Popularity: 15 (history)
| Director: | Simon J. Smith, Eric Darnell |
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| Writer: | Michael Colton, John Aboud, Brent Simons, Brandon Sawyer, Alan Schoolcraft |
| Staring: |
| Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 22, 2014 |
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| Director: | Simon J. Smith, Eric Darnell |
| Writer: | Michael Colton, John Aboud, Brent Simons, Brandon Sawyer, Alan Schoolcraft |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure |
| Keywords | spy, wolf, zoo, octopus, penguin, villain, madagascar, cartoon, revenge, rescue, anthropomorphism, spin off, animals, talking animal |
| Production Companies | Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $373,515,621
Budget: $132,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tom McGrath | Skipper (voice) |
| Chris Miller | Kowalski (voice) |
| Christopher Knights | Private (voice) |
| Conrad Vernon | Rico (voice) |
| John Malkovich | Dave (voice) |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Classified (voice) |
| Ken Jeong | Short Fuse (voice) |
| Annet Mahendru | Eva (voice) |
| Peter Stormare | Corporal (voice) |
| Andy Richter | Mort (voice) |
| Danny Jacobs | King Julien (voice) |
| Werner Herzog | Documentary Filmmaker (voice) |
| Sean Charmatz | Cricket (voice) |
| Billy Eichner | New York Reporter (voice) |
| Stephen Kearin | Pilot / Aquarium Employee (voice) |
| Ava Acres | Girl at Zoo (voice) |
| Kelly Cooney Cilella | Mermaid Penguin (voice) |
| Susan Fitzer | Antarctic Penguin (voice) |
| Chris Sanders | Antarctic Penguin (voice) |
| Emily Nordwind | Antarctic Penguin (voice) |
| Mike Mitchell | Antarctic Penguin (voice) |
| Hope Levy | Antarctic Penguin / Woman at Aquarium (voice) |
| Walt Dohrn | Antarctic Penguin (voice) |
| Jim Pirri | Gondolier (voice) |
| Elizabeth Pan | Shanghai TV Reporter (voice) |
| Jeff Fischer | Security System Voice (voice) |
| Stephen Apostolina | Penguin Prisoner (voice) |
| Al Rodrigo | Penguin Fan (voice) |
| Steve Alterman | Aquarium Announcer (voice) |
| Carter Hastings | Boy at Aquarium (voice) |
| Cullen McCarthy | Boy at Zoo (voice) |
| Nicholas Guest | Flight Attendant (voice) |
| Adriano Aragon | Angry Man (voice) |
| Lynnanne Zager | Computer Voice (voice) |
| Angie Wu | Girl with Snow Globe (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Swetha Madhavan | Production Coordinator |
| Harinarayan Rajeev | Animation |
| Michael Colton | Story, Screenplay |
| John Aboud | Story, Screenplay |
| Simon J. Smith | Director |
| Eric Darnell | Director |
| Rex Grignon | Thanks |
| Tiffany Hillkurtz | Additional Editing |
| Craig Kellman | Character Designer |
| Ken Ball | CG Supervisor |
| Joe Moshier | Character Designer |
| Eric Bravo | Production Intern |
| Christian Schaanning | Sound Effects Editor |
| Goro Fujita | Title Designer, Visual Development |
| Theodore Anthony Lee Ty | Animation |
| John Roesch | Foley |
| Rani Naamani | Animation |
| Heather Cobb | Production Coordinator |
| Kristof Serrand | Supervising Animator |
| David Farley | Post Production Supervisor |
| Nelson Brown | Animation |
| Renjith Chundakkad | Animation |
| Lynn Hobson | Associate Editor |
| Rajarajan Ramakrishnan | CG Supervisor |
| Ravi Kamble Govind | Lead Animator |
| Kaustubh Patil | Lighting Artist |
| Nitin Punchail | Lighting Artist |
| Osamu Takehiro | Master Lighting Artist |
| Sibaji Rakshit | Modeling |
| Megan McDonald | Production Coordinator |
| Sumit Verma | Production Coordinator |
| Rahul Mullick | VFX Artist |
| Garrett Prince | Production Supervisor |
| Sujit Chatterjee | Lead Animator |
| R. Durairaj | Modeling |
| Nicholas Henderson | Set Designer |
| Steve Jamerson | Sound Engineer |
| Julio C. Talavera | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Rain Angeles | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Shanmuga Raja | VFX Artist |
| Tyson Erze | VFX Artist |
| Ravinder Kundi | Visual Development |
| Nicole Watt | Production Coordinator |
| George Meppadath Kurian | Animation |
| Prasanjib Nag | Animation |
| Joshua West | Character Modelling Supervisor |
| Samy Fecih | Lead Animator |
| Jorge A. Fernandez | Post Production Assistant |
| Shiben Bhattacharjee | VFX Artist |
| Fangwei Lee | Visual Effects |
| David Edmunds | Production Supervisor |
| Larry Weisberg | Thanks |
| Greg ten Bosch | Sound Editor, Sound Effects Editor |
| Sheila McIntosh | Additional Editing |
| Balaji Anbalagan | Animation |
| Karunakar Reddy | Animation |
| Scott C. Lemmer | Animation |
| Ed Fuller | Associate Editor |
| Lyndon Li | Master Lighting Artist |
| Ozgur Ustundag | Master Lighting Artist |
| Carl Bahor | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Youxi Woo | VFX Artist |
| Nick Kenway | Editor |
| Leslee Feldman | Casting |
| Aditya Deosthale | Production Supervisor |
| Ryan Genji Thomas | Production Supervisor |
| Floriane Marchix | Conceptual Design, Visual Development |
| Andrew Harkins | Animation |
| Tanseer Ahmed | Animation |
| Mike Safianoff | Animation |
| Thomas Grummt | Animation |
| Rajesh P.K. | Animation |
| Adarsh Abraham | Lighting Artist |
| Desiree Montalvo | Animation Department Coordinator |
| Nimesh Zala | Lighting Artist |
| Nathalie Masseret | Production Coordinator |
| Sahaya Ramesh Bosco | Lighting Artist |
| Jamie Hardt | Sound Effects Editor |
| Santosh S. Khedkar | VFX Artist |
| Deepak Kumar | Production Coordinator |
| Prashant Pawar | Visual Effects |
| Pisut Wisessing | VFX Artist |
| Ramakrishna Yerramsetty | VFX Artist |
| Andre de Oliviera Araujo | Production Manager |
| Rakesh S. Patil | Production Supervisor |
| Lou Dellarosa | Animation |
| Jessica Ambinder-Rojas | Associate Editor |
| Gabriel Portnof | CG Supervisor |
| Todd Kurosawa | Character Designer |
| Nishok Alagesan | Digital Compositors |
| Nicolas A. Chauvelot | Lead Animator |
| Jean Joseph Philip | Lighting Artist |
| Sudipta Panja | Modeling |
| David Arch | Musician |
| Mark Berrow | Musician |
| Govind Kalburgi | Production Coordinator |
| Grace Bisel | Production Coordinator |
| Pradeep Mynam | VFX Artist |
| Wes Chilton | VFX Artist |
| Avner Geller | Visual Development |
| James Wood Wilson | Visual Development |
| Brent St. Mary | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Brent Simons | Story |
| David Isetta | Production Supervisor |
| Tighe Sheldon | ADR & Dubbing |
| Julien Bocabeille | Animation |
| Ketan Adhikari | Animation |
| Annmarie Koenig | CG Supervisor |
| M. Scott McKee | CG Supervisor |
| Alyson Dee Moore | Foley |
| Hannah Sherman | Lighting Artist |
| Julien Forest | Lighting Artist |
| Rupali Parekh | Lighting Artist |
| Michael P. Hamler | Master Lighting Artist |
| Liza Breuninger | Production Accountant |
| Bobbak Sabet | Production Coordinator |
| Cassidy Curtis | Supervising Animator |
| Medithi Chaitanya | VFX Artist |
| Chin Ko | Visual Development |
| Devank Patel | Visual Effects |
| James Simcik | ADR Editor |
| Gregory Jennings | CG Supervisor |
| Adán Peña | Creature Technical Director |
| Emily Yi | Master Lighting Artist |
| Max Aruj | Music Programmer |
| Aubrey Millen | Production Coordinator |
| Peter Litvack | Production Coordinator |
| Tim Kwan | Production Coordinator |
| Bruce Tanis | Sound Effects Editor |
| Carlos Felipe León Ortiz | Visual Development |
| Samantha Finkler | Production Supervisor |
| Shashank Ashok Kulkarni | Production Supervisor |
| Aju Mohan | Animation |
| Divyesh Shah | Animation |
| Scott Raymond | Animation |
| Brian A. Perry | Assistant Editor |
| Robert Troy | Dialogue Editor |
| Robin Harlan | Foley |
| Sarah Monat | Foley |
| Amy Rebecca Tucker | Lighting Artist |
| Harshal Kadam | Lighting Artist |
| Ajay Upadhyay | Master Lighting Artist |
| Angie Howard | Production Manager |
| Margaret A. Decker | Software Engineer |
| Marcos Mateu-Mestre | Visual Development |
| Usama Ghufran | Visual Effects |
| Victor Wang | Visual Effects |
| Joe Crowley | Production Supervisor |
| Ben Rush | Animation |
| Shajo John | Animation |
| Stevie Lewis | Character Designer, Visual Development |
| Erin Lehmkühl | Compositors |
| Beth Hofer | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Ryan Juggler | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Prashanth Cavale | Lead Animator |
| Antoine Deschamps | Master Lighting Artist |
| Paul Schoeni | Modeling |
| Roger Linley | Musician |
| Steve Mair | Musician |
| Philippe Gluckman | VFX Supervisor |
| Jayanta Mazumder | Visual Effects |
| Shannon Thomas | 3D Modeller |
| Christi Soper Hilt | Casting |
| Camille Leganza | Production Supervisor |
| Michelle Jurado Staphylas | Production Manager |
| Will Erokan | Assistant Editor |
| Jonathan Klein | Foley Editor |
| Alexander Plitt | Legal Services |
| Vaibhav Dube | Lighting Artist |
| Sucheta Bhatawadekar | Master Lighting Artist |
| Michael Berger | Modeling |
| Ashima Taneja Arora | Production Coordinator |
| Lillian Ritchie | Production Coordinator |
| Stephen J. Ward | Software Engineer |
| Russ Gorsline | Sound Engineer |
| Michael Brainerd | Supervising Technical Director |
| Jaideep Khadilkar | VFX Artist |
| Aurélien Predal | Visual Development |
| Natalie Franscioni-Karp | Visual Development |
| David Polk | Animation |
| Greg Whittaker | Animation |
| Siddhant Mehta | Animation |
| Chellappan Senthilkumar | Creature Technical Director |
| Evan Boucher | Creature Technical Director |
| Darci Zalvin | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Angela Ensele | Modeling |
| Craig Dowsett | Modeling |
| Òscar Senén | Orchestrator |
| Betty Tom | Production Accountant |
| Garo Berberian | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Christine Liu | VFX Artist |
| Robin Joseph | Visual Development |
| Nedy Acet | Animation |
| Spriha Banik | Animation Production Assistant |
| Dilip Lalwani | Creature Technical Director |
| Thomas Bittner | Creature Technical Director |
| Ariga Parseghian | Finance |
| Campbell McGrouther | Lighting Artist |
| Raghuram Palasamudram | Lighting Artist |
| Srinivasan Velayutham | Lighting Artist |
| Dorien Gunnels | Master Lighting Artist |
| Ryan Michero | Master Lighting Artist |
| Alex Cardullo | Post Production Assistant |
| Rune Brandt Bennicke | Production Coordinator |
| Nandhini Giri | Production Coordinator |
| Sonali Lambe | Production Coordinator |
| Vani Rakesh | Production Coordinator |
| Jamaal Bradley | Supervising Animator |
| Anthony Fung | VFX Artist |
| Bryan Gregg LaShelle | Visual Development |
| Madhavaro Bheesetti | Visual Effects |
| Yash Agrawal | Visual Effects |
| Dinesh Krishnan Nair | Production Manager |
| Nathan Schauf | Additional Editing |
| Kevin Andrus | Animation |
| Maharshi Joseph | Animation |
| Rachel Fite | Animation |
| Denis Couchon | Animation Supervisor |
| Jennifer Dolce | Associate Editor |
| Mollie Gamo | Casting Associate |
| Gaku Nakatani | CG Supervisor |
| Jessica Psy DeLacy | Creature Technical Director |
| Bonnie Lemon | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Javed Iqbal Shaikh | Lighting Artist |
| Jennifer Leigh King | Lighting Artist |
| Amber Stewart Lunderville | Master Lighting Artist |
| Chris Hewitt | Post Production Assistant |
| Cathy Sitzes | Production Coordinator |
| David Hail | Publicist |
| Mat Sanford | VFX Artist |
| Caroline Robinson | Production Supervisor |
| Manish Kumar | Animation |
| Kristina Truong | Art Department Assistant |
| Kendal Sager | Creature Technical Director |
| Terri Anderson | Finance |
| Jung Jin Song | Lighting Artist |
| V. Balaji | Lighting Artist |
| Corie Zhang | Production Coordinator |
| Josh Cobb | Production Coordinator |
| Priyaa Kalkura | Production Coordinator |
| Conor A. Callahan | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Win Arayaphong | Visual Development |
| Ji Hyun Yoon | Visual Effects |
| Nelson Yokota | Story Artist |
| Philip Cohen | Production Supervisor |
| Heather Lanza | Production Supervisor |
| Dennis Sands | Scoring Mixer |
| Lorne Balfe | Original Music Composer |
| Paul N.J. Ottosson | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Brandon Sawyer | Screenplay |
| Alan Schoolcraft | Story |
| Bill Díaz | Animation |
| Kevan Shorey | Animation |
| Ken Bielenberg | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Eric Darnell | Executive Producer |
| Tom McGrath | Executive Producer |
| Mark Swift | Producer |
| Jennifer Dahlman | Associate Producer |
| Damien de Froberville | Associate Producer |
| Tripp Hudson | Co-Producer |
| Christopher Leahy | Associate Producer |
| Lara Breay | Producer |
| Arin Finger | Associate Producer |
| Mireille Soria | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA Awards | Best Animated Feature | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 82 | 108 | 68 |
| 2024 | 5 | 90 | 126 | 61 |
| 2024 | 6 | 82 | 146 | 58 |
| 2024 | 7 | 108 | 169 | 57 |
| 2024 | 8 | 84 | 156 | 53 |
| 2024 | 9 | 70 | 113 | 52 |
| 2024 | 10 | 84 | 158 | 48 |
| 2024 | 11 | 81 | 133 | 61 |
| 2024 | 12 | 84 | 122 | 63 |
| 2025 | 1 | 78 | 113 | 52 |
| 2025 | 2 | 55 | 103 | 13 |
| 2025 | 3 | 28 | 87 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 13 |
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| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 356 | 718 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 316 | 641 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 451 | 665 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 832 | 891 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 748 | 821 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 472 | 670 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 737 | 831 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 666 | 870 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 479 | 673 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 651 | 780 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 747 | 750 |