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Night at the Museum

2006 · Movie · 108 min
C

MEANRANK

63/100

Averaged across 12 ratings · 2.6M votes

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31–92 out of 100

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Lowest is Criticker on 31, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 46, everyone else 67.

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A newly hired night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers an ancient Egyptian artifact causes everything in the building to magically come to life after sunset. He must control the chaos, including a T-Rex skeleton and historical figures running amok.

Details

Director
Shawn Levy
Based on
The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc
Released
20 December 2006
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Language
English
Runtime
108 min
Rated
PG
Budget
$110.0M
Box office
$574.5M
Awards
2 wins, 7 nominations

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Awards & nominations

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2 wins from 9 nominations across 9 ceremonies

ASCAP Award 2006 Top Box Office Films Alan Silvestri Winner
Artios 2006 Best Feature Film Casting - Comedy Ilene Starger Coreen Mayrs (Vancouver casting) Heike Brandstatter (Vancouver casting) Winner
Kids' Choice Awards 2006 Favorite Movie N/a Nominee
MTV Movie Award 2006 Best Comedic Performance Ben Stiller Nominee
National Movie Award 2006 Best Comedy N/a Nominee
Saturn Awards 2006 Best Fantasy Film N/a Nominee
Taurus Award 2006 Hardest Hit Greg Fitzpatrick Nominee
Teen Choice Award 2006 Choice Movie: Comedy and Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Ben Stiller Nominee
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