Night at the Museum

2006 film by Shawn Levy
Movie film Q387601
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Summary

Night at the Museum is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,179 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Shawn Levy[3]
  • Screenwriter: Thomas Lennon[4], Ben Garant[5]
  • Composer: Alan Silvestri[6]
  • Genre: fantasy film[7], action comedy film[8]
  • Based on: The Night at the Museum[9]
  • Followed by: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian[10]
  • Cast member: Ben Stiller[11], Carla Gugino[12], Dick Van Dyke[13], Mickey Rooney[14], Bill Cobbs[15], Ricky Gervais[16], Robin Williams[17], Jake Cherry[18], Owen Wilson[19], Steve Coogan[20], Kim Raver[21], Paul Rudd[22], Mizuo Peck[23], Rami Malek[24]
  • Producer: Chris Columbus[25], Shawn Levy[26], Michael Barnathan[27], Bob Ducsay[28]
  • Performer: Alan Silvestri[29]
  • Part of the series: Night at the Museum[30]
  • Depicts: Cebinae[31], Lewis and Clark Expedition[32], moai[33]
  • Production company: 1492 Pictures[34], Ingenious Media[35], 20th Century Studios[36]
  • Director of photography: Guillermo Navarro[37]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[38], Italian[39], Hebrew[40]
  • Commons category: Night at the Museum[41]
  • Soundtrack release: Night at the Museum – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[42]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[43]
  • Review score: 5.3/10[44], 42%[45], 48/100[46]
  • Color: color[47]
  • Country of origin: United States[48], United Kingdom[49], Canada[50]
  • Publication date: December 17, 2006[51], December 27, 2006[52], February 7, 2007[53], December 22, 2006[54]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[55], Netflix[56], Disney+[57]
  • Narrative location: New York City[58], American Museum of Natural History[59]
  • Official website: http://www.nightatthemuseum.com/[60]
  • Filming location: New York City[61], Vancouver[62]

Why It Matters

Night at the Museum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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