#433 All-time worldwide

#19 2014 releases

Movie profile

Penguins of Madagascar

Name: Penguins of Madagascar
Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 2014-11-22
Duration: 92 min

2014 · 92 min · Dream Works Animation

Family Animation Adventure Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $373.5M

Budget $132.0M

Gross minus budget $241.5M

ROI 2.83x

Domestic gross

$160.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$212.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$48.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Penguins of Madagascar ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #433 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2014 releases #19 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2014. Studio / company #19 Dream Works Animation of 41 titles Position inside the mapped Dream Works Animation movie set. Primary genre #110 Family of 1,396 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#430 Batman Begins 2005 · $374.2M #431 What Women Want 2000 · $374.1M #432 The Adventures of Tintin 2011 · $374.0M #434 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009 · $373.1M #435 Twisters 2024 · $372.3M #436 The Golden Compass 2007 · $372.2M

Quick answer

How did Penguins of Madagascar (2014) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Penguins of Madagascar (2014) earned a reported $373.5M worldwide against a reported $132.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $241.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.83x. In this database it currently ranks #433 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #19 among 2014 releases.

Worldwide gross: $373,515,621
Budget: $132,000,000
Gross minus budget: $241,515,621
ROI: 2.83x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 22, 2014
Production: DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyDream Works Animation Release year chart2014 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2014, Penguins of Madagascar is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Animation, Adventure title from DreamWorks Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $373.5M, reported production budget is $132.0M, gross-minus-budget is $241.5M, ROI is 2.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #433 all-time in the current chart set and #19 among 2014 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.