<P> On Friday, May 22, 2009, its opening day, the film's estimated gross was $15,568,708, for second day the film grossed $20,086,972 and for third day the gross was $18,517,606 coming in ahead of Terminator Salvation (which released on Thursday) in 4,096 theaters at #1, reaching up to $54.1 million, with a $13,226 per - theater average over the Memorial Day weekend . By comparison, Night at the Museum reached up to $30 million on its opening weekend in December 2006 . For its second weekend, the film grossed $24.35 million, for third weekend $14.6 million . </P> <P> For the opening weekend of May 22, 2009 the film grossed $49,036,322 while playing in theaters of 56 territories; the film debuted in UK ($6.6 million), Russia ($5.23 million) and France ($5.05 million). The largest market in other territories being 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 . </P> <P> Like its predecessor, the sequel has received mixed reviews from critics . On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 44% "rotten" approval rating, based on 163 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". Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 42% based on 31 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". </P> <P> Despite mixed reviews from critics, most critics praised Amy Adams' and Hank Azaria's performances . Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune awarded the film 3 stars stating that "(Adams)'s terrific--a sparkling screen presence ." 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 ." Also, many reviews noted the costume worn by Amy Adams during the movie . Perry Seibert of TV Guide gave the film 2 stars despite honoring that "thanks to 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 . Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter and A.O. Scott of The New York Times enjoyed both performances . </P>

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