adds another visually stunning chapter to the Disney Nature library." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average from 0-100 of top reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 79% based on 20 reviews. The world version of the film received much more praise than the US and Canada version. The film opened briefly at #1, grossing $2,466,530 from 1,206 theaters on opening day; an excellent number in documentary standards, despite being far from the opening day total of its predecessor, Earth. However, the film was overshadowed by its competition with The Back-Up Plan and The Losers as well as continued success from How to Train Your Dragon and Date Night. The film grossed $6 million over the Friday-Sunday period, reaching eighth place at the box office, and taking somewhat less than Earths $8.8 million, but taking more than March of the Penguins. It was the third highest-grossing opening for a documentary film. Despite grossing an additional $4 million over the week, the film collapsed 57% in its second weekend, a steeper drop than its predecessor, taking in $2.6 million from 1,210 theaters. The film earned an additional $2 million over the week and $1.6 million in its third weekend as well as expanding to 1,232 theaters and remaining in tenth place. The film was a disappointment at the United States box office as it closed on July 15, 2010 after only 85 days of release, earning $19,422,319 domestically. However, the film earned $63,229,120 overseas for a total of $82,651,439 worldwide. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on October 19, 2010. References See also French frigate Latouche-Tréville, shown during a storm. External links List of the locations and filmed species by the Census of Marine Life 2009 films 2009 documentary films Participant (company) films Disneynature films Pathé films Documentary films about marine biology Documentary films about nature 2000s French-language films French documentary films Films set in the Pacific Ocean Films set in the Atlantic Ocean French independent films Oceans Films scored by Bruno Coulais 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s French films Films directed by Jacques Perrin Films produced by Jacques Perrin