

To allay suspicion, the penguins purchase the circus from its human ringmaster with the fortune they gained in Monte Carlo. The circus is headed for a performance show in Rome, followed by one in London where they hope to impress a promoter in order to get their first American tour. The circus animals-a sea lion named Stefano, a jaguar named Gia, and a tiger named Vitaly-are suspicious of outsiders, so Alex lies about them being American circus animals. When their aircraft crash-lands in France, the animals board a departing circus train. Chaos ensues, and the animals escape from Captain Chantel DuBois, the head of Monaco's Animal Control, who is determined to add Alex's head to her taxidermy collection. They find the penguins and chimpanzees at the Monte Carlo Casino. When they do not return, Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and Mort decide that they should go find them and return to their home at the Central Park Zoo in New York City. Shortly after becoming the co-leaders, the penguins and the chimpanzees leave Africa for Monte Carlo in their modified airplane.

A sequel, Madagascar 4, was initially planned for a 2018 theatrical release, but was removed from the release schedule following a restructuring of DreamWorks Animation in 2015. A spin-off titled Penguins of Madagascar was released in November 2014. It was the eighth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing film in the franchise, with a worldwide gross of over $746 million. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2012. As with other films in the franchise, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted features several songs from most artists, with musical score being composed by Hans Zimmer. The amount of animation and visual effects were done at DreamWorks Dedicated Unit, an India-based unit at Technicolor. The sequel was announced in August 2008, three months before the release of the second film. In the film, the main characters-a party of animals from the Central Park Zoo whose adventures have already taken them to Madagascar and Africa-attempt to return to New York City, and find themselves traveling across Europe with a circus while being chased by a relentless French Animal Control officer. It was directed by Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, and Tom McGrath from a screenplay by Darnell and Noah Baumbach, and features Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, and Vernon reprising their voice acting roles from the previous installments, alongside new cast members Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short, and Frances McDormand.
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The film is the third installment of the Madagascar franchise, the sequel to Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), and was the first film in the series to be released in 3D. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a 2012 American computer-animated circus comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
