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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
MEANRANK
59/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4173
- IMDb #4505
- Google retired #2486
- Rotten Tomatoes #3987
- Metacritic #4191
- Letterboxd #3961
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4136
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4167
- Metacritic Critics #4106
- Metacritic Audience #4048
- Douban #1436
- Kinopoisk #3818
- AlloCiné #4403
- Trakt #3416
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 42, highest is Google on 82. Critics average 42, everyone else 62.
See the most agreed on films →The former night watchman discovers that many of the museum's exhibits have been shipped to the vast archives of the Smithsonian Institution. He learns that an ancient Egyptian artifact is causing the exhibits to come to life again, but also unleashing an old pharaoh who plans to take over the world. He must venture into the archives to stop him.
Details
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Writers
- Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
- Released
- 20 May 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $150.0M
- Box office
- $413.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (55) →Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 win from 7 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| MTV Movie Award 2010 | Best Comedic Performance | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2010 | Favorite Family Movie | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society Awards 2010 | Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Robert Chapin, Tony Chen for the "National Air and Space Museum Escape" | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Award 2009 | Choice Comedy Movie | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Winner |
| Teen Choice Award 2009 | Choice Movie Villain | Hank Azaria | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Award 2009 | Choice Comedy Movie Actor | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Award 2009 | Choice Comedy Movie Actress | Amy Adams | Nominee |
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Trailer — Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
×Full cast — Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
×7 awards — Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
×| Choice Comedy Movie | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Winner |
| Choice Comedy Movie Actor | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Choice Comedy Movie Actress | Amy Adams | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Villain | Hank Azaria | Nominee |
| Best Comedic Performance | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Favorite Family Movie | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Nominee |
| Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture | Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Robert Chapin, Tony Chen for the "National Air and Space Museum Escape" | Nominee |