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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a 2014 American comedyadventure film directed by Shawn Levy and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman. It is the third and final film in the Night at the Museum film series. The film stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens and Ben Kingsley.^[3] In Secret of the Tomb, security guard Larry Daley must travel to London to return the tablet of Ahkmenrah, an Egyptian artifact which causes the exhibits to come to life, before the magic disappears.

Principal photography of Secret of the Tomb took place from January to May 2014 in London, England and British Columbia, Canada. The film premiered on December 11, 2014, at New York City's Ziegfeld Theater and was released in the United States on December 19, 2014. Secret of the Tomb grossed over $363 million at the box office. This film was dedicated to the memory of Robin Williams, who died four months before the film's release, and fellow Night at the Museum actor Mickey Rooney, who died before principal photography was finished.

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Plot[edit]

In 1938 Egypt, a team of archaeologists discover the tomb of pharaoh Ahkmenrah, including a young Cecil Fredericks, finding the magical Tablet of Ahkmenrah. The locals warn the group that removing the tablet will end its magic. In present-day New York City, Larry Daley remains the night guard of the American Museum of Natural History. He, Theodore Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Attila the Hun, Jedediah, Octavius, Rexy the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton and Dexter the capuchin monkey help re-open the Hayden Planetarium. A new wax Neanderthal resembling Larry named Laaa is introduced, identifying Larry as his father. Ahkmenrah shows Larry that the tablet is corroding, which later causes the exhibits to act erratically, causing mayhem at the planetarium's reopening. Afterwards, Larry catches his son Nick, who plans on taking a gap year to sort out his life, throwing a house party.

Larry reunites with Cecil, now in retirement, who realizes the end of the tablet's magic will cause the exhibits to become lifeless. Cecil explains that Ahkmenrah's parents, Merenkahre and Shepseheret, may be able to restore the tablet's power but that they are located in the British Museum. Larry convinces the museum's curator, Dr. McPhee, to let him ship Ahkmenrah to London to restore the tablet, convinced that McPhee knows its secrets. Larry and Nick travel to the British Museum, bypassing the night guard Tilly. To Larry's surprise, Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Attila, Jed, Octavius, Dexter and Laaa have come as well, and Laaa is left to stand guard while the others search the museum, the tablet bringing its own exhibits to life.

They are joined by a wax Sir Lancelot, who helps them fight off aggressive museum exhibits like a Xiangliu statue and a Triceratopsskeleton. Jedediah and Octavius fall through a ventilation shaft but are rescued from an erupting Pompeii model by Dexter. The group find Ahkmenrah's parents, learning the tablet's power can be regenerated by moonlight, since it is empowered through the magic of Khonsu. Lancelot mistakes the tablet for the Holy Grail and steals it, leaving to find Camelot. Larry and Laaa are locked in the employee break room by Tilly, but they escape, and Laaa remains behind to distract Tilly, during which they become attracted to each other.

Lancelot crashes a performance of the musical Camelot, starring Hugh Jackman and Alice Eve as King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, but Larry and the others chase him to the theatre roof, where the New York exhibits begin to die. Lancelot then sees that the quest was about them and gives the tablet back. The moonlight restores the tablet's power, saving the exhibits. They decide that Ahkmenrah and the tablet should stay with his parents, even if it means the New York exhibits will no longer come to life. Back in New York, Larry says goodbye to everyone, including Roosevelt. The two say their final goodbyes with Teddy making Larry jump. Teddy says, 'Smile, my boy; it's sunrise,' before he freezes and Larry slowly and sadly leaves the museum, before meeting up with his son, outside.

Three years later, Larry, having taken the blame for the planetarium incident, thus giving McPhee his job back, now works as a teacher, and a traveling British Museum exhibit comes to New York. Tilly becomes the new night guard, and gives the tablet to Dr. McPhee, showing him its power and allowing the exhibits to awaken again to celebrate Ahkmenrah's reunion. Outside, Larry watches them party inside.

Cast[edit]

• Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a security guard at the American Museum of Natural History.^[4]
  • Stiller also plays Laaa, a Neanderthal who resembles Larry.
• Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, the Wax sculpture of the 26th President of the United States.^[4]
• Owen Wilson as Jedediah, a cowboydiorama miniature.^[4]
• Steve Coogan as Octavius, a Roman soldier miniature.^[4]
• Ricky Gervais as Dr. McPhee, the director of the Museum of Natural History.^[4]
• Rachael Harris as Madeline Phelps, the chairwoman of the American Museum of Natural History.
• Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot, the wax statue of the legendary Knight of the Round Table.^[5]
• Rebel Wilson as Tilly, the night security guard at the British Museum.^[4]
• Skyler Gisondo as Nick Daley, the son of Larry Daley.^[6] He was previously played by Jake Cherry in the first two films.
• Rami Malek as Ahkmenrah, the mummy of an ancient pharaoh.^[4]
• Patrick Gallagher as Attila the Hun, the statue of the leader of the Huns.^[4]
• Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, the polyurethane model of the Lemhi Shoshone woman who is Theodore Roosevelt's girlfriend.^[4]
• Ben Kingsley as Merenkahre, the mummy of an ancient pharaoh and Ahkmenrah's father.^[7]
• Dick Van Dyke as Cecil Fredericks, a retired security guard from the first film.^[8]
  • Percy Hynes White plays the younger Cecil Fredericks
• Mickey Rooney as Gus, a retired security guard from the first film.^[8]
• Bill Cobbs as Reginald, a retired security guard from the first film.^[8]
• Andrea Martin as Rose, an archivist at the Museum of Natural History.
• Brennan Elliott as Robert Fredericks, C.J.'s father in the prologue.
• Matt Frewer as Archibald Stanley, an archeologist who accompanies Robert and Cecil in the prologue.
• Anjali Jay as Shepseheret, the mummy of a Great Royal Wife of Merenkahre and mother of Ahkmenrah.
• Crystal the Monkey as Dexter, a Capuchin monkey.
• Hugh Jackman as Himself (uncredited)
• Alice Eve as Herself (uncredited)

Voices[edit]

• Robin Williams as Garuda Artifact.
• Brad Garrett as Easter Island Head.
• Regina Taufen as New York Reporter.

Production[edit]

On January 21, 2010, co-writer Thomas Lennon said to Access Hollywood, 'I think it's a really outstanding idea to do Night at the Museum 3, in fact. I wonder if someone's not even already working on a script for that. I cannot confirm that for a fact, but I cannot deny it for a fact either... It might be in the works.'^[9] In an October 2011 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Stiller confirmed the sequel, however, he said that it was only in the 'ideas stage'.^[10] In February 2013 it was announced that the film, directed by Shawn Levy, would be released on December 25, 2014.^[11] On September 10, 2013, it was announced that shooting would start in February 2014.^[12]

On November 8, 2013, actor Dan Stevens was cast as Lancelot.^[5] On November 15, 2013, it was announced that Skyler Gisondo would be replacing Jake Cherry in the role of Nicky Daley.^[6] On December 18, 2013, it was announced that Stiller, Robin Williams, and Ricky Gervais would be returning for the sequel.^[13] On January 9, 2014, it was announced that Rebel Wilson would play a security guard in the British Museum.^[4] On January 14, 2014, the film's release date was moved up from December 25, 2014, to December 19, 2014.^[14] On January 23, 2014, it was announced Ben Kingsley would play an Egyptian Pharaoh at the British Museum.^[15]Principal photography and production began on January 27, 2014.^[16][17] On May 6, 2014, it was announced that the film would be titled Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.^[18] In May 2014, principal photography ended.^[19] Shooting took place outside the British Museum in London, England, as well as on a sound stage at the Vancouver Film Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia for scenes taking place inside the museum.

Music[edit]

Alan Silvestri returned to score the final installment of the trilogy.^[20][21]

Track listing[edit]

Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack album of the score on January 6, 2015.^[22][23][24]

All tracks written by Alan Silvestri.

Release[edit]

The film premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 11, 2014.^[25] It was then released on December 19, 2014 in the United States.^[26]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb grossed $113.7 million in North America, and $249.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $363.2 million against a budget of $127 million.^[2]

In North America, early analysts were predicting a potential $25–$28 million opening.^[27][28] In North America, the film was released on December 19, 2014 across 3,785 theaters.^[29] It opened Friday, December 19, 2014 and earned $5.6 million on its opening day, placing at number three at the box office.^[30] The film underperformed expectations during its opening weekend, earning $17.1 million, which was relatively lower than the openings of the original film ($30.4 million) and its sequel ($54.1 million).^[31] The film debuted at number two at the box office behind The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.^[32] According to 20th Century Fox, the movie's audience was 51% male, with 54% of the audience under the age of 25. In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of 'B+', on an A+ to F scale.^[32]

The film began its international rollout the same weekend as the North American premiere and earned $10.4 million from 27 markets in its opening weekend, debuting at #3 behind at the box office behind The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Penguins of Madagascar.^{[33][34][35][36]} The film expanded to an additional 40 markets in its second week and grossed $31.2 million.^[37] It topped the box office outside North America in its fourth weekend with a total gross of $46.2 million, primarily because of China, where it opened at #1 with $26 million.^[38] The other highest opening figures were from Mexico ($5.85 million), Brazil ($3.1 million), Malaysia ($3.07 million), the UK ($3 million), Australia ($2.8 million), Germany ($2.1 million) and Singapore ($2 million).^[37][33][39]

For the weekend of January 16, 2015, the film grossed $17.8 million, which includes a $3.9 million debut in South Korea.^[40]

Critical response[edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 48% approval rating, based on 104 reviews, with an average score of 5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'While not without its moments, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a less-than-inspired sendoff for the trilogy.'^[41] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 47 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[42] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale.^[32]

Scott Foundas of Variety gave the film a positive review, praising the visual effects and calling the production values 'topnotch', and admiring Guillermo Navarro's work. He added, 'A most enjoyable capper to director Shawn Levy and producer Chris Columbus' cheerfully silly and sneakily smart family-entertainment juggernaut... offers little in the way of secrets of surprises, but should add much holiday cheer to Fox's box-office coffers.'^[43]Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film three stars out of five and said, 'The third part in what absolutely no one is calling the Night at the Museum 'trilogy' turns out to be a good-natured and entertainingly surreal panto fantasy.'^[44]Glenn Kenny awarded the film 2½ stars out of 4 praising the Indiana Jones themed-set while criticizing the performances of the cast and said, 'As talent-packed as any Night at the Museum picture may be—in this third installment... —one doesn't come to a movie of this sort expecting anybody's best work. Or at least one certainly shouldn't, because it won't materialize.'^[45] Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice gave the film a positive review, saying 'The third installment, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb may be the best, and even the generally wound-too-tight Ben Stiller – once again playing a bemused Museum of Natural History guard – is easy to tolerate.'^[46] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying 'Where the previous films felt frenetic and forced, this outing feels breezier, more enjoyable and less contrived.'^[47] Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying 'There's a serenity to museum visits, especially if it's a place you know and love. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, amazingly, recaptures that feeling in big-studio franchise form.'^[48]

Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film two out of five stars, saying 'Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a rather lackluster affair, a cash grab that tries to aim a little higher but confuses sappy shortcuts with real emotion.'^[49] Joe McGovern of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B, saying 'It's kind of fun, unembarrassingly, and not least of all because the people who made it look like they had a good time doing so.'^[50] Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a B, saying 'There are some key elements that make this Night at the Museum sequel work better than its predecessor.'^[51] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two out of four stars, saying 'The exhibits in this Night at the Museum may still come to life nightly. But their latest movie stays stubbornly inert.'^[52] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying 'Seeing Ben Stiller, the late Robin Williams, and their magically roused gang together again, this time in London, is initially all about indulgent, nostalgic smiles rather than new wows. But then comes the movie's exceptionally clever and fresh final act, which delivers genuine surprise along with many laughs.'^[53] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film three out of five stars, saying 'The third Night at the Museum film starts strongly, with its heart in the past... It's an exciting opening, and perhaps too exciting for the film's own good. It's hard not to be disappointed when the plot moves back to the present and settles into the time-honoured formula of digitised creatures running riot and famous people in fancy dress doing shtick.'^[54] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, saying 'Despite relocating across the pond to the esteemed British Museum, the creaky Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb fails to capitalize on the comic potential provided by that change of venue.'^[55]

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a C+, saying 'Secret of the Tomb plays it as a source of corny jokes, pop-culture references, and father-son bonding moments. In other words, it's exactly the kind of film that shouldn't be expected to engage with its assorted bizarre subtexts – but what a movie it could be if it did.'^[56] Sara Stewart of the New York Post gave the film two out of four stars, saying 'For piquing kids' interest in history and nature, you could do worse than this goofy Ben Stiller franchise. But its third installment is more meh than manic, too reliant on wide shots of the ragtag Museum of Natural History cohorts striding down corridors. You get the feeling returning director Shawn Levy is ready to hang it up.'^[57]Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one and a half stars out of five, saying 'The dialogue is schmaltzy and often painfully unfunny. The special effects are often so 1980s-bad, one wonders if it was a deliberate choice, to make the creepy visuals of sculptures dancing and paintings moving less frightening to young viewers. Time and again, terrific actors sink in the equivalent of cinematic quicksand, helpless against the sucking sound of this movie.'^[58] Drew Hunt of Slant Magazine gave the film one out of four stars, saying 'None of the entries in the Night at the Museum series could ever pass for high art, but a wealth of comedic talent gave the first two installments a madcap energy that somewhat forgave their childish premises. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third and supposedly final edition in the franchise, is nothing more than an uncomfortably transparent contractual obligation.'^[59]

Accolades[edit]

Home media[edit]

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 10, 2015.^[63] The film debuted in second place on the home media charts behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.^[64]

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Night at the Museum is a 2006 fantasy-comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. It is based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc and is the first film in the Night at the Museum series. The film stars Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a divorced father who applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night. 20th Century Fox released the film on December 22, 2006, and it grossed $574 million.

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Plot[edit]

Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is a divorced man who has been unable to keep a stable job and has failed at many business ventures, including being an inventor. His invention of 'the Snapper', which does exactly what the clapper does, has failed because there is a significant amount of people who can't snap, and therefore, can't use it. His former wife (Kim Raver) believes that he is a bad example to their ten-year-old son Nick (Jake Cherry), and Larry fears that Nick respects his future overweight stepfather, bondtrader Don (Paul Rudd), more than him.

Cecil Fredricks (Dick Van Dyke), an elderly night security guard about to retire from the American Museum of Natural History, hires Larry despite his unpromising résumé. The museum, which is rapidly losing money, plans to replace Cecil and two colleagues Gus (Mickey Rooney) and Reginald (Bill Cobbs) with one guard. Cecil gives Larry an instruction booklet on how to handle museum security, and advises Larry to leave some of the lights on and warns him not to let anything 'in...or out'.

Once night falls, Larry discovers that the exhibits come to life, including a playful Tyrannosaurus skeleton nicknamed 'Rexy' who behaves like a dog; a mischievous capuchin monkey named Dexter which steals Larry's keys and tears up his instruction booklet; rival miniature civilizations led by Old West cowboy Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Roman general Octavius (Steve Coogan); limb-ripping Attila the Hun (Patrick Gallagher); an Easter IslandMoai (Brad Garrett) obsessed with 'gum-gum' who addresses Larry as Dum-Dum; and a wax model of Theodore Roosevelt (Robin Williams).

Roosevelt explains that since an Egyptianartifact—the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah—came to the museum in 1952, all of the exhibits come to life each night. If the exhibits are outside the museum during sunrise, they turn to dust. Roosevelt helps Larry by restoring order, but only for one night. Larry quits the next morning, saying to the three guards he doesn't want a job that is life-threatening. However, he sees Nick coming to see him at work the next morning, where Larry offers Nick a tour of the museum. After seeing Nick's interest in his job, Larry decides to remain as a night guard.

When Larry tells Cecil about how Dexter tore up his instructions, Cecil advises him to study history to prepare himself for his nightly duties. He also learns history from a museum docent Rebecca Hutman (Carla Gugino), who is writing a dissertation on Sacagawea (Mizuo Peck), but does not feel she knows enough about her subject.

The next night, Larry uses what he has learned to better control the exhibits. However, things go wrong anyway and four Neanderthals set fire to a display and some other things. One of the Neanderthal turns to dust when he leaves the museum at dawn. The next morning, museum director Dr. McPhee (Ricky Gervais) almost fires Larry after what happened to the Neanderthal exhibit. He offers Rebecca a meeting with Sacagawea, but she believes that he is mocking her and the museum.

Larry brings Nick to the museum to show him the exhibits, but none of them are alive. They find Cecil, Gus, and Reginald stealing the tablet and other valuable objects. Like the exhibits, the guards receive enhanced vitality from the artifact; wishing to retain their youth, health and to fund their retirements, the three plan to frame Larry for the thefts. They have also disabled the tablet to stop the exhibits from interfering. Nick reactivates the artifact, but Cecil locks him and his father in the Egyptian room and flees with the tablet. Larry releases Ahkmenrah's mummy (Rami Malek) from his sarcophagus. The pharaoh speaks English from many years as an exhibit at Cambridge, and helps Larry and Nick escape. The three find the other exhibits fighting; Larry confronts Attila, realizing his behavior came from being hurt a long time ago, and convinces them to work together.

The exhibits capture Gus and Reginald without difficulty, but Cecil escapes by stagecoach with Larry, Nick, Ahkmenrah, Jed, Octavius, Rexy, and Atilla the Hun in pursuit in Central Park, where they stop him and regain the tablet. Jed and Octavius are presumably killed when their remote-controlled Hummer crashes, but they somehow survive. Rebecca sees the exhibits return to the museum before sunrise and realizes that Larry was telling the truth; he introduces her to Sacagawea.

Dr. McPhee fires Larry again after seeing news reports of the strange events around the museum & dash; such as cave paintings in the museum's subway station, dinosaur footprints in Central Park, and cavemen sightings. However, upon seeing how much these events raised attendance, he thinks better of it and gives Larry his job back. Larry, Nick, and the exhibits celebrate the following night.

During the credits, it was shown that Cecil, Gus and Reginald weren't handed over to the authorities and are now working as janitors at the museum.

Cast[edit]

Humans[edit]

• Ben Stiller as Lawrence 'Larry' Daley, a night-shift security guard at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
• Dick Van Dyke as Cecil Fredericks, a veteran security guard
• Carla Gugino as Rebecca Hutman, a museum docent
• Mickey Rooney as Gus, a veteran security guard
• Bill Cobbs as Reginald, a veteran security guard
• Jake Cherry as Nicholas 'Nick' Daley, Larry's son
• Ricky Gervais as Dr. McPhee, the curator of the Museum of Natural History and Larry's boss
• Kim Raver as Erica Daley, Larry's former wife and Nick's mother
• Charlie Murphy as the taxi-driver
• Paul Rudd as Don, Erica's fiancé
• Anne Meara as Debbie

Exhibits[edit]

• Robin Williams as a wax model of Theodore Roosevelt
• Patrick Gallagher as a wax model of Attila the Hun
• Rami Malek as the mummy of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah
• Pierfrancesco Favino as a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus
• Owen Wilson (uncredited) as 'Jedediah', a miniature cowboy figure
• Steve Coogan as Octavius, a miniature Roman general figure
• Mizuo Peck as a polyurethane model of Sacagawea
• Kerry van der Griend, Dan Rizzuto, Matthew Harrison, and Jody Racicot as wax models of Neanderthals
• Martin Christopher as a wax model of Meriwether Lewis
• Martin Sims as a wax model of William Clark
• Randy Lee, Darryl Quon, Gerald Wong, and Paul Chih-Ping Cheng as wax models of the Huns
• Brad Garrett as the voice of the Easter Island Head
• Crystal the Monkey as Dexter, a stuffedCapuchin monkey

Production[edit]

The building featured in the film, which was constructed on a sound stage in Burnaby, British Columbia, is based on the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, external shots of which were used in the movie.^[3]

Trainers spent several weeks training Crystal, who plays the troublemaking monkey Dexter, to slap and bite Stiller in the film.

Robin Williams' Theodore Roosevelt costume closely resembles that of John Wayne's character in The Shootist.^[4]

Director Shawn Levy credited Ben Stiller for the ensemble cast: 'When actors hear that Ben Stiller is in a movie they want to work with him. It['s] a high-water mark and it absolutely draws actors in and I'm convinced that's a big part of why we got this cast.'^[5]

Music[edit]

Songs[edit]

• 'Friday Night' - performed by McFly; not featured in American version of the film, but heard in some international cuts, used during the end credits. It can be heard on the American DVD on the Spanish dub.
• 'September' - performed by Earth, Wind and Fire; used before the end credits where everyone in the museum is partying.
• 'Weapon of Choice' - performed by Fatboy Slim; used in the scene where Larry returns to the museum for his second night and is preparing for the chaos.
• 'Tonight' - performed by Keke Palmer and Cham; used for the end credits.
• 'Eye of the Tiger' - performed by Ben Stiller; used in the scene where Larry is bored and messes around with the telephone at the front desk beatboxing the music.
• An instrumental version of 'Mandy' by Barry Manilow is used when Larry is standing in the elevator, while escaping from Attila the Hun.
• 'Ezekiel Saw Them Dry Bones' is the tune Larry whistles as he passes the empty T. rex exhibit on his first night.
• 'Camptown Races' by Stephen Foster is sung by the townspeople of the American West miniature diorama. This is a period-correct song.

Score[edit]

Alan Silvestri replaced John Ottman as score composer.^[6] Silvestri's score was used for the teaser trailer of Horton Hears a Who!

Track list[edit]

Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack album of the score on December 19, 2006.^[7]

All tracks written by Alan Silvestri.

Release[edit]

Night at the Museum had its premiere in New York City on December 17, 2006, on December 22, 2006 in the United States, December 26, 2006 in UK, January 12, 2007 in Brazil, on February 14, 2007 in China and on March 17, 2007 in Japan.^[8]

The film was released under the title of 'Noche en el museo' in Spain, 'Una note al museo' in Italy, 'La nuit au musée' in France, 'Ночь в музее' in Russia and 'Uma Noite no Museu' in Brazil.^[8]

Box office[edit]

At the end of its box office run, Night at the Museum earned a gross of $250.9 million in the US and Canada and $323.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $574.5 million.^[2] It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2006 and also the highest-grossing film worldwide of the trilogy.^[9]

It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, grossing $30.8 million plating in 3,686 theaters, with a $8,258 per-theater average. For the four-day Christmas holiday weekend, it took in $42.2 million.^[2] The movie was also released in IMAX large screen format, often on site at museums of science or natural history such as the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.

In its second weekend, Night at the Museum expanded into 83 more theaters and took in approximately $36.7 million, out-grossing its opening weekend. It maintained the top position in its third week, with an additional $23.7 million.^[10]

During its opening weekend of December 15, 2006, the film grossed a figure of estimated $5 million, with the highest debut coming from South Korea ($5.04 million).^[11] The biggest market in the other territories were the UK, Japan, South Korea, and Germany, where it grossed $40.8 million, $30 million, $25.7 million, $22.9 million.^[12]

Critical reaction[edit]

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On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 43% based on 132 reviews and an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Parents might call this either a spectacle-filled adventure or a shallow and vapid CG-fest, depending on whether they choose to embrace this on the same level as their kids'.^[13] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[14]

James Berardinelli of Reelviews gave it 2 stars out of 4, and commented on Stiller's performance by stating 'It might be fair to give Ben Stiller an 'A' for effort, but to call what he does in this movie 'acting' is a misnomer. He does a lot of running around, occasionally falling down or bumping into things.'^[15] One positive review by William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, gave it a B-, and stated that the film was 'Out to impress and delight a family audience with the pageantry of human and natural history, and that's a surprisingly worthy ambition for a Hollywood comedy.'^[16] In a case of life imitating art, museum officials at the American Museum of Natural History have credited the film for increasing the number of visitors during the holiday season by almost 20%. According to a museum official, between December 22, 2006, and January 2, 2007, there were 50,000 more visitors than during the same period the prior year.^[17]CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of 'A-' on an A+ to F scale.^[18]

Home media[edit]

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The film was released on a 2-Disc DVD edition in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2007. It was released on 1-Disc and 2-Disc DVD editions and Blu-ray Disc format on April 24, 2007 elsewhere.

The film became the first non-Disney film to be reviewed by Ultimate Disney (now known as DVDizzy.com), due to the website dealing with other studios besides Disney.^[19][20]

As of 6 December 2009, the film has sold 9,191,694 DVDs and grossed $153,566,058 in DVD sales.^[21]

Awards[edit]

Sequels[edit]

The first installment in the trilogy, Night at the Museum was followed by a sequel titled Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,^[25] which was released on May 22, 2009 in North America. The third and final installment, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, was released on December 19, 2014 in North America.^[26]

In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter stated that the Alibaba Pictures Group intended to remake the film.^[27]

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External links[edit]

• Night at the Museum on IMDb
• Night at the Museum at the TCM Movie Database
• Night at the Museum at AllMovie
• Night at the Museum at Box Office Mojo
• Night at the Museum at Metacritic
• Night at the Museum at Rotten Tomatoes
• Night At The Museum Review on Variety.com