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Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaFollow

2008 • PG • 1h 29m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • DreamWorks

Still together, still lost.

🍅 64% 66%

61

3.26

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$63.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$180.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$599.70M

$419.50M international

Domestic legs2.86x

Budget$150M

2008 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full McGrath filmography

Tom McGrath

Tom McGrath Director

Eric Darnell

Eric Darnell Director

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Chris Rock

Chris Rock Starring

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer Starring

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith Starring

ScreenplayTom McGrath, Eric Darnell, Etan Cohen Produced byMark Swift, Mireille Soria MusicHans Zimmer & will.i.am Prod. DesignKendal Cronkhite StudioDreamWorks SeriesMadagascar

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 7-9 1 $63.1M — 4,056 $15,558 $63.1M

2 Nov 14-16 2 $35.0M −44.5% 4,065 $8,614 $116.9M

3 Nov 21-23 4 $15.7M −55.3% 4,007 $3,908 $137.1M

4 Nov 28-30 6 $14.2M −9.3% 3,709 $3,830 $159.1M

5 Dec 5-7 6 $5.1M −64.3% 3,317 $1,531 $165.7M

6 Dec 12-14 8 $3.2M −37.4% 2,768 $1,149 $169.9M

7 Dec 19-21 12 $1.6M −50.7% 2,007 $782 $172.4M

8 Dec 26-28 20 $923.0K −41.2% 808 $1,142 $174.9M

9 Jan 2-4 22 $958.4K +3.8% 707 $1,355 $177.0M

10 Jan 9-11 26 $319.3K −66.7% 375 $851 $177.5M

11 Jan 16-18 27 $528.8K +65.6% 334 $1,583 $178.1M

12 Jan 23-25 27 $509.4K −3.7% 303 $1,681 $178.9M

13 Jan 30-Feb 1 29 $326.5K −35.9% 275 $1,187 $179.3M

14 Feb 6-8 31 $247.1K −24.3% 240 $1,029 $179.6M

15 Feb 13-15 39 $155.6K −37.0% 182 $855 $179.8M

16 Feb 20-22 43 $97.8K −37.1% 151 $647 $180.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 7 #1 $17.6M — $17.6M 4,056 $4,328 1

Sat Nov 8 #1 $27.5M +57% $45.1M 4,056 $6,787 2

Sun Nov 9 #1 $18.0M −35% $63.1M 4,056 $4,442 3

Mon Nov 10 #1 $5.1M −71% $68.3M 4,056 $1,268 4

Tue Nov 11 #1 $9.8M +90% $78.0M 4,056 $2,411 5

Wed Nov 12 #1 $1.9M −80% $79.9M 4,056 $471 6

Thu Nov 13 #1 $1.9M +1% $81.9M 4,056 $478 7

Fri Nov 14 #2 $8.1M +320% −54% $90.0M 4,065 $2,004 8

Sat Nov 15 #2 $16.9M +107% −39% $106.9M 4,065 $4,153 9

Sun Nov 16 #2 $10.0M −41% −45% $116.9M 4,065 $2,456 10

Mon Nov 17 #2 $1.2M −88% −77% $118.1M 4,065 $286 11

Tue Nov 18 #2 $1.2M +2% −88% $119.3M 4,065 $292 12

Wed Nov 19 #2 $1.1M −10% −44% $120.3M 4,065 $263 13

Thu Nov 20 #2 $1.1M +4% −42% $121.4M 4,065 $274 14

Fri Nov 21 #4 $3.7M +234% −54% $125.2M 4,007 $929 15

Sat Nov 22 #4 $7.3M +96% −57% $132.5M 4,007 $1,823 16

Sun Nov 23 #4 $4.6M −37% −54% $137.1M 4,007 $1,154 17

Mon Nov 24 #4 $1.2M −75% +1% $138.3M 4,007 $294 18

Tue Nov 25 #4 $1.6M +37% +36% $139.9M 4,007 $404 19

Wed Nov 26 #6 $2.7M +69% +156% $142.6M 3,709 $738 20

Thu Nov 27 #7 $2.2M −19% +98% $144.9M 3,709 $595 21

Fri Nov 28 #6 $5.7M +156% +52% $150.5M 3,709 $1,526 22

Sat Nov 29 #6 $5.5M −2% −24% $156.1M 3,709 $1,491 23

Sun Nov 30 #6 $3.0M −46% −35% $159.1M 3,709 $812 24

Mon Dec 1 #7 $460.8K −85% −61% $159.5M 3,709 $124 25

Tue Dec 2 #7 $377.3K −18% −77% $159.9M 3,709 $101 26

Wed Dec 3 #7 $331.6K −12% −88% $160.2M 3,709 $89 27

Thu Dec 4 #7 $338.7K +2% −85% $160.6M 3,709 $91 28

Fri Dec 5 #8 $1.3M +273% −78% $161.8M 3,317 $380 29

Sat Dec 6 #6 $2.3M +84% −58% $164.2M 3,317 $700 30

Sun Dec 7 #6 $1.5M −36% −51% $165.7M 3,317 $449 31

Mon Dec 8 #8 $323.9K −78% −30% $166.0M 3,317 $97 32

Tue Dec 9 #8 $255.1K −21% −32% $166.2M 3,317 $76 33

Wed Dec 10 #8 $259.7K +2% −22% $166.5M 3,317 $78 34

Thu Dec 11 #8 $263.5K +1% −22% $166.8M 3,317 $79 35

Fri Dec 12 #8 $717.2K +172% −43% $167.5M 2,768 $259 36

Sat Dec 13 #7 $1.5M +114% −34% $169.0M 2,768 $555 37

Sun Dec 14 #7 $926.4K −40% −38% $169.9M 2,768 $334 38

Mon Dec 15 #12 $188.0K −80% −42% $170.1M 2,768 $67 39

Tue Dec 16 #11 $215.1K +14% −16% $170.3M 2,768 $77 40

Wed Dec 17 #11 $222.6K +3% −14% $170.6M 2,768 $80 41

Thu Dec 18 #9 $259.4K +17% −2% $170.8M 2,768 $93 42

Fri Dec 19 #13 $363.1K +40% −49% $171.2M 2,007 $180 43

Sat Dec 20 #12 $675.8K +86% −56% $171.9M 2,007 $336 44

Sun Dec 21 #12 $530.8K −21% −43% $172.4M 2,007 $264 45

Mon Dec 22 #9 $515.1K −3% +174% $172.9M 2,007 $256 46

Tue Dec 23 #9 $530.5K +3% +147% $173.4M 2,007 $264 47

Wed Dec 24 #10 $350.8K −34% +58% $173.8M 2,007 $174 48

Thu Dec 25 $150.9K −57% −42% $173.9M 808 $186 49

Fri Dec 26 $286.6K +90% −21% $174.2M 808 $354 50

Sat Dec 27 $347.6K +21% −49% $174.6M 808 $430 51

Sun Dec 28 $288.8K −17% −46% $174.9M 808 $357 52

Mon Dec 29 $270.2K −6% −48% $175.1M 808 $334 53

Tue Dec 30 $300.7K +11% −43% $175.4M 808 $372 54

Wed Dec 31 $254.6K −15% −27% $175.7M 808 $315 55

Thu Jan 1 $370.5K +46% +145% $176.1M 808 $458 56

Fri Jan 2 $377.6K +2% +32% $176.4M 707 $534 57

Sat Jan 3 $348.6K −8% n/c $176.8M 707 $493 58

Sun Jan 4 $232.2K −33% −20% $177.0M 707 $328 59

Mon Jan 5 $64.6K −72% −76% $177.1M 707 $91 60

Tue Jan 6 $33.9K −48% −89% $177.1M 707 $47 61

Wed Jan 7 $31.2K −8% −88% $177.1M 707 $44 62

Thu Jan 8 $29.7K −5% −92% $177.2M 707 $42 63

Fri Jan 9 $51.4K +73% −86% $177.2M 375 $136 64

Sat Jan 10 $159.0K +210% −54% $177.4M 375 $424 65

Sun Jan 11 $108.9K −32% −53% $177.5M 375 $290 66

Mon Jan 12 $19.5K −82% −70% $177.5M 375 $52 67

Tue Jan 13 $17.9K −8% −47% $177.5M 375 $47 68

Wed Jan 14 $15.8K −12% −49% $177.5M 375 $42 69

Thu Jan 15 $18.4K +16% −38% $177.6M 375 $49 70

Fri Jan 16 $119.3K +549% +132% $177.7M 334 $357 71

Sat Jan 17 $244.2K +105% +54% $177.9M 334 $731 72

Sun Jan 18 $165.3K −32% +52% $178.1M 334 $494 73

Mon Jan 19 #25 $158.7K −4% +713% $178.3M 334 $475 74

Tue Jan 20 $32.5K −80% +81% $178.3M 334 $97 75

Wed Jan 21 $27.2K −16% +73% $178.3M 334 $81 76

Thu Jan 22 $30.0K +10% +63% $178.3M 334 $89 77

Fri Jan 23 $103.9K +246% −13% $178.4M 303 $342 78

Sat Jan 24 $263.3K +154% +8% $178.7M 303 $869 79

Sun Jan 25 $142.3K −46% −14% $178.9M 303 $469 80

Mon Jan 26 $26.1K −82% −84% $178.9M 303 $86 81

Tue Jan 27 $22.6K −13% −30% $178.9M 303 $74 82

Wed Jan 28 $25.4K +12% −7% $178.9M 303 $83 83

Thu Jan 29 $27.8K +10% −7% $179.0M 303 $91 84

Fri Jan 30 $85.4K +207% −18% $179.0M 275 $310 85

Sat Jan 31 $171.4K +101% −35% $179.2M 275 $623 86

Sun Feb 1 $69.8K −59% −51% $179.3M 275 $253 87

Mon Feb 2 $19.7K −72% −25% $179.3M 275 $71 88

Tue Feb 3 $18.7K −5% −18% $179.3M 275 $67 89

Wed Feb 4 $18.9K +1% −25% $179.3M 275 $68 90

Thu Feb 5 $19.9K +5% −28% $179.4M 275 $72 91

Fri Feb 6 $58.4K +193% −32% $179.4M 240 $243 92

Sat Feb 7 $119.8K +105% −30% $179.5M 240 $499 93

Sun Feb 8 $68.9K −43% −1% $179.6M 240 $287 94

Mon Feb 9 $12.8K −81% −35% $179.6M 240 $53 95

Tue Feb 10 $10.6K −17% −43% $179.6M 240 $44 96

Wed Feb 11 $10.1K −5% −47% $179.6M 240 $42 97

Thu Feb 12 $12.9K +27% −35% $179.7M 240 $53 98

Fri Feb 13 $32.4K +152% −45% $179.7M 182 $177 99

Sat Feb 14 $74.1K +129% −38% $179.8M 182 $407 100

Sun Feb 15 $49.2K −34% −29% $179.8M 182 $270 101

Mon Feb 16 #36 $42.8K −13% +233% $179.9M 182 $234 102

Tue Feb 17 $11.5K −73% +9% $179.9M 182 $63 103

Wed Feb 18 $11.3K −2% +12% $179.9M 182 $62 104

Thu Feb 19 $11.1K −2% −14% $179.9M 182 $60 105

Fri Feb 20 $23.0K +107% −29% $179.9M 151 $152 106

Sat Feb 21 $45.0K +96% −39% $180.0M 151 $297 107

Sun Feb 22 $29.9K −34% −39% $180.0M 151 $197 108

Mon Feb 23 $6.0K −80% −86% $180.0M 151 $39 109

Tue Feb 24 $6.9K +15% −40% $180.0M 151 $45 110

Wed Feb 25 $6.9K −1% −39% $180.0M 151 $45 111

Thu Feb 26 $8.1K +18% −27% $180.0M 151 $53 112

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

Cumulative total$177.6M

Nov 7Nov 24Dec 12Dec 29Jan 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $319.3K

$63.1M

$35.0M

$15.7M

$14.2M

$5.1M

$3.2M

$1.6M

$923.0K

$958.4K

$319.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,065 → 375 −90.8%

4,056 open375 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −66.7%

−44.5%

W1→2

−55.3%

W2→3

−9.3%

W3→4

−64.3%

W4→5

−37.4%

W5→6

−50.7%

W6→7

−41.2%

W7→8

+3.8%

W8→9

−66.7%

W9→10

Steepest −66.7%Biggest gain +3.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Nov 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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