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#367 All-time worldwide

#11 2009 releases

Movie profile

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Name: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family
Released: 2009-05-20
Duration: 105 min

2009 · 105 min · 21 Laps Entertainment

Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Family

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $413.1M

Budget $150.0M

Gross minus budget $263.1M

ROI 2.75x

Domestic gross

$177.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$235.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$53.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #367 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #1 21 Laps Entertainment of 8 titles Position inside the mapped 21 Laps Entertainment movie set. Franchise #2 Night At The Museum of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #236 Adventure of 2,164 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) earned a reported $413.1M worldwide against a reported $150.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $263.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.75x. In this database it currently ranks #367 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross: $413,106,170
Budget: $150,000,000
Gross minus budget: $263,106,170
ROI: 2.75x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 20, 2009
Production: 21 Laps Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, Dune Entertainment
Countries: US

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Studio / production company21 Laps Entertainment FranchiseNight At The Museum Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Action title from 21 Laps Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $413.1M, reported production budget is $150.0M, gross-minus-budget is $263.1M, ROI is 2.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #367 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 2009 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.