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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
· Movie
· 89 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #429
- IMDb #360
- Google retired #293
- Rotten Tomatoes #346
- Metacritic #262
- Letterboxd #392
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #368
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #336
- Metacritic Critics #243
- Metacritic Audience #260
- Criticker #258
- Douban #137
- Kinopoisk #214
- AlloCiné #365
- Trakt #366
Every rating
38–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 38, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The New York zoo animals' attempt to return home crash-lands in the wilds of Africa. They encounter species of their own kind for the first time. While the lion reunites with his pride, he must prove himself, and the others struggle to fit into their new, natural environment, missing their old life.
Details
- Directors
- Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
- Writers
- Eric Darnell, Etan Cohen, Tom McGrath
- Released
- 30 October 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $150.0M
- Box office
- $603.9M
- Awards
- 1 win, 4 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →1 win from 5 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2009 | Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Annie Award for Animated Effects in a Feature Production | Fangwei Lee | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2009 | Writing in a Feature Production | Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath | Nominee |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2009 | Favorite Animated Movie | Winner | |
| Visual Effects Society 2009 | Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Animated Movie | Winner |
Annie Awards
2 nominations
| Annie Award for Animated Effects in a Feature Production | Fangwei Lee | Nominee |
| Writing in a Feature Production | Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature | Nominee |