PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 11, 2008 – “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,” opened number one at the domestic box office this weekend, generating over $63 million at the domestic box office. Audiences are in for a wild treat with the breakthrough animation in DreamWorks Animations’ new film, achieved through the combination of HP technology and DreamWorks Animation’s creativity.
The sequel to “Madagascar” used HP technology to help animators solve artistic challenges in bringing the wild of Africa to the big screen. HP workstations enabled DreamWorks to bring to life every creative element, from fields of grass to vast landscapes to massive crowds of animals. Audiences experience a wide variety of deeply intricate, organic environments that exist in part thanks to the unprecedented power of HP workstations with multi-core processors. more