Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria and the lemurs go after the penguins, who left for a honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Captain DuBois, Monaco's animal-control chief, hunts them to hang Alex's head on her wall. With no plane, they hop a circus train and pretend to be American performers. The penguins buy the circus with their casino winnings. In Rome, Alex falls for Gia the jaguar. In the Alps, they build a new act. In London, a document reveals the gang's true motives, and the circus kicks them out. Back in New York, the friends return to the zoo but decide the circus is where they belong.

1. CameoFrances McDormand's first animated role

   Frances McDormand voices Captain DuBois, Monaco's relentless animal-control villain. It was her first role in an animated film.

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2. Behind the scenesNoah Baumbach rewrote 60 pages

   By August 2010, writer-director Noah Baumbach had done sixty pages of rewrites to the script. The studio had said back in 2008 that it wanted to see the characters finally make it back to New York.

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3. ReferencePremiere at Cannes and a rainbow wig

   The film premiered at Cannes, out of competition, on May 18, 2012. It was the first DreamWorks Animation title to use UltraViolet, and the Blu-ray came with a rainbow wig. It's the series' top earner, at $747 million.

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