Madagascar is a 2005 American computer-animated movie made by DreamWorks. The story is about a group of animals from the zoo in Central Park, New York City.

Madagascar
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Directed by	Eric Darnell Tom McGrath
Written by	Mark Burton Billy Frolick Eric Darnell Tom McGrath
Produced by	Mireille Soria
Starring	Ben Stiller Chris Rock David Schwimmer Jada Pinkett Smith Sacha Baron Cohen Cedric the Entertainer Andy Richter
Edited by	H. Lee Peterson
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Production companies	DreamWorks Animation PDI/DreamWorks
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures[1]
Release date	May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$75 million[2][3]
Box office	$558 million[2]

The main characters are Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippotamus (Jada Pinkett Smith). With the penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Private (Christopher Knights), Kowalski (Chris Miller) and Rico (John DiMaggio) also living in the zoo, they end up in Madagascar with King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) and Mort (Andy Richter). The movie has two sequels: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, as well as a Christmas special, a spinoff series, and the movie of the same name.

It was released on May 27, 2005.

Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus become best friends in the movie.

• Ben Stiller as Alex, a lion.
• Chris Rock as Marty, a zebra.
• David Schwimmer as Melman, a giraffe.
• Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a hippopotamus.
• Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien, a ring-tailed lemur who is the king of Madagascar.
• Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, an aye-aye who is Julien’s royal adviser.
• Andy Richter as Mort, a mouse lemur.
• Tom McGrath as Skipper, the leader of a group of penguins.
• Chris Miller as Kowalski, one of the penguins.
• Christopher Knights as Private, one of the penguins.
• Jeffery Katzenberg as Rico, one of the penguins.
• Conrad Vernon as Mason, a chimpanzee.

A video game titled Madagascar, is an adaptation on the same name of the movie. Release in 2005 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Microsoft Windows.

• Madagascar at Letterboxd

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1. ↑ "Madagascar". Box Office Mojo. IMDbPro. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
2. 1 2 "Madagascar (2005) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
3. ↑ "Madagascar (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2026.