Our Future: High School Musical #1 Movie In The Country

Thankfully, my daughter's still too young to be interested in High School Musical, Rock Camp or any of the other Disney live-action soundtrack advertisements, so I didn't have to sit through the HSM3 premiere this past weekend. With the movie grossing over $42 million, I'm guessing that there were plenty of other dads taking a hit for their kids, and my heart goes out to you all. Via Cynopsis:

This weekend marked the release of Disney's new movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year (HSM 3), and you won't be shocked to learn that the movie landed at the top of the box office receipts domestically with $42 million. Based on Disney Channel's original High School Musical TV movies, the HSM 3 feature film becomes the biggest debut ever for a movie musical, easily beating out the previous record holder Mamma Mia (July 18, 2008) that bowed with $27.8 million, according Box Office Mojo. Also, HSM 3 is now the biggest open for a live-action G rated movie, surpassing the release of Disney's Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (February 1, 2008), which debuted with $31.1 million. Additionally, HSM 3 is the second largest October weekend opening for a kids movie behind Shark Tale (PG, October 1, 2004) at $47.6 million, and for the 2008 so far, the movie is the third biggest G-rated movie, behind Wall-E (June 27, 2008) with $63.1 million and Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (March 14, 2008), which opened with $45.0 million. Internationally, HSM 3 earned $40 million across the 22 markets where it also opened this weekend, per Variety.