▁Mad agas car ▁ 3 : ▁Europe ' s ▁Most ▁W anted , ▁following ▁the ▁p engu ins ▁Ski pper , ▁K ow al ski , ▁Rico ▁and ▁Private ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁advent ure . ▁A part ▁from ▁the ▁main ▁characters , ▁it ▁is ▁un related ▁to ▁the ▁TV ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Simon ▁J . ▁Smith ▁and ▁Eric ▁D arn ell , ▁and ▁written ▁by ▁Michael ▁Col ton , ▁John ▁Ab oud , ▁and ▁Br andon ▁S aw yer . ▁It ▁stars ▁the ▁voices ▁of ▁Tom ▁Mc Gr ath , ▁Chris ▁Miller , ▁Con rad ▁Vern on , ▁Christopher ▁Kn ights , ▁Bened ict ▁C umber batch , ▁John ▁M alk ov ich , ▁and ▁Ken ▁Je ong . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁only ▁film ▁in ▁the ▁Mad agas car ▁franch ise ▁that ▁was ▁distributed ▁by ▁ 2 0 th ▁Century ▁Fox ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁final ▁Dream Work s ▁An imation ▁film ▁produced ▁by ▁Pacific ▁Data ▁Im ages ▁before ▁its ▁closure ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁Despite ▁taking ▁a ▁gross ▁of ▁$ 3 7 3 ▁million ▁on ▁a ▁$ 1 3 2 ▁million ▁budget , ▁the ▁film ▁under per formed ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office ▁and ▁forced ▁a ▁write - down ▁for ▁the ▁studio . ▁ ▁Plot ▁In ▁Ant arct ica , ▁three ▁young ▁p engu in ▁brothers ▁— ▁Ski pper