Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian backdrop

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian movie poster

Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianFollow

2009 • PG • 1h 45m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

When the lights go off the battle is on.

🍅 43% 47%

42

2.96

6.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$54.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$177.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$402.20M

$225.00M international

Domestic legs3.27x

Budget$150M

2009 rank#14

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Cast & crew

Full Levy filmography

Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy Director

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria Starring

Robin Williams

Robin Williams Starring

ScreenplayThomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant Studio20th Century Fox SeriesNight at the Museum

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 22-24 1 $54.2M — 4,096 $13,225 $54.2M

2 May 29-31 2 $24.4M −55.0% 4,101 $5,938 $104.2M

3 Jun 5-7 4 $14.6M −39.9% 3,807 $3,844 $127.3M

4 Jun 12-14 4 $9.6M −34.3% 3,365 $2,857 $143.5M

5 Jun 19-21 6 $7.8M −18.8% 2,962 $2,635 $156.5M

6 Jun 26-28 9 $3.6M −53.3% 2,250 $1,619 $163.4M

7 Jul 3-5 10 $2.0M −43.9% 1,419 $1,439 $167.7M

8 Jul 10-12 11 $1.5M −28.9% 854 $1,701 $170.5M

9 Jul 17-19 13 $759.6K −47.7% 515 $1,474 $171.8M

10 Jul 24-26 16 $650.0K −14.4% 396 $1,641 $173.0M

11 Jul 31-Aug 2 19 $558.4K −14.1% 349 $1,599 $174.0M

12 Aug 7-9 20 $467.1K −16.4% 329 $1,419 $174.9M

13 Aug 14-16 23 $366.3K −21.6% 278 $1,317 $175.5M

14 Aug 21-23 26 $301.0K −17.8% 266 $1,131 $176.1M

15 Aug 28-30 30 $239.2K −20.5% 232 $1,031 $176.5M

16 Sep 4-6 32 $193.1K −19.3% 205 $942 $176.7M

17 Sep 11-13 36 $107.6K −44.3% 162 $664 $176.9M

18 Sep 18-20 42 $81.3K −24.4% 119 $683 $177.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 22 #1 $15.6M — $15.6M 4,096 $3,800 1

Sat May 23 #1 $20.1M +29% $35.7M 4,096 $4,904 2

Sun May 24 #1 $18.5M −8% $54.2M 4,096 $4,520 3

Mon May 25 #1 $15.9M −14% $70.1M 4,096 $3,876 4

Tue May 26 #2 $3.6M −77% $73.7M 4,096 $881 5

Wed May 27 #1 $3.1M −15% $76.7M 4,096 $748 6

Thu May 28 #1 $3.1M n/c $79.8M 4,096 $748 7

Fri May 29 #2 $7.3M +138% −53% $87.1M 4,101 $1,783 8

Sat May 30 #2 $10.4M +42% −48% $97.5M 4,101 $2,540 9

Sun May 31 #2 $6.6M −36% −64% $104.2M 4,101 $1,614 10

Mon Jun 1 #2 $1.9M −71% −88% $106.1M 4,101 $463 11

Tue Jun 2 #2 $2.2M +16% −39% $108.3M 4,101 $537 12

Wed Jun 3 #2 $2.2M −2% −30% $110.4M 4,101 $525 13

Thu Jun 4 #2 $2.3M +6% −26% $112.7M 4,101 $556 14

Fri Jun 5 #4 $4.6M +103% −37% $117.3M 3,807 $1,213 15

Sat Jun 6 #4 $6.2M +33% −41% $123.5M 3,807 $1,618 16

Sun Jun 7 #4 $3.9M −37% −42% $127.3M 3,807 $1,011 17

Mon Jun 8 #4 $1.5M −62% −23% $128.8M 3,807 $383 18

Tue Jun 9 #4 $1.6M +11% −26% $130.4M 3,807 $426 19

Wed Jun 10 #4 $1.6M n/c −25% $132.0M 3,807 $424 20

Thu Jun 11 #3 $1.8M +13% −20% $133.8M 3,807 $478 21

Fri Jun 12 #4 $3.0M +63% −36% $136.8M 3,365 $880 22

Sat Jun 13 #4 $4.1M +39% −33% $140.9M 3,365 $1,222 23

Sun Jun 14 #4 $2.5M −38% −34% $143.5M 3,365 $755 24

Mon Jun 15 #5 $1.1M −55% −22% $144.6M 3,365 $336 25

Tue Jun 16 #4 $1.3M +17% −18% $145.9M 3,365 $394 26

Wed Jun 17 #4 $1.3M n/c −18% $147.2M 3,365 $394 27

Thu Jun 18 #4 $1.4M +6% −23% $148.7M 3,365 $416 28

Fri Jun 19 #6 $2.1M +52% −28% $150.8M 2,962 $718 29

Sat Jun 20 #6 $3.0M +40% −27% $153.8M 2,962 $1,009 30

Sun Jun 21 #6 $2.7M −10% +6% $156.5M 2,962 $907 31

Mon Jun 22 #6 $890.1K −67% −21% $157.3M 2,962 $300 32

Tue Jun 23 #6 $958.1K +8% −28% $158.3M 2,962 $323 33

Wed Jun 24 #7 $751.2K −22% −43% $159.1M 2,409 $311 34

Thu Jun 25 #7 $688.6K −8% −51% $159.7M 2,409 $285 35

Fri Jun 26 #8 $1.2M +72% −44% $160.9M 2,250 $527 36

Sat Jun 27 #9 $1.4M +18% −53% $162.3M 2,250 $622 37

Sun Jun 28 #8 $1.1M −25% −61% $163.4M 2,250 $469 38

Mon Jun 29 #8 $594.3K −44% −33% $164.0M 2,250 $264 39

Tue Jun 30 #8 $754.0K +27% −21% $164.7M 2,250 $335 40

Wed Jul 1 #10 $418.1K −45% −44% $165.2M 1,361 $307 41

Thu Jul 2 #10 $506.0K +21% −27% $165.7M 1,361 $371 42

Fri Jul 3 #10 $877.7K +73% −26% $166.5M 1,419 $618 43

Sat Jul 4 #9 $572.6K −35% −59% $167.1M 1,419 $403 44

Sun Jul 5 #10 $593.0K +4% −44% $167.7M 1,419 $417 45

Mon Jul 6 #10 $317.6K −46% −47% $168.0M 1,419 $223 46

Tue Jul 7 #10 $344.0K +8% −54% $168.4M 1,419 $242 47

Wed Jul 8 #10 $332.0K −3% −21% $168.7M 1,419 $233 48

Thu Jul 9 #9 $332.0K n/c −34% $169.0M 1,419 $233 49

Fri Jul 10 #10 $515.8K +55% −41% $169.5M 854 $603 50

Sat Jul 11 #11 $596.5K +16% +4% $170.1M 854 $698 51

Sun Jul 12 #11 $340.4K −43% −43% $170.5M 854 $398 52

Mon Jul 13 #11 $176.7K −48% −44% $170.7M 854 $206 53

Tue Jul 14 #10 $186.5K +6% −46% $170.8M 854 $218 54

Wed Jul 15 #12 $105.1K −44% −68% $171.0M 447 $235 55

Thu Jul 16 #13 $107.4K +2% −68% $171.1M 447 $240 56

Fri Jul 17 #13 $245.3K +128% −52% $171.3M 515 $476 57

Sat Jul 18 #12 $326.9K +33% −45% $171.6M 515 $634 58

Sun Jul 19 #15 $187.4K −43% −45% $171.8M 515 $363 59

Mon Jul 20 #12 $111.8K −40% −37% $171.9M 515 $217 60

Tue Jul 21 #11 $149.4K +34% −20% $172.1M 515 $290 61

Wed Jul 22 #11 $139.5K −7% +33% $172.2M 515 $270 62

Thu Jul 23 #11 $147.2K +6% +37% $172.4M 515 $285 63

Fri Jul 24 #16 $215.2K +46% −12% $172.6M 396 $543 64

Sat Jul 25 #15 $265.3K +23% −19% $172.8M 396 $669 65

Sun Jul 26 #16 $169.5K −36% −10% $173.0M 396 $427 66

Mon Jul 27 $90.0K −47% −19% $173.1M 396 $227 67

Tue Jul 28 #16 $117.3K +30% −22% $173.2M 396 $296 68

Wed Jul 29 #16 $117.7K n/c −16% $173.3M 396 $297 69

Thu Jul 30 #16 $111.4K −5% −24% $173.5M 396 $281 70

Fri Jul 31 $172.8K +55% −20% $173.6M 349 $495 71

Sat Aug 1 $230.4K +33% −13% $173.9M 349 $660 72

Sun Aug 2 $155.2K −33% −8% $174.0M 349 $444 73

Mon Aug 3 $86.5K −44% −4% $174.1M 349 $247 74

Tue Aug 4 $103.5K +20% −12% $174.2M 349 $296 75

Wed Aug 5 $94.3K −9% −20% $174.3M 349 $270 76

Thu Aug 6 $92.2K −2% −17% $174.4M 349 $264 77

Fri Aug 7 $152.5K +65% −12% $174.5M 329 $463 78

Sat Aug 8 $185.8K +22% −19% $174.7M 329 $564 79

Sun Aug 9 $128.7K −31% −17% $174.9M 329 $391 80

Mon Aug 10 $70.9K −45% −18% $174.9M 329 $215 81

Tue Aug 11 $87.5K +24% −15% $175.0M 329 $266 82

Wed Aug 12 $78.3K −11% −17% $175.1M 329 $238 83

Thu Aug 13 $79.1K +1% −14% $175.2M 329 $240 84

Fri Aug 14 $112.1K +42% −26% $175.3M 278 $403 85

Sat Aug 15 $151.9K +36% −18% $175.4M 278 $546 86

Sun Aug 16 $102.2K −33% −21% $175.5M 278 $367 87

Mon Aug 17 $55.5K −46% −22% $175.6M 278 $199 88

Tue Aug 18 $67.8K +22% −23% $175.7M 278 $243 89

Wed Aug 19 $61.9K −9% −21% $175.7M 278 $222 90

Thu Aug 20 $62.5K +1% −21% $175.8M 278 $224 91

Fri Aug 21 $94.5K +51% −16% $175.9M 266 $355 92

Sat Aug 22 $130.4K +38% −14% $176.0M 266 $490 93

Sun Aug 23 $76.1K −42% −26% $176.1M 266 $286 94

Mon Aug 24 $34.5K −55% −38% $176.1M 266 $129 95

Tue Aug 25 $36.7K +6% −46% $176.2M 266 $138 96

Wed Aug 26 $33.3K −9% −46% $176.2M 266 $125 97

Thu Aug 27 $30.7K −8% −51% $176.2M 266 $115 98

Fri Aug 28 $64.9K +111% −31% $176.3M 232 $279 99

Sat Aug 29 $111.8K +72% −14% $176.4M 232 $482 100

Sun Aug 30 $62.5K −44% −18% $176.5M 232 $269 101

Mon Aug 31 $20.2K −68% −41% $176.5M 232 $87 102

Tue Sep 1 $19.4K −4% −47% $176.5M 232 $83 103

Wed Sep 2 $19.6K +1% −41% $176.5M 232 $84 104

Thu Sep 3 $18.6K −5% −39% $176.5M 232 $80 105

Fri Sep 4 $43.7K +134% −33% $176.6M 205 $213 106

Sat Sep 5 $75.9K +74% −32% $176.7M 205 $370 107

Sun Sep 6 $73.6K −3% +18% $176.7M 205 $359 108

Mon Sep 7 #31 $61.5K −16% +204% $176.8M 205 $300 109

Tue Sep 8 $9.7K −84% −50% $176.8M 205 $47 110

Wed Sep 9 $6.7K −31% −66% $176.8M 205 $32 111

Thu Sep 10 $6.3K −5% −66% $176.8M 205 $30 112

Fri Sep 11 $28.0K +346% −36% $176.8M 162 $173 113

Sat Sep 12 $53.6K +91% −29% $176.9M 162 $330 114

Sun Sep 13 $25.9K −52% −65% $176.9M 162 $159 115

Mon Sep 14 $5.6K −78% −91% $176.9M 162 $34 116

Tue Sep 15 $6.2K +11% −36% $176.9M 162 $38 117

Wed Sep 16 $6.6K +6% −1% $176.9M 162 $40 118

Thu Sep 17 $6.1K −8% −3% $176.9M 162 $37 119

Fri Sep 18 $20.6K +239% −26% $177.0M 119 $173 120

Sat Sep 19 $38.8K +88% −28% $177.0M 119 $326 121

Sun Sep 20 $21.9K −44% −15% $177.0M 119 $184 122

Mon Sep 21 $4.3K −80% −23% $177.0M 119 $36 123

Tue Sep 22 $5.0K +17% −19% $177.0M 119 $42 124

Wed Sep 23 $4.7K −7% −29% $177.0M 119 $39 125

Thu Sep 24 $4.8K +2% −22% $177.0M 119 $40 126

Fri Sep 25 $21.0K +340% +2% $177.1M 97 $216 127

Sat Sep 26 $34.8K +66% −10% $177.1M 97 $358 128

Sun Sep 27 $13.8K −60% −37% $177.1M 97 $142 129

Mon Sep 28 $3.7K −73% −15% $177.1M 97 $37 130

Tue Sep 29 $3.5K −5% −31% $177.1M 97 $36 131

Wed Sep 30 $3.5K −1% −26% $177.1M 97 $35 132

Thu Oct 1 $3.0K −14% −37% $177.1M 97 $30 133

Fri Oct 2 $11.2K +273% −47% $177.1M 70 $159 134

Sat Oct 3 $17.8K +60% −49% $177.2M 70 $254 135

Sun Oct 4 $10.1K −43% −26% $177.2M 70 $144 136

Mon Oct 5 $1.8K −83% −52% $177.2M 70 $25 137

Tue Oct 6 $2.6K +46% −26% $177.2M 70 $36 138

Wed Oct 7 $1.9K −25% −44% $177.2M 70 $27 139

Thu Oct 8 $2.7K +41% −9% $177.2M 70 $38 140

Fri Oct 9 $6.7K +146% −40% $177.2M 39 $171 141

Sat Oct 10 $11.2K +68% −37% $177.2M 39 $287 142

Sun Oct 11 $6.5K −42% −36% $177.2M 39 $166 143

Mon Oct 12 $3.1K −53% +73% $177.2M 39 $78 144

Tue Oct 13 $1.4K −56% −48% $177.2M 39 $34 145

Wed Oct 14 $1.1K −22% −45% $177.2M 39 $27 146

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$173.5M

May 22Jun 8Jun 26Jul 13Jul 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $650.0K

$54.2M

$24.4M

$14.6M

$9.6M

$7.8M

$3.6M

$2.0M

$1.5M

$759.6K

$650.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,101 → 396 −90.3%

4,096 open396 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.4%

−55.0%

W1→2

−39.9%

W2→3

−34.3%

W3→4

−18.8%

W4→5

−53.3%

W5→6

−43.9%

W6→7

−28.9%

W7→8

−47.7%

W8→9

−14.4%

W9→10

Steepest −55.0%Best hold −14.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

May 31

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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