March of the Penguins
“In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.”
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
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Part of March of the Penguins Collection
2 films
Cast
4 people
Luc Jacquet Director · Michel Fessler Screenplay Jordan Roberts Writer
Worldwide gross $127M · Budget $8M · United States release June 24, 2005
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$127,392,693
Gross vs. budget
15.9×
Production
National Geographic Films
Production
Bonne Pioche
Production
Wild Bunch
Production
APC
Production
French Polar Institute
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Alliance de Production Cinematographique (APC)
Production
Buena Vista International Film Production France
Production
L'Institut Polare Français Paul-Émile Victor
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Marche de l'empereur
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · January 21, 2005
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
France · January 26, 2005
Theatrical
United States · June 24, 2005
Limited theatrical
United States · November 29, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Argentina
March 11, 2006 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
May 11, 2006 · Theatrical
Armenia
May 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Australia
October 19, 2006 · Theatrical
Austria
October 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Belarus
May 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 21, 2005 · Premiere · Brasilia Film Festival
January 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
February 3, 2006 · Theatrical
Canada
May 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
October 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 10, 2006 · Theatrical
Estonia
December 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
September 16, 2005 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
December 2, 2005 · Theatrical
France
July 26, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Germany
October 13, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
November 20, 2005 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
November 4, 2005 · Premiere · Iceland International Film Festival
November 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
June 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
November 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
July 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
May 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Latvia
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Norway
January 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Panama
February 10, 2006 · Theatrical
Philippines
September 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Poland
October 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Russia
May 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 23, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
August 5, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 17, 2006 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 26, 2005 · Theatrical · French
October 6, 2005 · Theatrical · German
November 18, 2005 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 1, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 8, 2005 · Theatrical
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