Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 film directed by Shawn Levy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (also known as Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian or just Night at the Museum 2) is a 2009 American fantasy comedy film written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, produced by Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Shawn Levy and directed by Levy. The film stars Ben Stiller in the lead role, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Jon Bernthal, Rami Malek, and Robin Williams. It is the second installment in the Night at the Museum series, following Night at the Museum (2006).
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Directed by | Shawn Levy |
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Based on | Characters created by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc |
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Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
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Music by | Alan Silvestri |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150 million[1] |
Box office | $413.1 million[1] |
The film was released theatrically on May 22, 2009 by 20th Century Fox. Like its predecessor, it received mixed reviews and became a box office success, grossing $413 million on a $150 million budget. A live-action sequel, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb was released on December 19, 2014, and an animated sequel, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, was released on the streaming service Disney+ in 2022.