Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Movie · PG · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · 43% critics
A museum night watchman returns to find the exhibits have been moved to the Smithsonian—and the lively trouble follows. He teams up with familiar historical figures and new allies as the situation escalates, leading to wild run-ins with famous names from the past and a battle to keep everything from going wrong.
Also known as Night at the Museum 2
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-05-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 43/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (7,299 votes)
- Box office
- $413,106,170
- Budget
- $150,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want energetic family comedy with museum chaos and plenty of historical figures showing up, like Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania; Not for you if you want heartfelt storytelling or more consistently funny jokes.
Pros: family-friendly laughs; lots of lively exhibits; big-name historical guests | Cons: overly silly tone; underused characters; uneven humor
Themes
- museum
- magical object
- aftercreditsstinger
- duringcreditsstinger
- pharaoh
- amelia earhart
- inanimate objects come to life
- smithsonian
- back to life
Cast & crew
Ben Stiller
as Larry Daley
Amy Adams
as Amelia Earhart
Owen Wilson
as Jedediah Smith
Hank Azaria
as Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln
Robin Williams
as Theodore Roosevelt
Christopher Guest
as Ivan the Terrible
Alain Chabat
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Steve Coogan
as Octavius
Ricky Gervais
as Dr. McPhee
Bill Hader
as George Armstrong Custer
Directed by Shawn Levy