MOVIE TITLE	RELEASE DATE
2006. “Night at the Museum”	26 December 2006

STARRING:

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 former 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. •Jake Cherry as Nicholas "Nick" Daley, Larry's and Erica's son. •Ricky Gervais as Dr. McPhee, the curator of the Museum of Natural History and Larry's boss. •Kim Raver as Erica Daley, Larry's former wife and Nick's mother. •Charlie Murphy as the taxi-driver. •Paul Rudd as Don, Erica's fiancé. •Anne Meara as Debbie. Exhibits •Robin Williams as a wax model of Theodore Roosevelt, an exhibit who befriends Larry. •Patrick Gallagher as a wax model of Attila the Hun, an exhibit who antagonizes Larry at first. •Rami Malek as the mummy of Ahkmenrah, a pharaoh who is the owner of the tablet. •Pierfrancesco Favino as a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus, an Italian-speaking exhibit whose name Larry consistently forgets. •Steve Coogan as Octavius, a miniature Roman general figure. •Mizuo Peck as a polyurethane wax model of Sacagawea. Theodore Roosevelt develops a crush on her. •Owen Wilson as Jedediah, a miniature cowboy figure (uncredited and only credited in the rest of the film series) •Kerry van der Griend, Dan Rizzuto, Matthew Harrison, and Jody Racicot as the wax models of Neanderthals •Martin Christopher as a wax model Meriwether Lewis •Martin Sims as a wax model of William Clark •Randy Lee, Darryl Quon, Gerald Wong, and Paul Chih-Ping Cheng as the wax models of the Huns •Brad Garrett as the voice of the Easter Island Head •Crystal the Monkey as Dexter, a stuffed Capuchin monkey

SYNOPSIS:

In Brooklyn, Larry Daley's unstable work history makes his former wife, Erica, consider him a bad example to their ten-year-old son, Nick. Larry worries that Nick admires Erica's fiancé Don more than him. To improve his financial stability, Larry applies for a job as night security guard at the Museum of Natural History. Retiring guard Cecil Fredericks hires Larry, despite his unpromising résumé. The museum, facing declining attendance and revenue, is replacing Cecil and his two colleagues, Gus and Reginald, with only one guard. Cecil gives Larry an instruction manual on museum security and warns him not to let anything "in... or out". On his first night, Larry discovers that after sunset, the exhibits come to life, including a playful Tyrannosaurus skeleton nicknamed "Rexy"; a mischievous stuffed capuchin monkey named Dexter; various African animals; rival miniature civilizations portraying the Old West, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Maya; an Easter Island Moai obsessed with chewing gum; wax models of various historical figures, including the violent Attila the Hun; an army of American Civil War soldiers, and four pyromaniacal Neanderthals. There is also Sacagawea, who, unlike the other exhibits, is encased in glass. A mounted Teddy Roosevelt rescues Larry from miniature leaders Jedediah and Octavius, who are attacking him. Teddy explains that ever since an ancient Egyptian artifact – the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Ahkmenrah - was brought to the museum in 1952, the exhibits have come to life each night. If any exhibit figure is outside the museum at sunrise, they turn to dust. As Teddy helps Larry restore order, Larry learns that Teddy loves Sacagawea but is too shy to speak to her through the glass. The next morning, Cecil, Reginald, and Gus return to check on Larry, but Larry says he is quitting. When Nick and Don stop by the museum to congratulate Larry on his new job, Larry decides to stay for his son's sake. To help him with the job, Cecil advises reading up on history. That night, Larry better controls the exhibits, but the four Neanderthals set their display on fire while Dexter steals Larry's keys. As Larry extinguishes the fire, Dexter unlocks a window. One of the Neanderthals sees a trash bin fire on the street below and leaps out the window. Larry, frustrated with everything going awry, once again decides to quit. As he walks out, the Christopher Columbus statue gestures to where the Neanderthal escaped. Larry runs outside just as the rising sun disintegrates the Neanderthal into dust. Later that morning, museum director Dr. McPhee fires Larry over the damaged Neanderthal exhibit, though Larry convinces him to reconsider. Larry meets Rebecca Hutman, an attractive museum guide and historian. When he offers to introduce her to Sacagawea to help with her doctoral research, Rebecca believes Larry is mocking her. One night, Larry brings Nick to the museum to show him the exhibits, but nothing comes to life. They discover Cecil, Gus, and Reginald stealing the tablet and other valuable artifacts. They have disabled the tablet to prevent the exhibits from interfering. Like the exhibits, the guards receive enhanced vitality from the tablet and intend to frame Larry for the thefts. Larry has Nick reactivate the tablet, then tells him to run and hide. After a chase, Cecil locks up Nick and Larry in the Egyptian room and steals back the tablet. Larry releases Ahkmenrah's mummy from his sarcophagus. The pharaoh then helps Larry and Nick escape. When the three find the other exhibits fighting each other, Larry convinces them to unite to catch the guards and recover the tablet. The Civil War soldiers, Neanderthals, and Christopher Columbus capture Gus and Reginald. Cecil escapes in a stagecoach and is about to run over Sacagawea. Teddy pushes her aside but he is run over and sliced in half. Larry, Nick, Ahkmenrah, Jed, Octavius, Rexy, and Attila pursue Cecil to Central Park, where they stop him and regain the tablet. Sacagawea repairs Teddy with warm wax. Rebecca arrives and sees the exhibits returning to the museum before sunrise and realizes the truth. The next day, McPhee fires Larry after news reports about strange events happening around the museum - such as cave paintings in the museum's subway station, dinosaur tracks in Central Park, and cavemen sightings. However, when the publicity significantly increases the museum's attendance, McPhee rehires Larry. That night, Larry, Nick, and the exhibits celebrate. During the end credits, Cecil, Gus and Reginald are seen working as the museum janitors as punishment for their crimes.

MOVIE TITLE	RELEASE DATE
2009. “Night at the Museum - Battle of the Smithsonian”	22 May 2009

STARRING:

Humans •Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a night security guard and Amelia’s love interest. •Ricky Gervais as Dr. McPhee, the curator at the Museum of Natural History and Larry's boss. •Jake Cherry as Nick Daley, the son of Larry Daley. •Amy Adams as Tess, a young woman at the end of the movie who looks like Amelia Earhart. •Mindy Kaling as Docent •George Foreman as Himself •Shawn Levy as Infomercial Father •Ed Helms as Ed, Larry Daley's assistant •Jonah Hill as Brandon (pronounced "Brundon"), a security guard at the Smithsonian Exhibits •Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, the wax statue of the 26th President of the United States. •Williams also voices the bronze bust of Theodore Roosevelt. •Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and Larry's love interest. •Owen Wilson as Jedediah, a cowboy minifigure. •Hank Azaria as Kahmunrah, a pharaoh who is Ahkmenrah's older brother. •Azaria also voices The Thinker, a famous statue and Abraham Lincoln, a statue of the 16th President of the United States. •Christopher Guest as Ivan the Terrible, the historic Tsar of Russia who allies with Kahmunrah. •Alain Chabat as Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of the First French Empire who allies with Kahmunrah. •Jon Bernthal as young Al Capone, a photographic standee of the gangster and founder of the Chicago Outfit who allies with Kahmunrah. •Steve Coogan as Octavius, a Roman soldier minifigure. •Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, the polyurethane model of the Lemhi Shoshone woman who is Theodore Roosevelt's girlfriend. •Bill Hader as George Armstrong Custer, a military figure who Larry befriends. •Rami Malek as Ahkmenrah, a mummy of a pharaoh who is the benevolent younger brother of Kahmunrah. •Patrick Gallagher as Attila the Hun •Brad Garrett as Easter Island Head (voice) •Kerry van der Griend as Neanderthal #1 •Matthew Harrison as Neanderthal #2 •Rick Dobran as Neanderthal #3 •Randy Lee as Hun #1 •Darryl Quon as Hun #2 •Gerald Wong as Hun #3 •Paul Chih-Ping Cheng as Hun #4 •Jonas Brothers as the Cherubs •Jay Baruchel as Joey Motorola, a sailor who resides in the V-J Day in Times Square photograph. •Alberta Mayne as Greta Zimmer Friedman (Kissing Nurse) •Eugene Levy as Albert Einstein Bobbleheads •Keith Powell as Tuskegee Airman #1 •Craig Robinson as Tuskegee Airman #2 •Clint Howard as Air and Space Mission Control Tech #1 •Matty Finochio as Air and Space Mission Control Tech #2 •Thomas Lennon as Orville Wright •Robert Ben Garant as Wilbur Wright •Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch, the famous Sesame Street character that tries to ally with Kahmunrah only to be dismissed because he classified him as "vaguely grouchy." This was his last film before his retirement from acting in 2018 and his death in 2019. •Thomas Morley as Darth Vader, the famous Star Wars character that tries to ally with Kahmunrah only to be turned away because he classified him as "dark."

SYNOPSIS:

Two years after the events of the first film, Larry Daley, former night guard at the American Museum of Natural History, now runs his own direct response television company that sells inventions based on his experiences. He travels to the museum, discovering most of the exhibits will be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution and replaced with holographic information providers. The Tablet of Ahkmenrah is to remain in the museum, leaving most of the exhibits without the ability to come to life at night. After the exhibits are moved, Larry receives a phone call from Jedediah, who informs him that Dexter the monkey stole the tablet and took it to the Smithsonian, bringing every exhibit in it to life. Larry travels to Washington, DC, navigating his way to the archives with help from his son Nick while posing as a night guard. Larry finds his friends trapped in their shipping container under attack from Ahkmenrah's evil older brother Kahmunrah, accidentally activating the tablet and bringing the exhibits in the Smithsonian to life again. Kahmunrah reveals his plans to use the tablet's powers to conquer the world. Larry escapes, aided by a gigantic octopus and General George A. Custer, who is captured, and then the adventurous Amelia Earhart, who becomes his travelling companion around the museum. The two evade Kahmunrah's army, trapping them in the portrait of V-J Day in Times Square. Kahmunrah enlists trio of evil historical leaders, Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Al Capone to help capture Larry and retrieve the tablet. Jedediah tries to help but is placed in an hourglass. Kahmunrah is unable to open the Gate of the Underworld without the tablet, and gives Larry and Amelia an hour to translate it, or Kahmunrah will kill Larry and his friends. Larry and Amelia's friendship increases to the point where she develops a crush on him and ends up kissing him with the flying sculptures of Cupid singing love songs to them, including a rendition of My Heart Will Go On. Larry and Amelia travel to the National Air and Space Museum to find help, briefly encountering the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, who confuses them for a couple. Inside the museum, Larry grounds all of the aircraft and rockets from taking off, before a group of Albert Einstein bobbleheads inform him that the combination is the value of pi. Amelia tries to convince Larry for them to be a couple, but Larry struggles to tell her the truth that she is made of wax, so they cannot be together. Napoleon, Ivan, and Capone's troops arrive, prompting Larry and Amelia to escape using the Wright Flyer. They crash the plane into the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah uses the acquired combination to summon an army of Horus warriors. Lincoln crashes in through the window, frightening the warriors back into the Underworld. Lincoln then tells Larry about his house divided against itself quote, as a tip for the incoming battle. Amelia gathers an army of allies including Larry's friends and Custer, leading to a climactic battle. Although Custer is afraid to fight after remembering the Battle of Little Big Horn, Larry persuades him to forget the past and fight on. Meanwhile, Octavius rescues Jedediah; and together they turn the tide of the battle. Larry obtains the tablet, and devises a plan to stop Kahmunrah. Inspired by an idea given to him by Lincoln, Larry sparks a disagreement between Capone, Bonaparte and Ivan, causing them to brawl amongst themselves. Larry attempts to escape, only to be cut off by an angry Kahmunrah, brandishing a khopesh. After a brief scuffle between Larry, armed with his flashlight, and Kahmunrah, Amelia eventually manages to use the tablet to open the gate, and Larry finally defeats Kahmunrah and banishes him to the Underworld. Amelia flies Larry and the New York exhibits back home. Even though Larry does love Amelia, they both know she has to leave, knowing she will become dust before reaching the Smithsonian. However, the two share a final kiss before she takes off. Two months later, Larry sells his company, donating the money to the museum to renovate it and keep it open later into the night, and the exhibits remain, capable of moving about at night under the pretense of being animatronics or hired re-enactors. Larry is rehired as a night guard and aids a woman named Tess who resembles Amelia during the debut of the museum's new extension of visiting hours.

MOVIE TITLE	RELEASE DATE
2014. “Night at the Museum - Secret of the Tomb”	11 December 2014

STARRING:

Humans •Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a security guard at the American Museum of Natural History. •Ricky Gervais as Dr. McPhee, the director of the Museum of Natural History and Larry's boss. •Rachael Harris as Madeline Phelps, the chairwoman of the American Museum of Natural History. •Rebel Wilson as Tilly, the night security guard at the British Museum. •Skyler Gisondo as Nick Daley, the son of Larry Daley. He was previously played by Jake Cherry in the previous films. •Dick Van Dyke as Cecil Fredericks, a retired security guard from the first film. •Percy Hynes White plays the younger Cecil "C.J" Fredericks in the prologue. •Mickey Rooney as Gus, a retired security guard from the first film. •Bill Cobbs as Reginald, a retired security guard from the first film. •Andrea Martin as Rose, an archivist at the Museum of Natural History. •Brennan Elliott as Robert Fredericks, C.J.'s father in the prologue. •Matt Frewer as Archibald Stanley, an archeologist who accompanies Robert and Cecil in the prologue •Hugh Jackman as Himself (uncredited) •Alice Eve as Herself (uncredited) Exhibits •Ben Stiller as Laaa, a Neanderthal who was made to resemble Larry. •Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, the wax sculpture of the 26th President of the United States. •Williams also voices Garuda. •Rami Malek as Ahkmenrah, the mummy of an ancient pharaoh. •Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot, the wax statue of the legendary Knight of the Round Table. •Ben Kingsley as Merenkahre, the mummy of an ancient pharaoh and Ahkmenrah's father. •Steve Coogan as Octavius, a Roman soldier miniature and Jedediah's best friend. •Owen Wilson as Jedediah, a cowboy diorama miniature and Octavius' best friend. •Patrick Gallagher as Attila the Hun, the statue of the leader of the Huns. •Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, the polyurethane model of the Lemhi Shoshone woman who is Theodore Roosevelt's girlfriend. •Anjali Jay as Shepseheret, the mummy of a Great Royal Wife of Merenkahre and Ahkmenrah's mother. •Crystal the Monkey as Dexter, a Capuchin monkey. •Brad Garrett (voice) as Moai, an Easter Island Head at the Museum of Natural History.

SYNOPSIS:

In 1938, a team of archaeologists is searching for the tomb of pharaoh Ahkmenrah in Egypt. Among the group is young Cecil "C.J." Fredericks, who discovers the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. As the team packs up the artifacts due to an incoming sandstorm, the locals warn them about removing the tablet from the tomb, saying "the end will come." Seventy-six years later in New York City, five years after the events of the previous film, Larry Daley remains the night guard of the Museum of Natural History. He and the other exhibits are hosting an event to help re-open the Hayden Planetarium. As Larry makes sure everything is ready, the other exhibits inform him that the museum commissioned a new Neanderthal model resembling Larry. The new Neanderthal calls himself Laaa and considers Larry his father. Later, Ahkmenrah shows Larry that the tablet has a mysterious corrosion. As the corrosion spreads, the exhibits act abnormally and cause massive chaos at the planetarium. After calming the situation, Larry, frustrated, returns home to find his teenage son Nick throwing a party. To discover what is happening to the tablet, Larry reunites with now-retired Cecil, a member of the expedition who discovered the tomb. Cecil remembers "the end will come" prophecy and realizes it refers to the tablet's magic ending and the exhibits becoming lifeless. Cecil says Ahkmenrah's parents, Merenkahre and Shepseheret, may be able to restore the tablet's power, but that they are in the British Museum. Larry convinces museum curator Dr. McPhee, who was fired due to the planetarium incident, to let him ship Ahkmenrah to London to restore the tablet, although McPhee believes the magic is just clever special effects. Larry and Nick travel the U.K. and go to the British Museum, bypassing the night guard Tilly. Larry discovers that some of the American exhibits have stowed away with Ahkmenrah: Theodore Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Attila the Hun, miniatures Jedediah and Octavius, Dexter the capuchin monkey, and Laaa. As Larry and the others search the museum, the tablet brings the British exhibits to life. The group is joined by a wax figure of Sir Lancelot, who helps fight off aggressive museum exhibits like a Triceratops skeleton and a Xiangliu statue. The tablet's corrosion worsens, and the American exhibits begin experiencing side-effects such as stiffening limbs and memory reversion. The group finds Ahkmenrah's parents. They learn the tablet's power can be regenerated by moonlight, since it is empowered through the magic of Khonsu. Lancelot steals the tablet, mistaking it for the Holy Grail, and prepares to leave for Camelot. Tilly locks Larry and Laaa in the employee break room, but Attila helps them escape. Laaa remains behind to distract Tilly; they become attracted to each other. Lancelot crashes the musical Camelot starring Hugh Jackman and Alice Eve and is stunned to realize that unlike the other exhibits, Lancelot and Camelot are not real. Larry and the others chase Lancelot to the theatre's roof, where the corrosion almost consumes the entire tablet, turning the exhibits back into their lifeless forms. The group tells Lancelot that although Camelot never existed, he can have a life. Lancelot gives the tablet back, allowing Larry to straighten the pieces as the moonlight restores the tablet's power and the exhibits. As the American exhibits prepare to return home, they decide that Ahkmenrah and his tablet should stay at the London Museum with his parents, even though this means the New York exhibits will no longer come to life. Larry is upset, but they all inform him that they are at peace with their unanimous decision. Ahkmenrah thanks Larry for reuniting him with his family, and the exhibits go home. Back in New York, Larry spends some final moments with his friends and says goodbye to them before the sun rises, and then he leaves the museum for the last time. Three years later, Larry now works as a school teacher after the museum rehired McPhee. Tilly, the new night guard, brings a traveling exhibit to New York in a collaboration with the Museum of Natural History. In McPhee's office, Tilly hands the tablet to McPhee, showing him its power and allowing the exhibits to awaken again as they throw a huge party. From across the street, Larry quietly observes the celebration and smiles.