Outside North America the film grossed $24.7 million during its opening weekend (August 17–19) in 18 markets, including Italy ($1.9 million), Mexico, Russia ($8 million) and the United Kingdom ($3 million). The following weekend (August 24–26) it expanded to a total of 36 markets—including France ($6.1 million), Spain ($2.3 million) and India ($1.8 million)—and grossed approximately $25.9 million to remain the number-one film. The film also had successful September opening weekends in Germany ($4.2 million), Brazil ($3.7 million) and Australia ($3.1 million). Over the September 14–16 weekend, the film's total gross increased to $186 million, outperforming the original film's $171 million. The film was also successful in China, where it grossed approximately $54 million in its first 35 days—making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2012 in the country and outperforming "The Dark Knight Rises" ($52.5 million) and "The Amazing Spider-Man" ($48.5 million). The film garnered a 68% approval rating, based on reviews from 130 critics with an average rating of 5.87/10, on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The website's critical consensus reads, "Taut, violent, and suitably self-deprecating, "The Expendables 2" gives classic action fans everything they can reasonably expect from a star-studded shoot-'em-up — for better and for worse." Metacritic gave it a score of 51 out of 100 from 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". CinemaScore polls reported that moviegoers gave the film an average grade of A– on an A+-to-F scale, compared to "The Expendables" B+. "Boxoffice"s Amy Nicholson compared the film to "Fast Five" as an "over-the-top sequel [that] caters to the lowest common denominator in the best possible way", appreciating the characters' unique facets and the use of references from the actors' other films. Of the action scenes, Nicholson said "they're glorious nonsense, a guns-blazing bullet barrage". "The Hollywood Reporter"s Justin Lowe called the film "taut, humorous and attractively packaged". Lowe considered Schwarzenegger's brief role to have the most memorable dialogue, noting that he stole any scene in which he was present.