Penguins of Madagascar

Penguins of Madagascar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Eric Darnell Simon J. Smith
Produced by	Mark Swift Lara Breay Tripp Hudson
Screenplay by	Michael Colton John Aboud Brandon Sawyer
Story by	Alan J. Schoolcraft Brent Simons Michael Colton John Aboud
Based on	Characters created by Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell
Starring	Tom McGrath Chris Miller Christopher Knights Conrad Vernon Benedict Cumberbatch Ken Jeong Annet Mahendru Peter Stormare John Malkovich
Music by	Lorne Balfe
Edited by	Nick Kenway
Production company	DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14) (China) November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26) (United States)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$132 million
Box office	$373 million

Penguins of Madagascar is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is a spin-off of the Madagascar film series, and takes place right after the events of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, following the penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private in their own adventure. Apart from the main characters, it is unrelated to the similarly named TV series.

The film was directed by Simon J. Smith and Eric Darnell, and written by Michael Colton, John Aboud, and Brandon Sawyer. It stars the voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, Christopher Knights, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, and Ken Jeong. The film was released on November 26, 2014. It is the only film in the Madagascar franchise that was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was the final film produced by Pacific Data Images before its closure on January 22, 2015. Despite earning $373 million on a $132 million budget, the film forced a write-down for the studio.

In Antarctica, three young penguin brothers – Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico – defy the laws of nature to save an egg the other penguins believe to be doomed. After saving it from a pack of leopard seals and accidentally setting themselves adrift on an iceberg, the egg hatches into Private.