Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant, David Guion, Michael Handelman and Thomas Lennon. 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. The film was released on December 19, 2014, by 20th Century Fox. It is the third and final installment of the trilogy. === PLOT In 1938, in Egypt a team of archaeologists are digging into a tomb to look for a valuable artifact. A young boy falls through a hole that leads his father and the others to what they came for - the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. Several local men see the Tablet and say "The end will come". The Tablet is later kept hidden for centuries. In the present day in New York City, The Museum of Natural History is opening a new planetarium exhibit. Larry Daley is overseeing the event while Dr. McPhee is in attendance. Larry gathers the favorite exhibits, including Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Attila the Hun, Sacagawea, Dexter the Capuchin Monkey, and Rexy the Tyrannosaurus skeleton. Elsewhere, Jedediah and Octavius are watching a funny cat video on YouTube. Larry even meets a Neanderthal named Laa who was modeled to look like Larry as a joke. What nobody notices is that the Tablet is starting to corrode, causing all the exhibits, Including the new living planitarium constellations, to act wild and cause chaos during the event. The exhibits attack guests and run amok, causing the guests to run from the event as the exibits destroy the grand opening. Everyone later calms down, uncertain of what happened until the look at the Tablet and notice the corrosion. Larry goes home to find his son Nicky throwing a party where he's acting as the DJ. Larry sends all the kids out. Now that Nick's done with high school, he has pursued other interests and is looking to become a DJ full time. It's also clear that the relationship with his father has strained a bit. On his quest to find answers, Larry discovers a picture of the boy and his father during the expedition. He learns that the boy is Cecil Fredericks, the former museum security guard that tried to steal the Tablet for himself. Larry finds Cecil in a retirement home along with his cohorts Gus and Reginald. Larry explains to Cecil what's happening and he recalls hearing "The end will come". He suggests that they find Ahkmenrah's parents, who are all the way in the British Museum of Natural History. Larry later goes to McPhee, who is in the process of being fired, and convinces him to call the British Museum and allow Larry to travel there with Ahkmenrah. McPhee gets on the phone and makes it happen. Larry and Nick travel to London to get to the British Museum, where they meet the security guard of that museum, Tilly, an overweight, highly eccentric, who thinks being an American security guard would be cooler than where she's at. When Larry gets into the museum, he sees that Laa, Teddy, Sacajawea, Attila, Dexter, Jed, and Octavius all sneaked into the crate to join on the adventure. Since the Tablet now brings the British exhibits to life, the gang first encounters a Triceratops skeleton that chases after them. They are saved by Sir Lancelot who punches the Triceratops named "Trixie" in the nose. Lancelot tells them that his quest is to find the Holy Grail and go to Camelot, and he refuses to follow any other quest, but refuses the others to go on alone and joins them. Unfortunately, the gang has also lost Jed and Octavius, who have fallen through the ventilation chambers. The gang goes off to find Jed and Octavius, when they come across Hydra exhibit that comes to life and attacks. Meanwhile, Jed and Octavius land on a Pompeii exhibit just as it erupts. The gang fights off the huge statue of an Asian Snake Demon while Dexter finds Jed and Octavius. Larry defeats The snake Demon with a defibrillator while Dexter urinates on the lava to save Jed and Octavius. === Directed by Shawn Levy Produced by Shawn Levy Chris Columbus Michael Barnathan Screenplay by Robert Ben Garant David Guion Michael Handelman Thomas Lennon Story by Mark Friedman Michael Handelman David Guion Based on Characters created by Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon and The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc 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 Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release dates December 11, 2014 (Ziegfeld Theatre) December 19, 2014 (United States) Running time 98 minutes[1] Country United States Language English Budget $127 million[2] Box office $5.6 million[2]

• published: 21 Dec 2014
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