Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009 film directed by Shawn Levy

Night at the Museum:
Battle of the Smithsonian

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Shawn Levy
Written by|

* Robert Ben Garant
* Thomas Lennon

Based on| Characters created by
Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon
The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc
Produced by|

* Shawn Levy
* Chris Columbus
* Michael Barnathan

Starring|

* Ben Stiller
* Amy Adams
* Owen Wilson
* Hank Azaria
* Christopher Guest
* Alain Chabat
* Rami Malek
* Robin Williams

Cinematography| John Schwartzman
Edited by|

* Don Zimmerman
* Dean Zimmerman

Music by| Alan Silvestri

Production
companies

* 20th Century Fox
* 21 Laps Entertainment
* 1492 Pictures
* Dune Entertainment

Distributed by| 20th Century Fox

Release date

* May 22, 2009 (2009-5-22)

Running time

| 105 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $150 million[1]
Box office| $413.1 million[1]

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 American fantasy comedy film written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, produced by Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Shawn Levy and directed by Levy. The film stars Ben Stiller, with Ricky Gervais, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Jon Bernthal, Rami Malek and Robin Williams. It is the second installment in the Night at the Museum series, following Night at the Museum (2006).

The film was theatrically released on May 22, 2009, by 20th Century Fox. Like its predecessor, it received mixed reviews and became a box-office success, grossing $413 million on a $150 million budget. A live-action sequel Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb was released on December 19, 2014, and an animated sequel, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, was released on the streaming service Disney+ in 2022.

## Plot

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Three years after the events of the first film, Larry Daley has left his job as night guard at the American Museum of Natural History to start a company selling his own inventions on direct response television. He visits the museum and learns that most of the exhibits are scheduled to be moved to the Smithsonian Institution archives in Washington D.C. and replaced with holographic displays. Furthermore, the Tablet of Ahkmenrah will remain, leaving the departing exhibits without the ability to come to life at night.

Larry receives a panicked phone call from miniature cowboy Jedediah, who explains that Dexter the monkey brought the tablet to the Smithsonian, where they are under attack by Ahkmenrah's older brother Kahmunrah. Determined to save them, Larry travels to Washington, D.C. and poses as a night guard to sneak into the archives, where he finds his friends trapped by Kahmunrah, who plans to use the tablet's powers to conquer the world.

Aided by Major General George A. Custer, who is captured, Larry is joined by Amelia Earhart. They evade Kahmunrah's soldiers inside the photograph of V-J Day in Times Square, leading Kahmunrah to enlist Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon Bonaparte and Al Capone to retrieve the tablet. Larry is captured, but when the tablet fails to open the Gate of the Underworld, Kahmunrah traps Jedediah in an hourglass and gives Larry one hour to decipher the tablet's combination.

Amelia has fallen in love with Larry, and the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial mistakes them for a couple as they reach the National Air and Space Museum, where Larry has to stop all the rockets and aircraft from taking off. They encounter various figures from the history of flight, including the Wright brothers, a squadron of Tuskegee Airmen, and Able the space monkey, while a group of Albert Einstein bobbleheads explain that the combination is the value of pi. Napoleon, Ivan and Capone's troops arrive, prompting Larry and Amelia to escape in the Wright Flyer.

They crash into the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah uses the combination to open the gate and summon an army of Horus warriors. Miniature Roman general Octavius arrives with the statue of Lincoln, frightening the warriors back to the Underworld, and Amelia gathers an army of allies, including Larry's friends and Custer, leading to a climactic battle. Larry helps Custer overcome his fear of repeating the Battle of Little Big Horn, while Octavius rescues Jedediah, and Larry recovers the tablet and turns Capone, Bonaparte and Ivan against each other. Armed with his flashlight, Larry duels a khopesh-wielding Kahmunrah as Amelia reopens the gate, allowing Larry to banish Kahmunrah to the Underworld.

As she flies Larry and the New York exhibits home, Amelia reveals that she knows that she is only a wax figure of the real aviator. She and Larry share a kiss before she flies off to Canada, choosing to spend her final hours in the air rather than returning to the Smithsonian. Two months later, Larry has sold his company and made an anonymous donation to renovate the Natural History Museum and extend its nighttime visiting hours when the exhibits are alive; believed to be animatronics and hired reenactors, the exhibits are now able to interact with visitors at night. Back in his job as night guard, Larry meets a visitor named Tess who bears a striking resemblance to Amelia.

## Cast

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Owen Wilson, Amy Adams and Ben Stiller at a panel for the film in May 2009.

### Humans

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* 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.
* Mindy Kaling as Docent.
* George Foreman as Himself.
* Shawn Levy as Infomercial Father.
* Ed Helms (uncredited) as Larry Daley's assistant.
* Jonah Hill (uncredited) as Brandon (pronounced /ˈbrʌndən/ BRUN-dən), a security guard at the Smithsonian.

### Exhibits

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* Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, the wax sculpture of the 26th President of the United States.
* Williams also voices the bronze bust of Roosevelt.
* Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, the polyurethane model of the Lemhi Shoshone woman who guided Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Roosevelt's girlfriend.
* Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and Larry's love interest.
* Adams also portrays Tess, a young woman at the end of the movie who resembles Earhart.
* Owen Wilson as Jedediah, a cowboy minifigure.
* Steve Coogan as Octavius, a Roman general minifigure and Jedediah's best friend.
* Hank Azaria as Kahmunrah, a pharaoh who is Ahkmenrah's malevolent older brother.
* Azaria also voices the statues of The Thinker and Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.
* Rami Malek as Ahkmenrah, a mummy of a pharaoh who becomes a fully living human at night and is the benevolent younger brother of Kahmunrah.
* 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.
* Bill Hader as George Armstrong Custer, a military commander whom Larry befriends.
* Patrick Gallagher as a wax model of Attila the Hun, the statue of the leader of the Huns.
* Brad Garrett (voice) as Easter Island Head.
* Kerry van der Griend, Matthew Harisson, Rick Dobran as wax models of Neanderthals.
* Randy Lee, Darryl Quon, Gerald Wong and Paul Chih-Ping Cheng as wax models of Huns.
* 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, who tries to ally with Kahmunrah but is dismissed because the ruler judges him to be "vaguely grouchy".
* Thomas Morley as Darth Vader, the Star Wars character who tries to ally with Kahmunrah but is turned away because the ruler judges him as "evil, asthmatic" and "a robot".
* Crystal the Monkey as Dexter and Able, two mischievous stuffed capuchin monkeys.

## Production

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### Development

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Writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon confirmed to Dark Horizons that they were writing a sequel to Night at the Museum, originally with the tentative title Another Night at the Museum. The writers said, "There'll be existing characters and plenty of new ones."

20th Century Fox announced that the sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian would be released during Memorial Day weekend in 2009. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Gallagher, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Brad Garrett and Robin Williams would return for the sequel, with Shawn Levy returning as director.

### Filming

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The film was filmed mostly in Vancouver and Montreal, with some scenes filmed inside the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.[2] A scene was shot at the Lincoln Memorial the night of May 21, 2008. Scenes were also shot at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on August 18 and 20, 2008.

The trailer was released with Bedtime Stories, Yes Man and Marley & Me in December 2008. The trailer accompanied the film Bride Wars in January, The Pink Panther 2 in February, and Dragonball Evolution in April 2009. The film was also promoted as an opening skit on American Idol, where a replica of the American Idol judge seats are being held at the real Smithsonian Institution.

Night at the Museum label on the Wright Flyer exhibit in the National Air and Space Museum.

Filmmakers lent the Smithsonian Institution props used in the movie that were displayed in the Smithsonian Castle, including the pile of artifacts featured in the film.[3] The Smithsonian also made a brochure available online and at museum visitor service desks outlining where to find artifacts.[4]

In 2009, numerous artifacts that inspired the film were on display at Smithsonian Museums along the National Mall. Many of the artifacts were labeled with "Night at the Museum" logos.[4] Gift shops at the Smithsonian also sold a replica of the Einstein bobblehead, created specifically as a tie-in to the film.[citation needed]

## Music

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Alan Silvestri returned to score the sequel.[5][6]

Night At the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Film score by

Alan Silvestri

Released| May 19, 2009
Recorded| 2008
Genre| Film score
Length| 49:51
Label| Varèse Sarabande

Varèse Sarabande issued the score on May 19, 2009.[7]

All tracks are written by Alan Silvestri

Night At the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)No.| Title| Length

|
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1.| "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"| 02:38
2.| "Daley Devices"| 00:36
3.| "This Night is Their Last"| 04:35
4.| "To Washington"| 00:37
5.| "Getting Past Security"| 01:49
6.| "Finding Jed and the Others"| 03:16
7.| "I Have Come Back to Life"| 01:04
8.| "The Tablet"| 03:25
9.| "I Smell Adventure"| 04:31
10.| "He Doesn't Have All Night"| 01:46
11.| "The Adventure Continues"| 03:25
12.| "Octavius Attacks"| 01:22
13.| "Entering the Air & Space Museum"| 01:32
14.| "Escape in Wright Flyer"| 03:29
15.| "Got the Combination"| 02:19
16.| "Gate to the Underworld"| 01:02
17.| "I Ride the Squirrel"| 01:25
18.| "On Your Toes"| 01:54
19.| "The Battle"| 01:44
20.| "Divide the House"| 01:28
21.| "Victory is Ours"| 01:19
22.| "Goodbye"| 02:43
23.| "Museum Open Late"| 02:02
Total length:| 49:51

Additional Music

1. "More Than a Woman" – performed by the Jonas Brothers cherubs while Larry and Amelia hide from Napoleon's army.
2. "My Heart Will Go On" – performed by the Jonas Brothers cherubs after Larry and Amelia kiss.
3. "Lovebug" – performed by the Jonas Brothers cherubs after Larry and Amelia kiss.
4. "Let's Groove" – performed by Earth, Wind & Fire; used during the final scene.
5. "Fly with Me" – performed by the Jonas Brothers in the end credits.

Sample credits[8]

* "Museum Open Late" incorporates an excerpt of "Life in Technicolor" written by Coldplay.[citation needed]

## Release

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### Theatrical

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A trailer of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was released on December 19, 2008.[9] The film was theatrically released on May 22, 2009, in the United States.[citation needed]

### Home media

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The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 1, 2009.[citation needed]

An alternate ending included on the DVD and Blu-ray features the return of Dick Van Dyke as Cecil Fredericks, Bill Cobbs as Reginald, and Mickey Rooney as Gus.

## Reception

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### Box office

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At the end of its box-office run, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian earned a gross of $177 million in North America and $236 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $413 million against a budget of $150 million.[1]

On Friday, May 22, 2009, its opening day, the film's estimated gross was $16 million; for the second day, the film grossed $20 million; and for the third day, the gross was $19 million, coming in ahead of Terminator Salvation (which was released on Thursday) in 4,096 theaters at number 1, reaching up to $54.1 million, with a $13,226 per-theater average during the Memorial Day weekend.[10] By comparison, Night at the Museum reached up to $30 million in its opening weekend in December 2006. For its second weekend, the film grossed $24.35 million, and for its third weekend, $14.6 million.[11]

For the opening weekend of May 22, 2009, the film grossed $49 million while playing in theaters of 56 territories. In the UK, the film earned $6.6 million, $5.23 million in Russia, and $5.05 million in France.[12] The largest markets in other territories were the UK, Japan, Germany, Australia and France, where the film grossed $32.8 million, $21.49 million, $18.78 million, $14.03 million and $13.3 million, respectively.[13] The film was exhibited on 160 IMAX screens, and contributed $5.4 million of the gross. The top grossing IMAX venue was the Smithsonian.[14]

### Critical response

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The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 44% approval rating, based on 169 reviews, with an average score of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian is busy enough to keep the kids interested but the slapstick goes overboard and the special effects (however well executed) throw the production into mania."[15] Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 42 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[16] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, audiences gave Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian an average grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F.[17][18]

Critics praised Amy Adams's and Hank Azaria's performances. Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune awarded the film 3 stars out of 4, stating that "[Adams]'s terrific – a sparkling screen presence".[19]

Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B+", stating, "Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing."[20]

Perry Seibert of TV Guide gave the film 2 stars out of 4, with praise for "Azaria, a master of comic timing. His grandiose, yet slightly fey bad guy is equally funny when he's chewing out minions as he is when deliberating if Oscar the Grouch and Darth Vader are evil enough to join his team."[21]

Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter and A.O. Scott of The New York Times enjoyed both performances.[22][23]

One critic, Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club, panned the movie for its excessive use of special effects. He described the film as "a baffling master plot and a crowded pileup of special effects in search of something to do".[24]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times awarded the film 1½ stars out of 4, saying, "Its premise is lame, its plot relentlessly predictable, its characters with personalities that would distinguish picture books."[25]

### Accolades

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List of awards and nominations  Year  | Award / Film Festival  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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2009  | Teen Choice Award | Choice Comedy Movie | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Won  | [26]
Choice Comedy Movie Actor | Ben Stiller  | Nominated  | [27]
Choice Comedy Movie Actress | Amy Adams  | Nominated
Choice Movie Villain | Hank Azaria  | Nominated
2010  | MTV Movie Award | Best Comedic Performance | Ben Stiller  | Nominated
People's Choice Awards | Favorite Family Movie  | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture  | Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Robert Chapin, Tony Chen for the "National Air and Space Museum Escape"  | Nominated

## Video game

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Main article: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (video game)

The video game based on the film was released on May 5, 2009. It was fairly well received in comparison to the majority of film-based video games, netting a 7.5 out of 10 from IGN.com.

## Sequels

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Main articles: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Ben Stiller admitted that a sequel was "a possibility", and on January 21, 2010, co-writer Thomas Lennon said to Access Hollywood, "That after the success of two Night at the Museum films, it's no surprise that 20th Century Fox is looking to develop a third and that those suspicions are indeed true and how could you not? I think it's a really outstanding idea to do Night at the Museum 3, in fact," he said. "I wonder if someone's not even already working on a script for that," he added with a raised eyebrow. "I cannot confirm that for a fact, but I cannot deny it for a fact either... It might be in the works." In an interview, Stiller confirmed the sequel. However, he said that it was only in the "ideas stage".[28]

It was announced in February 2013 that the film, directed by Shawn Levy, would be released on December 25, 2014.[29] On September 10, 2013, it was announced that shooting would start in February 2014.[30] On November 8, 2013, English actor Dan Stevens was cast as Sir Lancelot.[31] On November 15, 2013, it was announced Skyler Gisondo would be replacing Jake Cherry in the role of Nicky Daley.[32] On December 18, 2013, it was announced that Robin Williams, Stiller, and Ricky Gervais would be returning for the sequel.[33] On January 9, 2014, it was announced that Rebel Wilson would play a security guard in the British Museum.[34] On January 14, 2014, the film's release date was moved forward from December 25, 2014, to December 19, 2014.[35] On January 23, 2014, it was announced Ben Kingsley would play an Egyptian Pharaoh at the British Museum.[36] Principal photography and production began on January 27, 2014.[37] In May 2014, principal photography ended.[38]

On August 6, 2019, following the purchase of 21st Century Fox and its assets by The Walt Disney Company, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that a fully animated sequel to Night at the Museum was in development.[39] Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again was released on December 9, 2022, on the streaming service Disney+.[40]

## See also

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* List of films featuring dinosaurs

## References

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## External links

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Franchise

Films|

| Live-action|

* Night at the Museum (2006)
* Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
* Secret of the Tomb (2014)

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Animated|

* Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)

Video games|

* Battle of the Smithsonian

* Category

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* e

Works directed by Shawn Levy

Films|

* Just in Time (1997)
* Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001)
* Big Fat Liar (2002)
* Just Married (2003)
* Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
* The Pink Panther (2006)
* Night at the Museum (2006)
* Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
* Date Night (2010)
* Real Steel (2011)
* The Internship (2013)
* This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
* Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
* Free Guy (2021)
* The Adam Project (2022)
* Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Miniseries|

* All the Light We Cannot See (2023)

Related|

* 21 Laps Entertainment
* Night at the Museum franchise

* v
* t
* e

Chris Columbus

Directed|

* Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
* Heartbreak Hotel (1988, also written)
* Home Alone (1990)
* Only the Lonely (1991, also written)
* Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
* Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
* Nine Months (1995, also written)
* Stepmom (1998)
* Bicentennial Man (1999)
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
* Rent (2005)
* I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
* Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
* Pixels (2015)
* The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020, also written)
* The Thursday Murder Club (2025, also written)

Written only|

* Reckless (1984)
* Gremlins (1984)
* The Goonies (1985)
* Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
* Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
* Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Produced only|

* Jingle All the Way (1996)
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
* Night at the Museum (2006)
* Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
* The Help (2011)
* Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
* Mediterranea (2015)
* The Young Messiah (2016)
* Tallulah (2016)
* Patti Cakes (2017)
* I Kill Giants (2017)
* The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
* Chupa (2023)
* Nosferatu (2024)

Television|

* Galaxy High School (1986)

See also|

* 26th Street Pictures
* House of Secrets
* Chris Columbus's unrealized projects

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20th Century Animation

A subsidiary of 20th Century Studios.

Feature films|

| Released|

* The Simpsons Movie (2007)
* The Book of Life (2014)
* Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

| Fox Animation
Studios|

* Anastasia (1997)
* Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
* Titan A.E. (2000)

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Blue Sky
Studios|

* Ice Age (2002)
* Robots (2005)
* Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
* Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
* Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
* Rio (2011)
* Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
* Epic (2013)
* Rio 2 (2014)
* The Peanuts Movie (2015)
* Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
* Ferdinand (2017)
* Spies in Disguise (2019)

Walt Disney
Pictures[a]|

* Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
* The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
* Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023)

Upcoming|

Ice Age 6 (2026)

Short films|

* Gone Nutty (2002)
* No Time for Nuts (2006)
* Surviving Sid (2008)
* The Longest Daycare (2012)
* The Predator Holiday Special (2018)
* Playdate with Destiny (2020)
* The Force Awakens from Its Nap (2021)
* The Good, the Bart, and the Loki (2021)
* The Simpsons | Balenciaga (2021)
* Plusaversary (2021)
* Te Deseo Lo Mejor (2021)
* Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022, TV series)
* When Billie Met Lisa (2022)
* Welcome to the Club (2022)
* The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad" (2022)
* Rogue Not Quite One (2023)
* May the 12th Be with You (2024)
* The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024)

Television specials|

* Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
* Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
* Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)

Associated
productions|

* FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
* Once Upon a Forest (1993)
* The Pagemaster (1994)
* FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)
* Monkeybone (2001)
* Garfield: The Movie (2004)
* Fat Albert (2004)
* Everyone's Hero (2006)
* Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006)
* Night at the Museum (2006)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
* Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
* Aliens in the Attic (2009)
* Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
* The Croods (2013)
* Turbo (2013)
* Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
* How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
* Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
* Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
* Home (2015)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
* Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
* Trolls (2016)
* The Boss Baby (2017)
* Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
* Isle of Dogs (2018)
* The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

Franchises|

* Anastasia (since 1997)
* Ice Age (since 2002)
* Garfield (2004–2006)
* Night at the Museum (since 2006)
* The Simpsons (since 2007)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007–2015)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid (since 2010)
* Rio (since 2011)
* Dragon Ball (2013–2018)
* Bob's Burgers (since 2022)

People|

* Chris Wedge
* Carlos Saldanha
* Don Bluth
* Steve Martino

Related|

* 20th Television
* 20th Television Animation
* Terrytoons
* Fox Animation Studios
* Blue Sky Studios
* Animation on Fox
* Animation Domination
* Walt Disney Animation Studios
* List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films
* unproduced projects

1. ^ Originally in-production at 20th Century Studios, but were switched over to Walt Disney Pictures before completion.

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Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Comedy

* There's Something About Mary (1999)
* Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (2000)
* Miss Congeniality (2001)
* American Pie 2 (2002)
* Sweet Home Alabama (2003)
* Shrek 2 (2004)
* Napoleon Dynamite (2005)
* She's the Man (2006)
* Knocked Up (2007)
* Juno (2008)
* Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
* Date Night (2010)
* Bad Teacher (2011)
* 21 Jump Street (2012)
* Pitch Perfect (2013)
* The Other Woman (2014)
* Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
* Ride Along 2 (2016)
* Finding Dory (2017)
* Love, Simon (2018)
* Crazy Rich Asians (2019)

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