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Madagascar

Gatekeeper Strong in semis, fades in finals
2005 · Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy · Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

The 45% headline for Madagascar is unremarkable. The gap between its semifinal performance and its finals record is not — something changes when the bracket reaches the last round. Fun, frictionless, and entirely disposable — the kind of animated comedy that everyone has seen and almost no one would go to bat for. In brackets, it's a pleasant memory that folds the moment it faces anything with real weight.

Synopsis

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

Round 1
48.4%
60/124
Semifinals
49.2%
Finals
24.1%
The ceiling

Strong enough to reach the final at 49% in the semis, not strong enough to win it at 24%. The pattern is consistent enough across tournaments to define Madagascar.

The matchup with Antz is a genuine coin flip at 50% — neither film has found an edge. Madagascar owns Chicken Run at 67% but The Wild Robot flips the script entirely: just 0%.

Closest Rival
Dominates
Kryptonite
Toy Story
85.7%
Shrek
81.8%

DreamWorks Originals is Madagascar's bracket: it clears the early rounds consistently but meets its ceiling in the final against Shrek (18%).

Antz 18.4%
BingeBracket Record
45%
Win Rate
#24 of 41 in Family #33 of 52 from the 2000s
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
Featured Tournament

#5 of 8 in DreamWorks Originals.

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Shrek #1
Kung Fu Panda #2
How to Train Your Dragon #3
The Prince of Egypt #4
Madagascar #5
The Wild Robot #6
Chicken Run #7
Antz #8
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