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{{Infobox film
| name = Night at the Museum
| image = Night at the Museum poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Shawn Levy]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Shawn Levy
* [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]
* [[Michael Barnathan]]
}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Robert Ben Garant]]
* [[Thomas Lennon]]
}}
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Night at the Museum]]''|[[Milan Trenc]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Ben Stiller]]
* [[Carla Gugino]]
* [[Dick Van Dyke]]
* [[Mickey Rooney]]
* [[Bill Cobbs]]
* [[Robin Williams]]
}}
| music = [[Alan Silvestri]]
| cinematography = [[Guillermo Navarro]]
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* [[20th Century Fox]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63961|title=Night at the Museum (2006)|publisher=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=March 17, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717162608/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63961|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[1492 Pictures]]<ref name=bfi>{{cite web |title=Night at the Museum (2006) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bde11e6 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050138/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bde11e6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[21 Laps Entertainment]]<ref name=bfi/>
}}
| distributor = 20th Century Fox<ref name=afi/>
| released = {{Film date|2006|12|17|[[New York City]]|2006|12|22|United States}}
| runtime = 108 minutes<ref name=afi/>
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United Kingdom<ref name=afi/>
* United States<ref name=afi/>
}}
| language = English
| budget = $110 million<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Night-at-the-Museum#tab=summary |title=Night at the Museum (2006) |access-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420200432/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Night-at-the-Museum#tab=summary |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross = $574.5 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nightatthemuseum.htm |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |title=Night at the Museum (2006) |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228223210/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nightatthemuseum.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
'''''Night at the Museum''''' is a 2006 [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Shawn Levy]] and written by [[Robert Ben Garant]] and [[Thomas Lennon]]. It is based on [[The Night at the Museum|the 1993 children's book ]] by [[Milan Trenc]]. The film stars [[Ben Stiller]] in the lead role, alongside [[Carla Gugino]], [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Bill Cobbs]], and [[Robin Williams]]. It tells the story of a divorced father who applies for a job as a [[security guard|night watchman]] at New York City's [[American Museum of Natural History]] and subsequently discovers that the exhibits come to life at night, animated by a magical Egyptian artifact.
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In New York City, Larry Daley is a divorced aspiring inventor bouncing between jobs and apartments. His ex-wife Erica is sympathetic to his situation, but considers him a bad example to their ten-year-old son Nick, an elementary schooler who considers quitting [[ice hockey]] and plans to become a [[bond trader]] like Erica's fiancé Don when he grows up. This makes Larry worry that Nick admires Don instead of him, especially after Nick decides to invite Don to Career Day at his school. Larry is hired as the night security guard at the [[American Museum of Natural History]], replacing retiring guard Cecil Fredericks and his colleagues Gus and Reginald. Cecil gives Larry a special instructions manual, warning him not to "let anything in or out".
On his first night, Larry discovers that the museum's exhibits come to life after sunset, including: "Rexy", a ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'' skeleton that behaves like a playful dog; Dexter, a mischievous [[Taxidermy|stuffed]] [[capuchin monkey]] who destroys Larry's manual, along with other taxidermied animals, and later takes his keys; rival [[model figure|miniature]] civilizations depicting the [[American Frontier]], [[Ancient Rome]], and [[Maya civilisation|Ancient Maya]]; a chewing gum-loving [[Easter Island]] [[Moai]] who calls Larry "Dum-Dum"; [[American Civil War]] soldier [[mannequin]]s; and wax models of [[Attila]] the Hun and some of his men, pyromaniacal [[Neanderthal]]s, and [[Sacagawea]], who is encased in glass and cannot hear anything. A horse-mounted [[Theodore Roosevelt]] rescues Larry from feuding miniature leaders Jedediah and Octavius, and explains that ever since an ancient Egyptian artifact—the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah—arrived in 1952, the exhibits come to life each night, but will turn to dust if left outside the museum at sunrise. As Theodore helps restore order, Larry learns that Theodore is in love with Sacagawea but is too shy to speak to her.
Cecil, Reginald, and Gus check on Larry, who has decided to quit, but Nick and Don stop by to congratulate him on his new job. Larry decides to stay for Nick's sake, and Cecil advises reading up on history. Larry is better able to control the exhibits, but is forced to extinguish a fire that the Neanderthals' had caused in their own display, while Dexter steals Larry's keys again and unlocks a window. This allows a Neanderthal to jump out the window and escape onto the street, upon seeing a group of homeless people using a fire pit. Larry again decides to quit in frustration, and is unable to save the escaped Neanderthal from disintegrating from the rising sun, while his remains are swept up by a [[street sweeper]]. Nick witnesses museum director Dr. McPhee firing Larry over the damaged Neanderthal exhibit, though Larry convinces McPhee to reconsider. McPhee gives him one last chance to prove himself and Larry clears up the misunderstanding with Nick. Rebecca Hutman, a museum guide and historian writing her [[dissertation]] on Sacagawea, believes Larry is mocking her when he tells her the museum's nighttime secret.
Larry brings Nick to the museum, intending to show him the T-rex coming to life, but nothing comes to life. They discover Cecil, Gus and Reginald stealing the tablet and have deactivated it to stop the exhibits from interfering. Like the exhibits, the elderly guards receive enhanced vitality from the tablet, and have plotted to steal it along with other valuable artifacts to fund their retirement and frame Larry for their thievery. Nick reactivates the tablet, bringing the museum back to life and a chase ensues throughout the museum, but the chase is halted when Cecil snatches the tablet away and locks Nick and Larry in the Egyptian room. Larry releases Ahkmenrah's mummy from his [[sarcophagus]], and the pharaoh, who removes his cloth wraps to reveal himself as a fully living human, helps Larry and Nick escape. They find the other exhibits fighting amongst themselves, and Larry convinces them to unite to catch the guards and recover the tablet.
Gus and Reginald are captured, while Cecil escapes in a [[Pony Express]] [[stagecoach]]. Theodore pushes Sacagawea out of Cecil's path and is sliced in half but survives, being "made of wax." Larry pursues Cecil into [[Central Park]], stopping him and regaining the tablet. Theodore bonds with Sacagawea as she repairs him with hot wax. Rebecca sees the exhibits returning to the museum. She realizes that Larry was telling the truth, and he later introduces her to Sacagawea. Theodore remarks that he is proud of Larry's work along with Nick. Larry laments that he was not able to save everyone, believing that Jedediah and Octavius were both killed after the latter crashed his [[radio-controlled car]], and is surprised when they return alive and well.
The next day, McPhee attempts to fire Larry after news reports about the night's strange events—such as The Neanderthals leaving [[cave painting]]s in the museum's [[81st Street – Museum of Natural History (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|subway station]], and Rexy's [[trace fossil|dinosaur tracks]] in Central Park—but the publicity boosts museum attendance. Larry is rehired, goes to Nick's school's next career day and celebrates that night with a party, with Nick, Rebecca and the exhibits in attendance. Cecil, Gus and Reginald are forced to work as museum janitors as punishment for their crimes, and they clean up after the party.
==Cast==
===Humans===
* [[Ben Stiller]] as Larry Daley, a night-shift security guard at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in New York, Nick's father, and Erica's ex-husband.
* [[Carla Gugino]] as Rebecca Hutman, a [[museum docent]].
* [[Dick Van Dyke]] as Cecil Fredericks, a veteran security guard.
* [[Mickey Rooney]] as Gus, a veteran security guard, who takes an instant dislike to Larry.
* [[Bill Cobbs]] as Reginald, a veteran security guard.
* [[
* [[Ricky Gervais]] as Dr. McPhee, the curator of the Museum of Natural History and Larry's boss.
* [[Kim Raver]] as Erica Daley, Larry's ex-wife and Nick's mother.
* [[Charlie Murphy (actor)|Charlie Murphy]] as the taxi-driver.
* [[
* [[Anne Meara]] as Debbie.
===Exhibits===
* [[Robin Williams]] as [[Theodore Roosevelt]], the [[wax sculpture]] of the 26th [[President of the United States]] dressed in his [[Rough Riders|Rough Rider]] uniform, who befriends and mentors Larry.
* [[Patrick Gallagher (actor)|Patrick Gallagher]] as a wax model of [[Attila The Hun]], who antagonizes Larry at first before Larry appeals to his softer side.
* [[Rami Malek]] as the [[mummy]] of Ahkmenrah, a benevolent Egyptian [[pharaoh]] and the tablet's original owner, who becomes a fully living human at night. The film marks Malek's film debut.
* [[Pierfrancesco Favino]] as a [[bronze statue]] of [[Christopher Columbus]], whose name Larry consistently forgets due to no label.
* [[Steve Coogan]] as Octavius, a miniature [[List of Roman generals|Roman general]] figure.
* [[Mizuo Peck]] as [[Sacagawea]], the polyurethane model of the [[Lemhi Shoshone]] woman who guided Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, and later Theodore Roosevelt's girlfriend.
* [[Owen Wilson]] as Jedediah (uncredited), a miniature [[cowboy]] figure.
* Kerry van der Griend, Dan Rizzuto, Matthew Harrison, and Jody Racicot as wax models of [[Neanderthal]]s.
* Martin Christopher as a wax model of [[Meriwether Lewis]].
* Martin Sims as a wax model of [[William Clark (explorer)|William Clark]].
* Randy Lee, Darryl Quon, Gerald Wong, and Paul Chih-Ping Cheng as wax models of [[Huns]].
* [[Brad Garrett]] as the voice of the [[Moai|Easter Island Head]].
* [[Crystal the Monkey]] as Dexter, a [[Taxidermy|stuffed]] [[Capuchin monkey]] who repeatedly torments Larry.
* Roger Lewis and Dave Hospes as miniature cowboys.
* Jonathan Lee as a miniature Chinese railroad worker.
* Jason Mckinnon as a miniature Irish railroad worker.
* Jason Vaisvila, Cade Wagar, and Gary Sievers as wax models of [[Vikings]].
* Cory Martin as a Chinese [[Terracotta Army|terracotta soldier]].
* Trevor Addie as a miniature Roman.
* Lloyd Adams as a soldier.
* [[Matthew Walker (Canadian actor)|Matthew Walker]] as a politician.
==Production==
<!-- Commented out: [[Image:Benstillertrex.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ben Stiller claimed that he watched [[Tom Cruise]] in the ''[[Mission: Impossible (film series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' films to learn how to imitate his running technique, shown here as Stiller portraying his film character running from the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' skeleton (Rexy).<ref name="S2S" />{{deletable file-caption|Friday, October 28, 2022|PROD}}]] -->
The building featured in the film, which was constructed on a sound stage in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], is based on the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in New York City, external shots of which were used in the movie.<ref name="MLG">{{cite web | title=MovieLocationsGuide.com | work=Night at the Museum Filming Locations | url=http://www.movielocationsguide.com/Night_at_the_Museum/filming_locations | access-date=January 8, 2007 | archive-date=December 16, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216055342/http://www.movielocationsguide.com/Night_at_the_Museum/filming_locations | url-status=live }}</ref>
Trainers spent several weeks training Crystal, who plays the troublemaking monkey Dexter, to slap and bite Ben Stiller in the film.
Director [[Shawn Levy]] credited Stiller for the ensemble cast: "When actors hear that Ben Stiller is in a movie they want to work with him. It['s] a high-water mark and it absolutely draws actors in and I'm convinced that's a big part of why we got this cast."<ref name="S2S">{{cite web | first=Angela | last=Dawson | date=January 5, 2007 | title=Stiller shifts to the Museum | url=http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=16582 | url-status=dead | website=Sun2Surf.com | archive-date=May 5, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505215247/http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=16582 | access-date=October 21, 2022 }}</ref>
==Music==
===Songs===
* "[[Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night|Friday Night]]" - performed by [[McFly (band)|McFly]]; not featured in American version of the film, but heard in some international cuts, used during the end credits. It can be heard on the American DVD on the Spanish dub.
* "[[September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|September]]" - performed by [[Earth, Wind and Fire]]; used before the end credits where everyone in the museum is partying.
* "[[Weapon of Choice (song)|Weapon of Choice]]" - performed by [[Fatboy Slim]]; used in the scene where Larry returns to the museum for his second night and is preparing for the chaos.
* "Tonight" - performed by [[Keke Palmer]] featuring [[Cham (singer)|Cham]]; used for the end credits.
* An [[Elevator music|instrumental]] version of "[[Mandy (Barry Manilow song)|Mandy]]" by [[Barry Manilow]] is used when Larry is standing in the elevator, while escaping from Attila the Hun.
* "[[Dem Bones|Ezekiel Saw Them Dry Bones]]" is the tune Larry whistles as he passes the empty ''T. rex'' exhibit on his first night.
* "[[Camptown Races]]" by Stephen Foster is sung by the townspeople of the American West miniature diorama. This is a period-correct song.
===Score===
[[Alan Silvestri]] replaced [[John Ottman]] as score composer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Night-at-Museum-Alan-Silvestri/dp/B000KHX6AY | title=Night at the Museum Soundtrack | work=amazon.com | access-date=February 12, 2015 | archive-date=February 7, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207191228/http://www.amazon.com/Night-at-Museum-Alan-Silvestri/dp/B000KHX6AY | url-status=live }}</ref> Silvestri's score was used for the teaser trailer of ''[[Horton Hears a Who! (film)|Horton Hears a Who!]]''
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====Track list====
[[Varèse Sarabande]] released a soundtrack album of the score on December 19, 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/night-at-the-museum-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000738009/releases | title=Night at the Museum [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] | work=allmusic.com | access-date=February 12, 2015 | archive-date=March 13, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313042645/http://www.allmusic.com/album/night-at-the-museum-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000738009/releases | url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Night at the Museum (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''
| total_length = 53:19
| all_writing = Alan Silvestri
| title1 = Night at the Museum
| length1 = 02:35
| title2 = One of Those Days
| length2 = 00:49
| title3 = An Ordinary Guy?
| length3 = 01:27
| title4 = Tour of the Museum
| length4 = 02:35
| title5 = Civil War Soldiers
| length5 = 04:08
| title6 = Out of Africa
| length6 = 01:07
| title7 = Meet Dexter
| length7 = 01:27
| title8 = Mayan Warriors
| length8 = 00:57
| title9 = Where's Rexy?
| length9 = 00:48
| title10 = West from Africa
| length10 = 01:49
| title11 = The Iron Horse
| length11 = 01:06
| title12 = Saved by Teddy
| length12 = 01:57
| title13 = Tablet of Akmenrah
| length13 = 00:37
| title14 = Tracking, Dear Boy
| length14 = 01:08
| title15 = Some Men Are Born Great
| length15 = 00:50
| title16 = Sunrise
| length16 = 00:42
| title17 = Study Up on History
| length17 = 02:15
| title18 = Teddy Likes Sacagawea
| length18 = 01:53
| title19 = Tearing Limbs
| length19 = 01:45
| title20 = Caveman on Fire
| length20 = 00:43
| title21 = Outrun the Sun
| length21 = 00:58
| title22 = Show You What I Do
| length22 = 02:55
| title23 = Tablet's Gone
| length23 = 02:45
| title24 = Theodore Roosevelt at Your Service
| length24 = 01:11
| title25 = This Is Your Moment
| length25 = 02:10
| title26 = Rally the Troops
| length26 = 01:07
| title27 = Tree Take Down
| length27 = 01:21
| title28 = Cecil's Escape
| length28 = 01:26
| title29 = Stage Coach
| length29 = 02:28
| title30 = Teddy in Two
| length30 = 01:18
| title31 = Cab Ride
| length31 = 00:50
| title32 = Big Fan
| length32 = 01:03
| title33 = Heroes Return
| length33 = 00:54
| title34 = A Great Man
| length34 = 00:57
| title35 = Full House
| length35 = 01:21
}}
==Release==
''Night at the Museum'' had its [[film premiere|premiere]] in [[New York City]] on December 17, 2006. It was later released on December 22, 2006, in the United States, December 26, 2006, in UK, January 12, 2007, in Brazil, on February 14, 2007, in China and on March 17, 2007, in Japan.<ref name="releaseN">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477347/releaseinfo | title=Night at the Museum Release | work=imdb.com | access-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-date=March 7, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307011616/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477347/releaseinfo | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Reception==
===Box office===
At the end of its box office run, ''Night at the Museum'' earned a gross of $250.9 million in the United States and Canada and $323.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $574.5 million.<ref name="BOM"/> It was [[2006 in film|the fifth highest-grossing film of 2006]] and also the highest-grossing film worldwide of the trilogy. It was also the highest-grossing film directed by [[Shawn Levy]], until it was surpassed by ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=museumshow.htm | title=Night at the Museum Showdown | publisher=IMDB | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213043907/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=museumshow.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, grossing $30.8 million and playing in 3,685 theaters, with a $8,258 per-theater average. For the four-day Christmas holiday weekend, it took in $42.2 million.<ref name="BOM"/> The movie was also released in [[IMAX]] large screen format, often on-site at museums of science or natural history such as the [[Pacific Science Center]] in Seattle.
In its [[second weekend in box office performance|second weekend]], ''Night at the Museum'' expanded into 83 more theaters for a total of 3,768, and took in approximately $36.7 million, out-grossing its opening weekend. It maintained the top position in its third week, with an additional $23.7 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=nightatthemuseum.htm | title=Night at the Museum domestic weekend | publisher=IMDB | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213075321/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=nightatthemuseum.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Night at the Museum'' is the [[List of American films of 2006#Box office|second highest-grossing film of 2006 in the United States and Canada]], behind ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm |title=2006 DOMESTIC GROSSES |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201023501/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
During its international opening weekend of December 22, 2006, the film grossed a figure of an estimated $5 million, with the highest debut coming from South Korea ($5.04 million).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&view=byweekend&wk=2006W51&id=nightatthemuseum.htm | title=Night at the Museum Foreign Weekly | publisher=IMDB | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213042925/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&view=byweekend&wk=2006W51&id=nightatthemuseum.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> The biggest market in the other territories were the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Germany, where it grossed $40.8 million, $30 million, $25.7 million, $22.9 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=nightatthemuseum.htm | title=NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM foreign market | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-date=February 13, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213081546/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=nightatthemuseum.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
===Critical response===
On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Night at the Museum'' has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews and an average rating of 5.2/10. The site's critical consensus read, "Parents might call this either a spectacle-filled adventure or a shallow and vapid CG-fest, depending on whether they choose to embrace this on the same level as their kids."<ref name="RT">{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_at_the_museum | title=Night at the Museum | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=December 6, 2022 | archive-date=December 9, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209094811/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/night_at_the_museum | url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2020|10}}, on [[Metacritic]], the film had a score of 48 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/night-at-the-museum | title=Night at the Museum | work=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=October 16, 2020 | archive-date=October 16, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016180658/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/night-at-the-museum | url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[CinemaScore]] polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemascore.com/ | title=Cinemascore | work=cinemascore.com/ | access-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-date=May 18, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518162710/https://www.cinemascore.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine wrote: "This rambunctious, "[[Jumanji]]"-style extravaganza is a gallery of special effects in search of a story; rarely has so much production value yielded so little in terms of audience engagement."<ref>{{cite web |last=Chang |first=Justin |author-link=Justin Chang |title=Night at the Museum |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932351 |website=Variety |date=December 21, 2006 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714020424/https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/night-at-the-museum-2-1200511410/ |url-status=live }}</ref> James Berardinelli of Reelviews gave it 2 stars out of 4, and commented on Stiller's performance by stating "It might be fair to give Ben Stiller an 'A' for effort, but to call what he does in this movie 'acting' is a misnomer. He does a lot of running around, occasionally falling down or bumping into things."<ref name="RV">{{cite web | title=Reelviews.com | work=Night at the Museum | url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/n/night_museum.html | access-date=January 7, 2007 | archive-date=September 22, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922193450/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/n/night_museum.html | url-status=live }}</ref> One positive review by William Arnold of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', gave it a B−, and stated that the film was "Out to impress and delight a family audience with the pageantry of human and natural history, and that's a surprisingly worthy ambition for a Hollywood comedy."<ref name="Seattle">{{cite news | title=SeattlePI.com | work=Shallow 'Museum' exhibits some appealing qualities | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/296769_museum22q.html | access-date=January 7, 2007 | first1=William | last1=Arnold | date=December 21, 2006}}</ref>
Museum officials at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] have credited the film for increasing the number of visitors during the holiday season by almost 20%. According to a museum official, between December 22, 2006, and January 7, 2007, there were 50,000 more visitors than during the same period the prior year.<ref name="ABCNews">{{cite web | title=msnbc.com | work=Movie boosts Natural History Museum visits | date=January 10, 2007 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16549060 | access-date=September 11, 2007 | archive-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211142219/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16549060/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
===Home media===
The film was released on a 2-Disc DVD edition in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2007. It was released on 1-Disc and 2-Disc [[DVD]] editions and [[Blu-ray|Blu-ray Disc]] format on April 24, 2007, elsewhere.
As of December 6, 2009, the film has sold 9,191,694 DVDs and grossed $153,566,058 in DVD sales.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Night-at-the-Museum#tab=video-sales | title=Night at the Museum | work=the-numbers.com | access-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211105715/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Night-at-the-Museum#tab=video-sales | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Accolades==
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
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! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
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| [[33rd Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| Best Fantasy Film || {{n/a}} || {{Nominated}} ||
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| [[ASCAP Award]]
| Top Box Office Films || Alan Silvestri || {{Won}} ||
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| [[Artios]]
| Best Feature Film Casting - Comedy || Ilene Starger<br>Coreen Mayrs (Vancouver casting)<br>Heike Brandstatter (Vancouver casting) || {{Won}} ||
|-
|[[2007 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]]
| Favorite Movie || {{n/a}} || {{Nominated}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/nominees.php|title=2007 Host Nominee Release|date=February 7, 2007|publisher=Nickelodeon|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=March 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320212728/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/nominees.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[2007 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award]]
| Best Comedic Performance || Ben Stiller || {{Nominated}} ||
|-
|[[National Movie Awards#1st NMA .282007.29|National Movie Award]]
| Best Comedy || {{n/a}} || {{Nominated}} ||
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|[[2007 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Award]]
| Choice Movie: Comedy and Choice Movie Actor: Comedy || Ben Stiller || {{Nominated}} ||
|-
|[[Taurus World Stunt Awards|Taurus Award]]
| Hardest Hit || Greg Fitzpatrick || {{Nominated}} || <ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.taurusworldstuntawards.com/index.php?id=131&nominee_id=72| title= Taurus World Stunt Awards - Hardest Hit| publisher= World Stunt Awards| access-date= August 26, 2016| archive-date= May 23, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160523230200/http://www.taurusworldstuntawards.com/index.php?id=131&nominee_id=72| url-status= live}}</ref>
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|[[Young Artist Award]]
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger || Jake Cherry || {{Nominated}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm|title=28th Annual Young Artist Awards Nominations|publisher=Young Artist Association|access-date=August 26, 2016|archive-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043416/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Sequels==
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''Night at the Museum'' was followed by a sequel titled ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2692250/releaseinfo | title=Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | work=imdb.com | access-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-date=August 10, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810103537/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2692250/releaseinfo | url-status=live }}</ref> which was released on May 22, 2009, in North America. A third film, ''[[Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb]]'', was released on December 19, 2014, in North America.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movie/night-at-the-museum-3-2014#/slide/1 | title=Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | work=comingsoon.net | access-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-date=February 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211105853/http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/night-at-the-museum-3-2014#/slide/1 | url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2016, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' stated that the [[Alibaba Pictures|Alibaba Pictures Group]] intended to remake the film.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-alibaba-pictures-remake-night-887597|title= China's Alibaba Pictures to Remake 'Night at the Museum'|work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|author= Rebecca Sun and Patrick Brzeski|date= April 25, 2016|access-date= April 27, 2016|archive-date= April 27, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160427104210/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-alibaba-pictures-remake-night-887597|url-status= live}}</ref> On August 6, 2019, following [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|the purchase of 21st Century Fox and its assets by The Walt Disney Company]], Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] announced that a fully animated sequel to ''Night at the Museum'' is in development. The project will be released as a [[Disney+]] exclusive film, as a co-production between [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] and [[20th Century Studios]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/disney-looking-to-reboot-home-alone-night-at-the-museum-films-for-disney/article28853464.ece |title=Disney is rebooting Movies from the past. |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510183253/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/disney-looking-to-reboot-home-alone-night-at-the-museum-films-for-disney/article28853464.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again]]'' was released on December 9, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/night-at-the-museum-kahmunrah-rises-again-image-animated-movie-disney-plus/ |work=Collider |title=First 'Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again' Image Teases Nick Daley's Animated Return |last=Mishra |first=Shrishty |date=November 3, 2022 |access-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103190108/https://collider.com/night-at-the-museum-kahmunrah-rises-again-image-animated-movie-disney-plus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Film}}
* [[List of films featuring dinosaurs]]
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