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Night at the Museum

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Night at the Museum
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Directed byShawn Levy
Written by
Based onThe Night at the Museum
by Milan Trenc
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGuillermo Navarro
Edited byDon Zimmerman
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[1]
Release dates
  • December 17, 2006 (2006-12-17) (New York City)
  • December 22, 2006 (2006-12-22) (United States)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[1]
  • United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110 million[3]
Box office$574.5 million[4]

Night at the Museum is a 2006 fantasy comedy movie directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. It is based on 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 is about a divorced father who applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History. He learns that the exhibits come to life at night because of a magical Egyptian artifact.

This is the first movie in the movie series. Night at the Museum was followed by a sequel titled Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which was released on May 22, 2009. The third movie, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, was released on December 19, 2014.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Night at the Museum (2006)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Night at the Museum (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  3. "Night at the Museum (2006)". Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  4. "Night at the Museum (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

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