▁ 3 D ▁account ed ▁for ▁ 2 4 % ▁of ▁its ▁opening - week end ▁gross . ▁The ▁opening - week end ▁audience ▁was ▁even ly ▁split ▁among ▁those ▁under ▁and ▁over ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 5 , ▁with ▁ 5 8 % ▁and ▁female ▁account ed ▁ 5 1 %. ▁In ▁Cinema Score ▁pol ls ▁conducted ▁during ▁the ▁opening ▁week end , ▁cinema ▁aud ien ces ▁gave ▁P engu ins ▁of ▁Mad agas car ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁A - ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁China ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 4 , ▁two ▁weeks ▁ahead ▁of ▁its ▁North ▁American ▁debut , ▁and ▁earned ▁$ 1 1 . 3 ▁million ▁from ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁screens , ▁debut ing ▁at ▁number ▁two ▁at ▁the ▁Chinese ▁box ▁office ▁behind ▁Inter stell ar ▁($ 4 2 ▁million ). ▁In ▁its ▁opening ▁week end , ▁the ▁film ▁earned ▁$ 3 6 . 5 ▁million ▁from ▁ 4 7 ▁mark ets . ▁Over all , ▁the ▁top ▁open ings ▁were ▁in ▁Russia ▁($ 8 . 2 ▁million ), ▁Korea ▁($ 6 ▁million ), ▁Italy ▁($ 4 . 6 3 ▁million ), ▁Germany ▁($ 4 . 2 ▁million ), ▁and ▁Australia ▁($ 3 . 6 8 ▁million ). ▁The ▁film ' s ▁opening ▁in ▁Germany ▁was ▁the ▁second - high est ▁for ▁an ▁animated ▁film ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁behind ▁How ▁to ▁Train ▁Your ▁Dragon ▁ 2 . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response