Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shawn Levy
Produced by	Shawn Levy Chris Columbus Mark Radcliffe
Screenplay by	David Guion Michael Handelman
Story by	Mark Friedman David Guion Michael Handelman
Based on	Characters by Thomas Lennon Robert Ben Garant
Starring	Ben Stiller Robin Williams Owen Wilson Dan Stevens Ben Kingsley
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Guillermo Navarro
Edited by	Dean Zimmerman
Production company	21 Laps Entertainment 1492 Pictures TSG Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 11, 2014 (2014-12-11) (Ziegfeld Theatre) December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$127 million
Box office	$363.2 million

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a 2014 American comedy adventure film directed by Shawn Levy and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman. It is the sequel to the 2006 film Night at the Museum and the 2009 film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. The film stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens and Ben Kingsley. It is the third and final installment of the Night at the Museum trilogy. In Secret of the Tomb, security guard Larry Daley must travel to London to return the tablet of Ahkmenrah, an Egyptian artifact which causes the exhibits to come to life, before the magic disappears.

Principal photography of Secret of the Tomb took place from January to May 2014 in London, England and British Columbia, Canada. The film premiered on December 11, 2014, at New York City's Ziegfeld Theater and was released in the United States on December 19, 2014. Secret of the Tomb grossed over $363 million at the box office. This film was dedicated to the memory of Williams, who died four months before the film's release, and fellow Night at the Museum actor Mickey Rooney, who died before principal photography was finished.

In 1938 Egypt, a team of archaeologists is searching for a tomb and its treasure. The team leader's son falls into it, calling to his father and the team; they discover a significant artifact, the tablet of Ahkmenrah. The locals warn them that if they remove the tablet, "the end will come".

In present-day New York City, night guard Larry Daley and his favorite exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, Theodore Roosevelt, Attila the Hun, Sacagawea, Dexter the Monkey, miniatures Jed and Octavius, and Pharaoh Ahkmenrah, which come to life every night, are hosting the reopening of the Hayden Planetarium. The museum has a new wax figure Neanderthal resembling Larry named Laaa. Ahkmenrah shows Larry that his tablet is corroding, which has adverse effects on the exhibits: they go berserk during the event, causing panic. Larry goes home to find his son Nicky throwing a party. Nicky isn't so sure about college and he wants to take a year off to plan his own future.