Which studio produced the Madagascar animated films?

DreamWorks Animation produced the Madagascar animated films.

The franchise began with Madagascar, released in 2005, and expanded with Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in 2008 and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted in 2012. DreamWorks Animation developed and produced these computer-animated features as part of its family-film catalogue.

The studio connection is important because Madagascar belongs to DreamWorks’ group of original animated franchises rather than to Pixar, Disney Animation or Blue Sky Studios. DreamWorks also produced the spin-off feature Penguins of Madagascar, which focuses on Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private.

The films were distributed through different corporate arrangements over time, which can cause confusion about the production studio. Distribution labels, international release partners and later home-media companies are not the same thing as the animation studio that made the films. The consistent production identity across the main films is DreamWorks Animation.