Night at the Museum trilogy lands on Netflix on February 1

Collider reports the entire Night at the Museum trilogy arrives on Netflix beginning February 1. The franchise began two decades ago, headlined by Ben Stiller and directed by Shawn Levy. The first film was produced on a reported budget of $110 million and grossed nearly $575 million worldwide, placing ahead of X-Men: The Last Stand ($460 million) and Superman Returns (nearly $400 million) on the 2006 box office charts.

Night at the Museum is also remembered for introducing a generation to Robin Williams, who passed away a few months before the release of the third installment, and it holds a 42% score on Rotten Tomatoes, whose consensus reads, "Parents might call this either a spectacle-filled adventure or a shallow and vapid CG-fest, depending on whether they choose to embrace this on the same level as their kids." The sequels fared similarly at the box office: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian grossed over $400 million against a reported $150 million budget and earned a 43% RT score, while Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb made over $360 million against a budget of under $130 million and earned 48% on RT.

The franchise has grossed over $1 billion worldwide and has featured actors including Owen Wilson, Rami Malek, Jon Bernthal, Dan Stevens, Amy Adams, Ben Kingsley, Carla Gugino and Ricky Gervais; an animated follow-up, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again, was released on Disney+ in 2022.

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Culture, Ben Stiller, Shawn Levy, Robin Williams, Netflix, New York City