We knew High School Musical was a huge television hit but now it's a bona fide silver screen success. The third installment of the perky Disney musical bonanza scored the top spot at the box office over the weekend, earning an estimated $42 million.
Meanwhile, Saw V did excellent business over the weekend as well, earning an estimated $30.5 million in the No. 2 spot. Variety notes that both titles were record breakers:
The top two films each entered record territory. Disney’s High School is by far the biggest musical bow ever, besting Mamma Mia! Lionsgate’s Saw franchise is within $2 million of eclipsing Friday the 13th to become the top-grossing horror series ever.
Max Payne and Beverly Hills Chihuahua came in at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively, with the top five being rounded out by the Ed Norton cop thriller Pride & Glory.
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My 12 yr. old daughter loved HSM3. I thought it could have been worse and had a good message for girls re: Gabriella putting education first and Troy pursuing her and not the other way around. I liked talking to my daughter about that afterward.
1well i'm kind of surprised that there were 2 movies that did so well this weekend, but i guess since there really haven't been any AMAZING ones in the theaters recently - it makes sense that people went out this weekend. too bad that neither of those movies interested me...but i guess i can't have something good to see each week.
2I watched it with my brother and sister and it gave me goose bumps! Besides the dancing and wonderful singing... Zac Efron is sooooooo sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3I'm excited to go see it, so many people have said such great things, I will definitely be hitting the theaters sometime soon!
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