Dade Hayes of Variety:Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” and Lionsgate’s “Saw V” divided and conquered the box office with opening weekends of $42 million and $30.5 million, respectively.
Total B.O. rose about 30% from the year-ago frame, according to studio estimates.
The top two pics entered record territory. “HSM3” is the biggest musical bow ever, while “Saw” franchise is just $2 million shy of eclipsing “Friday the 13th” to become the top-grossing horror series ever.
“High School” also raked in $40 million from 22 overseas markets. Disney said 35% of the world is yet to come.
News was not as rosy for sophomores Fox’s “Max Payne” and Lionsgate’s “W.” “Payne” fell 57% to $7.6 million and “W.” dropped 49% to $5.3. Cume for the George Bush pic is $18.8 million, with a gross in the $25 million range likely after a post-Election Day exit.
Warner Bros.’ “Pride and Glory,” a long-gestating New Line title, debuted at No. 5 with $6.3 million.
Universal got spectacular results from 15 runs of “Changeling” in nine markets. The Clint Eastwood-helmed pic bowed with $502,000, or $33,441 per house.
Logo Features, the pic arm of Viacom’s gay cable channel, also got impressive results from “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom,” which pulled in $161,302 from just five screens...
Joshua Rich of EW:
Disney's family film scored the No. 1 opening ever for a musical and trumped a bloody good bow by ''Saw V''
I'm sure Disney's already thinking HSM:The College Years...If so..Can they lure Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale to enroll?
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