Penguins of Madagascar (2014) on Netflix
PG20141h 32mAdventureAnimationComedy
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private raid Fort Knox on Private's birthday. Kidnapped, they are taken to a submarine in Venice and meet Dave, an octopus disguised as Dr. Octavius Brine.
- Netflix4.1/5
- IMDb6.7/10118,220 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes74%
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Plot summary
As penguin chicks in Antarctica, Skipper, Kowalski and Rico pull an egg from the grips of leopard seals and raise the chick that hatches, Private, as their brother. Ten years on, the four tour with Circus Zaragoza in Kentucky and sneak into Fort Knox for Cheesy Dibbles on Private's birthday. Kidnapped, they are carried to a submarine in Venice and meet Dave, a giant Pacific octopus who once drew crowds at the Central Park Zoo until the penguins arrived and took his audience. Shuttled between zoos and aquariums, always upstaged, he now poses as the scientist Dr. Octavius Brine. Rico swallows a vial of the Medusa Serum. Rescued by the North Wind, a spy outfit of wolf, polar bear, harp seal and snowy owl, the penguins learn Dave is seizing captive penguins from zoos worldwide.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- By the end of 2014 the studio had to take a $57.1 million write-down, primarily related to the performances of this film and Mr. Peabody & Sherman, the fourth film in three years that DreamWorks Animation lost money on, after Turbo and Rise of the Guardians.
- Stifel Nicolaus analyst Benjamin Mogil had projected a five-day total between $50 million and $55 million, but the film earned $35.4 million over its opening weekend, debuting at number two behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
- It was the last feature film to be produced by Pacific Data Images before the studio's closure on January 22, 2015.
- John Malkovich had been offered the role of Dr. Octavius Brine three and a half years before the film's release, and told an audience at the July 2014 Comic-Con that he thought it "was a funny idea" to use his voice for an octopus.
- Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich joined the cast in August 2013, and Cumberbatch, cast as the wolf team leader Agent Classified, reportedly underwent vocal coaching to refine an American accent for the role.
