Madagascar
“They weren't born in the wild... They were shipped there.”
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.
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Part of Madagascar Collection
3 films
Cast
20 people
Ben Stiller
Alex (voice)
Known for
Night at the Museum
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Chris Rock
Marty (voice)
Known for
Grown Ups
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
David Schwimmer
Melman (voice)
Known for
Friends
Band of Brothers
Jada Pinkett Smith
Gloria (voice)
Known for
Gotham
Collateral
Sacha Baron Cohen
King Julien (voice)
Known for
The Dictator
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Cedric the Entertainer
Maurice (voice)
Known for
Ice Age
Swapped
Andy Richter
Mort (voice)
Known for
Obsession
The Penguins of Madagascar
Tom McGrath
Skipper / Fossa / Panicky Man on Subway (voice)
Known for
Penguins of Madagascar
The Penguins of Madagascar
Christopher Knights
Private (voice)
Known for
Penguins of Madagascar
Shrek
Chris Miller
Kowalski (voice)
Known for
Penguins of Madagascar
Shrek
Conrad Vernon
Mason (voice)
Known for
Penguins of Madagascar
The Boss Baby
Eric Darnell
Zoo Announcer / Lemur #1 / Fossa / Subway Car Announcer (voice)
Eric Darnell Director · Tom McGrath Director Mark Burton Writer
Worldwide gross $542M · Budget $75M · United States release May 27, 2005
Box office
Budget
$75,000,000
Worldwide gross
$542,064,525
Gross vs. budget
7.2×
Production
Pacific Data Images
Production
DreamWorks Animation
Production · Studio
DreamWorks
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Portuguese · Spanish
Release dates
United States · May 15, 2005
Premiere · New York
United States · May 27, 2005
Theatrical
United States · November 15, 2005
Physical · DVD
United States
January 16, 2026 · Theatrical · re-release
Argentina
July 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Australia
June 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
September 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Canada
May 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Chile
July 7, 2005 · Theatrical
China
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Colombia
June 17, 2005 · Theatrical
Croatia
June 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Cyprus
August 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Ecuador
June 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Egypt
July 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Fiji
November 23, 2023 · Theatrical
Finland
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
France
June 12, 2005 · Premiere · Paris
June 22, 2005 · Theatrical
December 22, 2005 · Physical · DVD
November 19, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
February 24, 2016 · Digital
November 16, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
February 1, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Georgia
June 4, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
October 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
India
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
Indonesia
June 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
June 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
August 24, 2005 · Limited theatrical
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
August 16, 2023 · Digital
Japan
August 13, 2005 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Kenya
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Kuwait
July 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Latvia
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Lebanon
July 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Lithuania
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Madagascar
July 31, 2005 · Theatrical
Malaysia
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Maldives
November 23, 2023 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 17, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 15, 2005 · Theatrical
New Zealand
June 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Nigeria
June 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Norway
August 25, 2005 · Premiere · Haugesund Norwegian Film Festival
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Panama
July 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Peru
July 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
July 1, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 30, 2005 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
May 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Romania
July 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Russia
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Serbia
September 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 27, 2005 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Slovenia
September 1, 2005 · Theatrical
South Africa
July 1, 2005 · Theatrical
April 18, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Ster-Kinekor Throwback Cinema
South Korea
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
June 9, 2005 · Premiere · Madrid
June 17, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 6, 2005 · Theatrical · French
July 13, 2005 · Theatrical · German
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Togo
November 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Tunisia
December 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Türkiye
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Ukraine
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
July 6, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 3, 2005 · Premiere · London
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Uruguay
June 17, 2005 · Theatrical
Venezuela
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
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