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Penguins of Madagascar

Name: Penguins of Madagascar
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: 2014-11-22
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon, John Malkovich

Hollywood20141h 32mEnglishTop 22% of Hollywood budgets

57Standing

408th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 76
Return on budget: 47
Audience rating: 32
Momentum: 58

Out-grossed 76% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($374M).
Returned 2.8× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 58th percentile.
Audience rating 6.5 from 4,608 votes, the 32nd percentile.

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Cost: $132M
Took: $374M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 0.9 times what a typical release there does.

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The picture

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

Released: 22 November 2014
Runtime: 1h 32m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 23 credits

Tom McGrathSkipper (voice)
Chris MillerKowalski (voice)
Christopher KnightsPrivate (voice)
Conrad VernonRico (voice)
John MalkovichDave (voice)
Benedict CumberbatchClassified (voice)

Made by

Director: Simon J. Smith, Eric Darnell
Screenplay: Michael Colton, John Aboud, Brandon Sawyer
Original Music Composer: Lorne Balfe
Producer: Mark Swift, Lara Breay

Filed under

AdventureComedyAnimationFamily

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