Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Madagascar:
Escape 2 Africa

Domestic Total Gross: $180,010,950
Distributor: Paramount (DreamWorks)	Release Date: November 7, 2008
Genre: Animation	Runtime: 1 hrs. 29 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $150 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$180,010,950	29.8%
+ Foreign:	$423,889,404	70.2%

= Worldwide:	$603,900,354

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$63,106,589
(#1 rank, 4,056 theaters, $15,559 average)
% of Total Gross:	35.1%
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Widest Release:

4,065 theaters

Close Date:

February 26, 2009

In Release:

112 days / 16 weeks

The Players

Directors:	Eric Darnell Tom McGrath
Writers:	Etan Cohen Eric Darnell Tom McGrath
Actors:	Ben Stiller (Voice) Chris Rock (Voice) David Schwimmer (Voice) Jada Pinkett-Smith (Voice) Sacha Baron Cohen (Voice) Cedric the Entertainer (Voice) Andy Richter (Voice) Bernie Mac (Voice) Alec Baldwin (Voice) Tom McGrath* (Voice) Zachary Gordon* (Voice)
Producers:	Mireille Soria Mark Swift
Composer:	Hans Zimmer
* Denotes minor role

Genres

Genre	Rank
Animation	47
Animation - Computer	43
IMAX (Feature-length)	87

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Madagascar	3
Brand: DreamWorks Animation	11
Showdown: 'Kung Fu Panda 2' Versus Comps	5
Showdown: 'Madagascar' Melee	3
Showdown: Animated Films vs. 007	3
Showdown: DreamWorks Animation Vs. DreamWorks Animation ('Shrek'-Free)	6
Showdown: Fall DreamWorks Animation	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	224
All Time Worldwide	125
Yearly 2008	8
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	6
Yearly PG Rated 2008	2
Worldwide Yearly 2008	6
Opening Weeks	152
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends	83
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends	79
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops	31
Opening Day Gross	204
Single Day Gross	262
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	67
Single Day Friday Gross	238
Single Day Saturday Gross	103
Single Day Sunday Gross	147
Single Day Tuesday Gross	74
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	179
Opening Weekends	128
Opening Weekends - November	21
Opening Weekends - Holiday	29
Top 3-Day Grosses	124
Top 7-Day Grosses	162
Top 5-Day Grosses	137
Second Weekends	107
Fourth Weekends	95
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	344
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	689
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	1,002
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,364
Rated G and PG	78
Rated PG	62
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	30
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	34
Widest Releases	76
Widest Opening Releases	71
Widest PG Rated Openings	20
Widest PG Rated Releases	23
Fastest to $100 million	150
Fastest to $150 million	170
Slowest to $100 million	491
BOM Users' Grades (2008 Releases)	65
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 19, 2009)	116
Yearly (Wide) 2008	8
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2008	6
Opening Weeks Adjusted	173
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	114
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted	94
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	76
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	106
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	159
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	85
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November	21
Opening Weekends Adjusted	137
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	30
Second Weekends Adjusted	142
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	167
Rated G and PG Adjusted	181
Rated PG Adjusted	135
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	26
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	33