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	45
Animation - Computer	41
IMAX (Feature-length)	80

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	214
All Time Worldwide	115
Yearly 2008	8
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	6
Yearly PG Rated 2008	2
Worldwide Yearly 2008	6
Opening Weeks	142
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends	81
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends	76
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops	29
Opening Day Gross	192
Single Day Gross	239
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	60
Single Day Friday Gross	221
Single Day Saturday Gross	94
Single Day Sunday Gross	134
Single Day Tuesday Gross	67
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	193
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	170
Opening Weekends	120
Opening Weekends - November	19
Opening Weekends - Holiday	26
Top 3-Day Grosses	116
Top 7-Day Grosses	151
Top 5-Day Grosses	127
Second Weekends	98
Fourth Weekends	91
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	329
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	668
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	976
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	2,323
Rated G and PG	75
Rated PG	59
Rated PG, Opening Weekends	29
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	33
Widest Releases	64
Widest Opening Releases	59
Widest PG Rated Openings	17
Widest PG Rated Releases	20
Fastest to $100 million	140
Fastest to $150 million	161
Slowest to $100 million	478
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	164
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	112
Thanksgiving 5-day Weekends Adjusted	92
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	70
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	101
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	152
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	79
Opening Weekends Adjusted - November	20
Opening Weekends Adjusted	130
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	28
Second Weekends Adjusted	136
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	164
Rated G and PG Adjusted	178
Rated PG Adjusted	132
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	25
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	32