<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $413.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 American adventure fantasy comedy film written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, produced (with Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan) and directed by Shawn Levy, and starring Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, and Robin Williams . It is the second installment in the Night at the Museum trilogy, and a sequel to the 2006 film Night at the Museum . It is also the last Night at the Museum film to feature Jake Cherry as Nick Daley . The film was released theatrically on May 22, 2009 by 20th Century Fox, being the film in the trilogy not to be released theatrically in December . Like its predecessor, it received mixed critical reception and a box office success by grossing over $413 million on a $150 million budget . </P> <P> 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 returns 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 Akmenrah 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 the cowboy Jedediah 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 . </P> <P> Larry finds his friends trapped in their shipping container under attack from Akmenrah'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 men, trapping them in the portrait of V-J Day in Times Square . Kahmunrah enlists fellow 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 with the tablet, sending Larry and Amelia off to translate it or Jedediah dies . </P>

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