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Memorial Day holiday weekend by opening “Terminator” on Thursday, when it earned about $13.4 million. The film failed to beat the $44 million start for the previous entry in the cyborg series, 2003’s “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” the swan song of franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger.īut the race between the two new sequels was closer than it appeared because Warner Bros. “Terminator Salvation,” meanwhile, earned $43.0 million in North America. It also enjoyed a strong foreign debut, earning $50.5 million from 93 markets, bested only by the $60.4 million haul for “Angels & Demons” from a similar number of territories. The film cost about $125 million to make, Fox said. President Theodore Roosevelt and Amy Adams as aviatrix Amelia Earhart. The cast includes Robin Williams as former U.S. Stiller, 43, reprises his role as a night security guard, this time at the center of a battle involving historical figures at the massive Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The comedy far exceeded the $30.4 million debut of its 2006 predecessor, “Night at the Museum,” and also set a new live-action record for Stiller, one of Hollywood’s most reliable box office performers.
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" sold $53.5 million worth of tickets across the United States and Canada during the three days beginning Friday, said 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp NWSA.O.
4 with “Angels & Demons,” although the Vatican thriller remained the top choice internationally.