Cast member Ashley Tisdale poses at the premiere of the movie "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" at Galen Center in Los Angeles October 16, 2008.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- "High School Musical 3: SeniorYear" danced to the top of worldwide box office this weekend, as the Disney teenager film taking in 42 million U.S. dollars in North America and 40 million dollars overseas in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
The first big-screen adaptation of Disney's popular television movie series has racked up the best opening receipts for a movie musical ever in Hollywood's history, overpassing the ABBA-inspired "Mama Mia," which set the previous opening record for a musical with 27.8 million dollars in July.
It also became the first global box office leader since the sixth Batman film "The Dark Knight" was released in July.
"High School Musical 3," which tells the story of students of a fictional New Mexico high school preparing for their graduation performance and attracts audience comprising mostly pre-teen girls and their families, opened in the United States and Canada this weekend simultaneously with 23 overseas markets, including Britain, Germany and Spain.
文/长十郎（blog）本周末虽然只有3部新片排上票房前十榜，但其中两部，《歌舞青春3》、《电锯惊魂5》表现实在太出色了，使得本周美国影市在新片不多老片大多表现无力的情况下，总体收入比起去年同期《电锯惊魂4》《亲亲老爸》携手登上票房冠亚军宝座时的影市总票房狂升了近30%。青春的力量果然够强悍啊。
《歌舞青春3》：史上最强歌舞片
前两部电视电影作品为《歌舞青春》系列积攒了大量人气，本周末迪斯尼影业将《歌舞青春3》直接投放电影院，而该片也毫无悬念地成为本周末票房冠军。上周五该片在美国3623家影院上映，为本周末公映范围最广的电影。周末3天该片收回票房4200万美元，单馆票房11593美元，而整部电影投资1100万美元，迪斯尼影业如猪笼入水大赚特赚。4200万美元的开画票房不仅让该片成为票房冠军，而且也是好莱坞歌舞片史上开画周末票房最强的电影。
年代近一点的歌舞片中，以今年《妈妈咪呀》的2775万美元和2007年《发胶》的2747万美元为开画票房前两强的电影。古旧年代的以1978年《油脂》的894万美元为最强音。也就是说《歌舞青春3》是第一部开画票房能突破4千万美元的歌舞片，先前首映周末票房突破3千万美元的歌舞片都没有，由此可见迪士尼这部超人气青春歌舞片的强大实力。
首映周末票房就已经是制作费的4倍，当然，这还只是美国本土票房而已，由于该片实在太受关注，这里不得不提一下海外票房。该片本周末同样在其他22个国家和地区上映，海外票房收回4千万美元，也就是说这部只花了迪士尼1100万美元的电影上映三天已经收回8200万美元的全球票房。值得一提的是，迪士尼影业并没完全释放该片的海外攻势，还有35%的海外市场等着该片陆续占领。
《歌舞青春3》成为好莱坞歌舞片史上开画周末票房最强的电影。
