Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
When the lights go off the battle is on.
2009 | 105m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Shawn Levy |
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| Writer: | Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 20, 2009 |
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| Director: | Shawn Levy |
| Writer: | Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action |
| Keywords | museum, magical object, duringcreditsstinger, pharaoh, amelia earhart, inanimate objects come to life, smithsonian, back to life |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, 1492 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, 21 Laps Entertainment, Museum Canada Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $413,106,170
Budget: $150,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 21, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ben Stiller | Larry Daley |
| Amy Adams | Amelia Earhart |
| Owen Wilson | Jedediah Smith |
| Hank Azaria | Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln |
| Robin Williams | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Christopher Guest | Ivan the Terrible |
| Alain Chabat | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Steve Coogan | Octavius |
| Ricky Gervais | Dr. McPhee |
| Bill Hader | George Armstrong Custer |
| Jon Bernthal | Al Capone |
| Patrick Gallagher | Attila the Hun |
| Jake Cherry | Nicky Daley |
| Rami Malek | Ahkmenrah |
| Mizuo Peck | Sacajawea |
| Kerry van der Griend | Neanderthal #1 |
| Matthew Harrison | Neanderthal #2 |
| Rick Dobran | Neanderthal #3 |
| Randy Lee | Hun #1 |
| Darryl Quon | Hun #2 |
| Gerald Wong | Hun #3 |
| Paul Cheng | Hun #4 |
| Jay Baruchel | Sailor Joey Motorola |
| Mindy Kaling | Docent |
| Keith Powell | Tuskegee Airman #1 |
| Craig Robinson | Tuskegee Airman #2 |
| Samuel Patrick Chu | Teenage Boy #1 |
| Augustus Oicle | Teenage Boy #2 |
| Kai James | Teenage Boy #3 |
| Clint Howard | Air and Space Mission Control Tech #1 |
| Matty Finochio | Air and Space Mission Control Tech #2 |
| George Foreman | George Foreman |
| Josh Byer | Capone Gangster #1 |
| Sophie Levy | Young Girl #1 |
| Tess Levy | Young Girl #2 |
| Christina Schild | 'American Gothic' Woman |
| Robert Thurston | 'American Gothic' Farmer |
| Alberta Mayne | Kissing Nurse |
| Clifton MaCabe Murray | Kissing Sailor |
| Caroll Spinney | Oscar the Grouch (voice) |
| Thomas Morley | Darth Vader |
| Dan Joffre | Town Car Driver |
| Dave Hospes | Astronaut |
| Regina Taufen | New York Reporter |
| Shawn Levy | Infomercial Father |
| Joe Jonas | Cherub #1 (voice) |
| Kevin Jonas | Cherub #2 (voice) |
| Nick Jonas | Cherub #3 (voice) |
| Eugene Levy | Albert Einstein (voice) |
| Brad Garrett | Easter Island Head (voice) |
| Ed Helms | Larry Daley's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Jonah Hill | Brundon the Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Thomas Lennon | Wilbur Wright (uncredited) |
| Crystal the Monkey | Dexter / Able (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Anagnos | Utility Stunts |
| Nickolas Baric | Stunts |
| Loyd Bateman | Stunts |
| Krista Bell | Stunt Double |
| Chad Bellamy | Stunts |
| Donna Isaacson | Casting |
| Marlene Stewart | Costume Design |
| Dan DeLeeuw | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Dean Zimmerman | Editor |
| James Bamford | Stunts |
| J.J. Makaro | Stunt Coordinator |
| Fraser Aitcheson | Stunts |
| Josh McLaglen | First Assistant Director |
| Garrett Warren | Stunt Coordinator |
| Doane Gregory | Still Photographer |
| Craig Henighan | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer |
| Paul Massey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Anthony Jackson | Storyboard Artist |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Jennifer Mylrea | Utility Stunts |
| J.J. Perry | Utility Stunts |
| Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle | Stunts |
| Clint Carleton | Stunt Double |
| Alan Silvestri | Original Music Composer |
| Yasamin Ismaili | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Mark Ginther | Utility Stunts |
| Aravind Jayaraman | Lighting Artist |
| Guy Bar'ely | Animation |
| Joel Foster | Animation |
| Julie D'Antoni | Visual Effects |
| Sagar Patil | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Mike Marcuzzi | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Daniel Lindsey | VFX Artist |
| Helen Jarvis | Supervising Art Director |
| Greg Hanson | Stunt Double |
| Trevor Addie | Stunts |
| Lloyd Adams | Stunts |
| Don Zimmerman | Editor |
| Anne M. Simonet | Unit Production Manager |
| Thomas M. Hammel | Unit Production Manager |
| Misha Bukowski | Second Assistant Director |
| Eric Hedayat | Production Supervisor |
| Gary Capo | Second Unit Director |
| Lin MacDonald | Set Decoration |
| William H. Orr | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Dean Eilertson | Property Master |
| Jason B. Landels | Assistant Property Master |
| Michelle Hendriksen | Assistant Property Master |
| Claudio Palavecino | Assistant Property Master |
| Grant Van Der Slagt | Art Direction |
| Michael Diner | Art Direction |
| Sean Goojha | Art Department Coordinator |
| Lance White | Video Assist Operator |
| Ian Fox | Second Unit Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator |
| David Crone | Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator |
| Richard Mosier | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Patrick Stepien | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Robert Alonzo | Utility Stunts |
| Claude Paré | Production Design |
| Justin Bergler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Tyler Woeste | Second Assistant Camera |
| Jean-Marc Saldini | Camera Loader |
| Rob Young | Production Sound Mixer |
| Kelly Zombor | Boom Operator |
| Darryl Marko | Utility Sound |
| Diane Durant | Script Supervisor |
| Terry Wilson | Supervising Music Editor |
| John A. Larsen | Supervising Sound Editor |
| David Giammarco | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Laurie Dobbie | Property Buyer |
| Michael A. Billings | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Zoe Jirik | Set Decorating Coordinator |
| Joel Venti | Storyboard Artist |
| Marc Baird | Storyboard Artist |
| Mira Caveno | Set Designer |
| Jay Mitchell | Set Designer |
| Bryan Sutton | Set Designer |
| Victoria Down | Makeup Department Head |
| Sherry Linder-Gygli | Hair Department Head |
| Andrew W. Davidson | Gaffer |
| Sean Oxenbury | Rigging Gaffer |
| Keith Woods | Rigging Gaffer |
| Shane Dobie | Best Boy Electric |
| Mike Kirilenko | Key Grip |
| David McIntosh | Key Rigging Grip |
| David Cameron | Best Boy Grip |
| R.J. Kizer | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Ryan Monro | Dolly Grip |
| Darin Wong | Dolly Grip |
| John Casey | Costume Supervisor |
| Jana MacDonald | Costume Coordinator |
| John Catron | Production Accountant |
| Fawn McDonald | Production Coordinator |
| Rino Pace | Location Manager |
| Jason Collier | Assistant Location Manager |
| Daniel Mansfield | Second Second Assistant Director |
| John Dale | Construction Coordinator |
| Mario Tomas-Niedworok | Paint Coordinator |
| Patricia Johnson | Unit Publicist |
| Rob Vreugde | Transportation Coordinator |
| Laura Graham | ADR Editor |
| Vanessa Lapato | ADR Editor |
| Coll Anderson | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Murray | Foley Supervisor |
| Scott Curtis | Foley Editor |
| Doug Jackson | Foley Editor |
| Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer |
| Skip Longfellow | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jason Tuttle | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Eric A. Larsen | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Tim Gomillion | Sound Recordist |
| David Lucarelli | ADR Recordist |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| Jim Passon | Color Timer |
| Eileen Godoy | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Devon Miller | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Raymond Chen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Bill Tlusty | Visual Effects Producer |
| Audra Neil | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Robert Ben Garant | Characters, Writer |
| Bianca Giancoli | Utility Stunts |
| Kimberly Chiang | Stunts |
| John Schwartzman | Director of Photography |
| H. Dwight Raymond IV | First Assistant Editor |
| Jeff Beattie | VFX Editor |
| Shawn Levy | Director |
| Thomas Lennon | Characters, Writer |
| Laurin Kelsey | Props |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Josh McLaglen | Executive Producer |
| Mark Radcliffe | Executive Producer |
| Chris Columbus | Producer |
| Michael Barnathan | Producer |
| Ellen Somers | Associate Producer |
| Thomas M. Hammel | Executive Producer |
| Shawn Levy | Producer |
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Geronimo1967
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Shawn Levy didn't waste any time cobbling together this sequel and though it's not terrible, it's all a bit silly. "Daley" (Ben Stiller) has made his fortune and "McPhee" (Ricky Gervais) is facing the worrying digitisation of his soon to be "interactive" museum. This is going to result in the reloca ... tion of some of the exhibits to the Smithsonian where the megalomanic Pharaoh "Kahmunrah" is poised to ally with Ivan the Terrible, Al Capone and Napoleon to form his own little axis of evil. Quickly, it falls to "Daley" and his assembled troop of recently transported, brave, exhibits to thwart this dastardly plan. To be fair, this film does move along well and has retained most of the cast from the first film - Robin Williams as the sagely Teddy Roosevelt and quite a dashing Rami Malek ("Ahkmenrah") as well as adding an enthusiastic performance from Amy Adams as the trail-blazing Amelia Earhart. It's all just a bit overly-theatrical for me, though - especially the really hammy Hank Azaria who just seems to be trying to do his best Robert Downey Jr impersonation of the menacing Pharaoh. It's really just anther vehicle for Ben Stiller to do what he does best, and if that's what you like then there is nothing to disappoint here - he does all that he needs to. For me, it's all just a little lazy with a denouement that offers little by way of jeopardy. It looks good, though, and again reminds us to go visit a museum some time.
Jun 19, 2023