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Madagascar 2 - Escape to Africa
Directed by Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Produced by Mireille Soria
Mark Swift
Written by Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Starring Ben Stiller
Chris Rock
Jada Pinkett Smith
David Schwimmer
Sacha Baron Cohen
Cedric the Entertainer
Andy Richter
Bernie Mac
Sherri Shepherd
Alec Baldwin
will.i.am
Music by Hans Zimmer
will.i.am
Editing by Mark A. Hester
Distributed by DreamWorks
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) November 7, 2008
Running time 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $150 million
Money made $594,728,447

Madagascar 2 - Escape to Africa is a 2008 American computer-animated movie and the sequel to the first movie about the same characters. It is directed by Eric Darnell and written by Thomas "Tom" McGrath. It stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer and Andy Richter. Also providing voices are Alec Baldwin, will.i.am, Bernie Mac and Sherri Shepherd. It was made by DreamWorks Animation and was released in 2008.

In the movie, the New York Zoo Animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, still stranded on Madagascar, started to leave the island. All of the sudden, they landed in the wilderness of Africa. There, Alex soon meet the rest of his family and starting to have trouble communicating with them after much of his time at the Central Park Zoo. It was followed by Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

Release Dates

Country Premiere
 Kazakhstan 30 October 2008
 Russia 30 October 2008
 Ukraine 30 October 2008
 Hungary 6 November 2008
 Philippines 7 November 2008
 United States 7 November 2008
 Czech Republic 13 November 2008
 Malaysia 13 November 2008
 Singapore 13 November 2008
 Slovakia 13 November 2008
 Netherlands 19 November 2008
 Denmark 21 November 2008
 Finland 21 November 2008
 Norway 21 November 2008
 Sweden 21 November 2008
 Egypt 26 November 2008
 United Arab Emirates 27 November 2008
 Portugal 27 November 2008
 Bulgaria 28 November 2008
 Colombia 28 November 2008
 Spain 28 November 2008
 Iceland 28 November 2008
 Lithuania 28 November 2008
 Romania 28 November 2008
 Turkey 28 November 2008
 Vietnam 28 November 2008
 Belgium 3 December 2008
 Switzerland 3 December 2008 (French speaking region)
 France 3 December 2008
 Argentina 4 December 2008
 Bolivia 4 December 2008
 Switzerland 4 December 2008 (German speaking region)
 Chile 4 December 2008
 Germany 4 December 2008
 Peru 4 December 2008
 Austria 5 December 2008
 United Kingdom 5 December 2008
 Ireland 5 December 2008
Mexico Mexico 5 December 2008
 Nigeria 5 December 2008
 Uruguay 5 December 2008
 South Africa 5 December 2008
 Lebanon 8 December 2008
 Pakistan 9 December 2008
 Croatia 11 December 2008
 Serbia 11 December 2008
 Slovenia 11 December 2008
 Brazil 12 December 2008
 Ecuador 12 December 2008
 Estonia 12 December 2008
 Latvia 12 December 2008
 Venezuela 12 December 2008
 Australia 18 December 2008
 Greece 18 December 2008
 Israel 18 December 2008
 New Zealand 18 December 2008
 India 19 December 2008
 Italy 19 December 2008
 Panama 19 December 2008
 Hong Kong 20 December 2008
 Indonesia 24 December 2008
 Thailand 25 December 2008
 China 1 January 2009
 Poland 1 January 2009
 South Korea 8 January 2009
 Taiwan 23 January 2009
 Brunei 17 February 2009
 Japan 14 March 2009

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