Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
When the lights go off the battle is on.
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution.Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Signature
- Wonder · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $413M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
38 billed performers
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Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
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Box Office & Release
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian returned 2.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $150M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $413M
- Release date
- May 20, 2009
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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