Penguins of Madagascar poster

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Penguins of Madagascar

2014 · Movie · 92 min
C

MEANRANK

67/100

Averaged across 12 ratings · 788.7K votes

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39–94 out of 100

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The penguin quartet—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—operate as an elite undercover team. They are pursued by a powerful shape-shifting octopus named Dave who holds a grudge against all penguins for stealing the zoo's admiration. They must stop his plan to transform every penguin in the world into a monstrous creature.

Details

Released
22 November 2014
Country
United States
Language
English
Runtime
92 min
Rated
PG
Budget
$132.0M
Box office
$373.5M
Awards
0 wins, 6 nominations

This title elsewhere

Tom McGrath

Tom McGrath

Skipper (voice)

Chris Miller

Chris Miller

Kowalski (voice)

Christopher Knights

Christopher Knights

Private (voice)

Conrad Vernon

Conrad Vernon

Rico (voice)

John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Dave (voice)

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Classified (voice)

Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong

Short Fuse (voice)

Annet Mahendru

Annet Mahendru

Eva (voice)

Awards & nominations

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0 wins from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies

11th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2014 Best Animated Film Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith Nominee
28th Kids' Choice Awards 2014 Favorite Animated Movie Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith Nominee
42nd Annie Awards 2014 Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Mitul Patel, Nicolas Delbecq, Santosh Khedkar and Yash Argawal Nominee
42nd Annie Awards 2014 Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production Ravi Kamble Nominee
42nd Annie Awards 2014 Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Craig Kellman, Joe Moshier, Stevie Lewis and Todd Kurosawa Nominee
51st Cinema Audio Society Awards 2014 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture - Animated Tighe Sheldon, Paul N.J. Ottosson, Dennis Sands and Randy K. Singer Nominee

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