Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian

Night at the Museum Beats Terminator at the Box Office

• May 26, 2009 12:23 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant
• 1 Comment

Terminators were no match for Ben Stiller at the box office this weekend.

Stiller's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian raked in $70 million in its opening weekend, besting the Christian Bale-fronted Terminator Salvation, according to Variety. The franchise reboot — which opened a day earlier than Museum — earned $53.8 million over the holiday weekend and an additional $13.4 million on its Thursday opening.

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