Night at the Museum

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Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Shawn Levy
Written by
Based on The Night at the Museum
by Milan Trenc
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Guillermo Navarro
Edited by Don Zimmerman
Music by Alan 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
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 American fantasy comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. It is based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. The film has an ensemble cast of Ben Stiller in the lead role, with Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs and Robin Williams in supporting roles.

Contents

It tells the story of a divorced father who applies for a job as a night watchman at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and subsequently discovers that the exhibits, animated by the tablet of Akhmenrah, a magical Egyptian artifact, come to life at night. 20th Century Fox released the film on 22 December 2006, and it grossed $574.5 million worldwide, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2006, but it received mixed reviews from critics.

Two sequels were released: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). An animated sequel, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again , was released on 9 December 2022 on the streaming service Disney+.

Plot

In New York City, Larry Daley is a divorced aspiring inventor bouncing between jobs and apartments. His former 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 his mother's fiancé Don when he grows up. Larry worries 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 Museum of Natural History, replacing retiring guard Cecil Fredericks and his colleagues, Gus and Reginald. Cecil gives Larry a special instruction 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 playful Tyrannosaurus skeleton; Dexter, a mischievous stuffed capuchin monkey that destroys Larry's manual, along with other taxidermied animals, and takes his keys. Rival displays of miniature civilisations depicting the Old West, Ancient Rome and Ancient Maya; a chewing gum-loving Easter Island Moai; wax models of Attila the Hun, American Civil War soldiers and pyromaniacal Neanderthals, as well as Sacagawea, who is encased in glass and cannot hear anyone or anything on the other side. A horse-mounted Teddy Roosevelt rescues Larry from feuding miniature leaders Jedediah and Octavius, and he explains that since an ancient Egyptian artifact—the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah—arrived in 1952, the exhibits come to life each night, but would turn to dust if left outside the museum at sunrise. As Teddy helps restore order, Larry learns that Teddy 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 his son'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, allowing a foam-covered Neanderthal to jump out the window and escape onto the street, upon seeing a group of homeless people using a fire pit. Frustrated, Larry again decides to quit, and is unable to save the escaped Neanderthal from disintegrating from the rising sun, while his remains are swept up by a street sweeper. The next day, Nick and several of his friends from school witness museum director Dr. McPhee fire Larry over the damaged Neanderthal exhibit, though Larry convinces him to reconsider. Rebecca Hutman, a museum guide and historian who is writing her dissertation on Sacagawea, believes that Larry is mocking her when he informs her of the museum's nighttime secret.

Larry brings Nick to the museum but nothing comes to life, and they discover Cecil, Gus and Reginald stealing the tablet, having deactivated it to stop the exhibits from interfering. As do 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. A chase ensues through the museum, but it is halted when Cecil snatches the tablet and locks Nick and Larry in the Egyptian room. Larry releases Ahkmenrah's mummy from his sarcophagus, and the pharaoh helps Larry and Nick to escape. They find the other exhibits fighting amongst themselves, but 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. Teddy pushes Sacagawea out of Cecil's path and is sliced in half but he is still alive. Larry pursues Cecil into Central Park, stopping him and regaining the tablet. Teddy finally bonds with Sacagawea as she repairs him, and a romance finally blossoms between the two. Rebecca sees the exhibits returning to the museum. She realises the truth, and Larry introduces her to Sacagawea. The next day, McPhee attempts to fire Larry after news reports about the night's strange events—such as The Neanderthals leaving cave paintings in the museum's subway station, and Rexy's dinosaur tracks in Central Park—but the publicity boosts museum attendance. Larry is rehired 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

Exhibits

Production

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. [5]

Trainers spent several weeks training Crystal, who plays the troublemaking monkey Dexter, to slap and bite Stiller in the film.

Director Shawn Levy credited Ben 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." [6]

Music

Songs

Score

Alan Silvestri replaced John Ottman as score composer. [7] Silvestri's score was used for the teaser trailer of Horton Hears a Who!

Night at the Museum (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
Alan Silvestri
ReleasedDecember 19, 2006 (2006-12-19)
Recorded2006
Genre Film score
Length53:19
Label Varèse Sarabande

Track list

Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack album of the score on 19 December 2006. [8]

All tracks are written by Alan Silvestri

Night at the Museum (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleLength
1."Night at the Museum"02:35
2."One of Those Days"00:49
3."An Ordinary Guy?"01:27
4."Tour of the Museum"02:35
5."Civil War Soldiers"04:08
6."Out of Africa"01:07
7."Meet Dexter"01:27
8."Mayan Warriors"00:57
9."Where's Rexy?"00:48
10."West from Africa"01:49
11."The Iron Horse"01:06
12."Saved by Teddy"01:57
13."Tablet of Akmenrah"00:37
14."Tracking, Dear Boy"01:08
15."Some Men Are Born Great"00:50
16."Sunrise"00:42
17."Study Up on History"02:15
18."Teddy Likes Sacagawea"01:53
19."Tearing Limbs"01:45
20."Caveman on Fire"00:43
21."Outrun the Sun"00:58
22."Show You What I Do"02:55
23."Tablet's Gone"02:45
24."Theodore Roosevelt at Your Service"01:11
25."This Is Your Moment"02:10
26."Rally the Troops"01:07
27."Tree Take Down"01:21
28."Cecil's Escape"01:26
29."Stage Coach"02:28
30."Teddy in Two"01:18
31."Cab Ride"00:50
32."Big Fan"01:03
33."Heroes Return"00:54
34."A Great Man"00:57
35."Full House"01:21
Total length:53:19

Release

Night at the Museum had its premiere in New York City on 17 December 2006. It was later released on 22 December 2006 in the United States, 26 December 26 2006 in the UK, 12 January 2007 in Brazil, on 14 February 2007 in China and on 17 March 2007 in Japan. [9]

Reception

Box office

At the end of its box-office run, Night at the Museum earned a gross of $250.9 million in the US and Canada, and $323.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $574.5 million. [4] It was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2006 and the highest-grossing film worldwide of the trilogy. [10]

It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, grossing $30.8 million from 3,685 theatres, with a $8,258 average per theatre. For the four-day Christmas holiday weekend, it earned $42.2 million. [4] The movie was also released in the 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, Night at the Museum expanded to 83 more theatres, earning a total of 3,768, and taking 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. [11] Night at the Museum is the second-highest-grossing film of 2006 in the United States and Canada, behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest . [12]

During its international opening weekend of 22 December 2006, the film grossed a figure of an estimated $5 million, with the highest debut coming from South Korea ($5.04 million). [13] The biggest non-North-American markets were the UK, Japan, South Korea and Germany, where it grossed $40.8 million, $30 million, $25.7 million, $22.9 million, respectively. [14]

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Night at the Museum has an approval rating of 42%, based on 139 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "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." [15] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [16] According to CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A−" on a scale of A+ to F. [17]

Justin Chang of 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." [18]

James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave it 2 stars out of 4. He 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." [19]

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". [20]

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 22 December 2006 and 7 January 2007, there were 50,000 more visitors than during the same period the previous year. [21]

Home media

The film was released on a two-disc DVD edition in the UK on 23 April 2007. It was released on one-disc and two-disc DVD editions and Blu-ray format on 24 April 2007 elsewhere.[ citation needed ]

The film became the first non-Disney film to be reviewed by Ultimate Disney (now known as DVDizzy.com), due to the website dealing with other studios in addition to Disney. [22] [23]

As of 6 December 2009, the film has sold 9,191,694 DVDs, and grossed $153,566,058 in DVD sales. [24]

Awards

AwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.
Saturn Awards Best Fantasy Film—Nominated
ASCAP Award Top Box Office FilmsAlan SilvestriWon
Artios Best Feature Film Casting - ComedyIlene Starger
Coreen Mayrs (Vancouver casting)
Heike Brandstatter (Vancouver casting)		Won
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie—Nominated [25]
MTV Movie Award Best Comedic PerformanceBen StillerNominated
National Movie Award Best Comedy—Nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice Movie: Comedy and Choice Movie Actor: ComedyBen StillerNominated
Taurus Award Hardest HitGreg FitzpatrickNominated [26]
Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or YoungerJake CherryNominated [27]

Sequels

Night at the Museum was followed by a sequel titled Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian , [28] which was released on 22 May 2009 in North America. A third film, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb , was released on 19 December 2014 in North America. [29]

In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter stated that the Alibaba Pictures Group intended to remake the film. [30] On 6 August 2019, following 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 was in development. The project was to be released as a Disney+ exclusive film, as a co-production between Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and 20th Century Studios. [31] Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again was released on 9 December 2022. [32]

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