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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a 2012 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the Madagascar trilogy, following Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), and was the first film in the series to be released in IMAX. It was directed by Jon Watts from a screenplay by Darnell and Noah Baumbach, and features Jake Gyllenhal, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris and Michelle Rodriguez reprising their voice acting roles from the previous installments with Robert Pattinson replacing Heath Ledger, alongside new cast members Scarlett Johansson, Gerard Butler, Tom Holland, and Marion Cottilard. 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, and find themselves traveling across Europe with a circus while being pursued by a relentless Animal Control officer. After premiering at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted was released to theaters in the United States on June 8, 2012. 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. A spin-off titled Penguins of Madagascar was released in 2014.