715 $535 25

Tue Jul 3 #6 $2.2M +9% −32% $184.2M 3,715 $582 26

Wed Jul 4 #6 $2.4M +9% −2% $186.6M 3,715 $636 27

Thu Jul 5 #7 $1.8M −22% −24% $188.4M 3,715 $493 28

Fri Jul 6 #8 $2.4M +29% −35% $190.7M 2,861 $825 29

Sat Jul 7 #7 $3.1M +30% −34% $193.8M 2,861 $1,069 30

Sun Jul 8 #7 $2.1M −31% −41% $195.9M 2,861 $732 31

Mon Jul 9 #8 $942.2K −55% −53% $196.8M 2,861 $329 32

Tue Jul 10 #7 $1.3M +36% −41% $198.1M 2,861 $448 33

Wed Jul 11 #7 $1.1M −17% −55% $199.2M 2,861 $373 34

Thu Jul 12 #6 $1.0M −3% −44% $200.2M 2,861 $361 35

Fri Jul 13 #9 $1.1M +3% −55% $201.3M 2,285 $467 36

Sat Jul 14 #9 $1.5M +37% −52% $202.8M 2,285 $638 37

Sun Jul 15 #8 $1.1M −22% −45% $203.9M 2,285 $500 38

Mon Jul 16 #9 $500.2K −56% −47% $204.4M 2,285 $218 39

Tue Jul 17 #8 $740.1K +48% −42% $205.1M 2,285 $323 40

Wed Jul 18 #8 $588.4K −20% −45% $205.7M 2,285 $257 41

Thu Jul 19 #8 $545.3K −7% −47% $206.3M 2,285 $238 42

Fri Jul 20 #10 $457.1K −16% −57% $206.7M 1,261 $362 43

Sat Jul 21 #11 $505.3K +11% −65% $207.2M 1,261 $400 44

Sun Jul 22 #10 $388.6K −23% −66% $207.6M 1,261 $308 45

Mon Jul 23 #11 $220.8K −43% −56% $207.8M 1,261 $175 46

Tue Jul 24 #10 $300.8K +36% −59% $208.1M 1,261 $238 47

Wed Jul 25 #10 $224.2K −25% −62% $208.4M 1,261 $177 48

Thu Jul 26 #8 $298.3K +33% −45% $208.7M 1,261 $236 49

Fri Jul 27 $266.1K −11% −42% $208.9M 808 $329 50

Sat Jul 28 $353.9K +33% −30% $209.3M 808 $438 51

Sun Jul 29 $280.6K −21% −28% $209.6M 808 $347 52

Mon Jul 30 $138.8K −51% −37% $209.7M 808 $171 53

Tue Jul 31 #11 $193.4K +39% −36% $209.9M 808 $239 54

Wed Aug 1 #11 $190.5K −2% −15% $210.1M 808 $235 55

Thu Aug 2 #11 $171.1K −10% −43% $210.3M 808 $211 56

Fri Aug 3 $161.0K −6% −40% $210.4M 504 $319 57

Sat Aug 4 $223.6K +39% −37% $210.6M 504 $443 58

Sun Aug 5 $203.0K −9% −28% $210.9M 504 $402 59

Mon Aug 6 $101.8K −50% −27% $211.0M 504 $201 60

Tue Aug 7 $115.0K +13% −41% $211.1M 504 $228 61

Wed Aug 8 $91.8K −20% −52% $211.2M 504 $182 62

Thu Aug 9 $103.8K +13% −39% $211.3M 504 $206 63

Fri Aug 10 $134.2K +29% −17% $211.4M 306 $438 64

Sat Aug 11 $171.4K +28% −23% $211.6M 306 $560 65

Sun Aug 12 $115.8K −32% −43% $211.7M 306 $378 66

Mon Aug 13 $64.6K −44% −36% $211.8M 306 $211 67

Tue Aug 14 $98.5K +52% −14% $211.8M 306 $321 68

Wed Aug 15 $68.1K −31% −26% $211.9M 306 $222 69

Thu Aug 16 $59.3K −13% −43% $212.0M 306 $193 70

Fri Aug 17 $204.8K +245% +53% $212.2M 406 $504 71

Sat Aug 18 $290.5K +42% +70% $212.5M 406 $715 72

Sun Aug 19 $212.7K −27% +84% $212.7M 406 $523 73

Mon Aug 20 $94.6K −56% +46% $212.8M 406 $232 74

Tue Aug 21 $124.1K +31% +26% $212.9M 406 $305 75

Wed Aug 22 $91.2K −27% +34% $213.0M 406 $224 76

Thu Aug 23 $88.7K −3% +50% $213.1M 406 $218 77

Fri Aug 24 #17 $167.8K +89% −18% $213.3M 374 $448 78

Sat Aug 25 #17 $261.8K +56% −10% $213.5M 374 $699 79

Sun Aug 26 #17 $176.2K −33% −17% $213.7M 374 $471 80

Mon Aug 27 $53.8K −69% −43% $213.7M 374 $143 81

Tue Aug 28 $65.4K +22% −47% $213.8M 374 $174 82

Wed Aug 29 $50.6K −23% −44% $213.9M 374 $135 83

Thu Aug 30 $50.5K n/c −43% $213.9M 374 $135 84

Fri Aug 31 $133.2K +164% −21% $214.0M 505 $263 85

Sat Sep 1 $249.9K +88% −5% $214.3M 505 $494 86

Sun Sep 2 $247.1K −1% +40% $214.5M 505 $489 87

Mon Sep 3 $232.9K −6% +333% $214.8M 505 $461 88

Tue Sep 4 $41.3K −82% −37% $214.8M 505 $81 89

Wed Sep 5 $23.7K −43% −53% $214.8M 505 $47 90

Thu Sep 6 $21.6K −9% −57% $214.9M 505 $42 91

Fri Sep 7 $79.1K +267% −41% $214.9M 345 $229 92

Sat Sep 8 $191.2K +142% −24% $215.1M 345 $554 93

Sun Sep 9 $110.7K −42% −55% $215.2M 345 $320 94

Mon Sep 10 $16.8K −85% −93% $215.3M 345 $48 95

Tue Sep 11 $21.3K +27% −48% $215.3M 345 $61 96

Wed Sep 12 $18.5K −13% −22% $215.3M 345 $53 97

Thu Sep 13 $18.4K −1% −15% $215.3M 345 $53 98

Fri Sep 14 $65.5K +256% −17% $215.4M 306 $214 99

Sat Sep 15 $138.7K +112% −27% $215.5M 306 $453 100

Sun Sep 16 $84.9K −39% −23% $215.6M 306 $277 101

Mon Sep 17 $18.5K −78% +10% $215.6M 306 $60 102

Tue Sep 18 $18.2K −1% −14% $215.6M 306 $59 103

Wed Sep 19 $16.2K −11% −13% $215.7M 306 $52 104

Thu Sep 20 $15.6K −4% −15% $215.7M 306 $50 105

Fri Sep 21 $50.5K +224% −23% $215.7M 240 $210 106

Sat Sep 22 $107.1K +112% −23% $215.8M 240 $446 107

Sun Sep 23 $66.0K −38% −22% $215.9M 240 $275 108

Mon Sep 24 $10.6K −84% −43% $215.9M 240 $43 109

Tue Sep 25 $13.7K +30% −25% $215.9M 240 $57 110

Wed Sep 26 $15.5K +13% −4% $215.9M 240 $64 111

Thu Sep 27 $10.9K −29% −30% $215.9M 240 $45 112

Fri Sep 28 $33.5K +206% −34% $216.0M 203 $164 113

Sat Sep 29 $70.9K +112% −34% $216.1M 203 $349 114

Sun Sep 30 $44.8K −37% −32% $216.1M 203 $220 115

Mon Oct 1 $7.1K −84% −33% $216.1M 203 $35 116

Tue Oct 2 $11.0K +54% −20% $216.1M 203 $54 117

Wed Oct 3 $8.4K −23% −46% $216.1M 203 $41 118

Thu Oct 4 $9.4K +12% −14% $216.1M 203 $46 119

Fri Oct 5 $23.2K +147% −31% $216.2M 155 $149 120

Sat Oct 6 $45.9K +98% −35% $216.2M 155 $296 121

Sun Oct 7 $32.3K −30% −28% $216.2M 155 $208 122

Mon Oct 8 $19.6K −39% +176% $216.3M 155 $126 123

Tue Oct 9 $9.4K −52% −15% $216.3M 155 $60 124

Wed Oct 10 $7.7K −18% −9% $216.3M 155 $49 125

Thu Oct 11 $9.7K +27% +3% $216.3M 155 $62 126

Fri Oct 12 $19.7K +103% −15% $216.3M 122 $161 127

Sat Oct 13 $39.7K +102% −13% $216.3M 122 $325 128

Sun Oct 14 $27.2K −32% −16% $216.4M 122 $222 129

Mon Oct 15 $5.5K −80% −72% $216.4M 122 $44 130

Tue Oct 16 $4.9K −10% −48% $216.4M 122 $40 131

Wed Oct 17 $5.2K +5% −32% $216.4M 122 $42 132

Thu Oct 18 $9.2K +78% −5% $216.4M 122 $75 133

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

Cumulative total$212.0M

Jun 8Jun 25Jul 13Jul 30Aug 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $421.4K

$60.3M

$34.1M

$19.7M

$11.8M

$7.5M

$3.7M

$1.4M

$900.6K

$587.5K

$421.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,263 → 306 −92.8%

4,258 open306 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.3%

−43.5%

W1→2

−42.1%

W2→3

−39.9%

W3→4

−36.5%

W4→5

−51.2%

W5→6

−63.2%

W6→7

−33.3%

W7→8

−34.8%

W8→9

−28.3%

W9→10

Steepest −63.2%Best hold −28.3%

Run milestones

$200M in 35 days

$100M

Day 9

Jun 16

$200M

Day 35

Jul 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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