High School Musical 3 is #1 in the US Again; Bond Breaks UK Box Office Record

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The numbers are in and Zac Efron and crew were able to propel Disney's High School Musical 3 to the US box office top spot for the second week in a row.

HSM3 drummed up $13.5 million in ticket sales.

Coming in at the #2 spot was Saw V . The gory flick made $9.5 million this Halloween weekend.

Rounding out the top three was Santa Angelina's pic, Changeling. It made almost $9.5 million this weekend and drew in bigger bucks than what the studio expected.

Newcomer Zack and Miri Make a Porno debuted to the tune of $9.3 million. That's an impressive achievement - considering that many prudish theater chains refused to show the movie just because of its title! It got an R rating and everything.

Inneresting note, the total US box office was down 35% from last year.

However, the biggest movie biz news from the weekend happened in the UK.

The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, made made UK box office history!

The action-packed film made £4.94 million ($7.9 million) on its opening day, Friday, which made it the biggest Friday opening of all time.

It broke the previous record held by Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire, which took £4.025 million ($6.46 million).

Nice!

    Posted: Nov 2, 2008 at 12:57 pm / Email this  »

    23 comments to “High School Musical 3 is #1 in the US Again; Bond Breaks UK Box Office Record”



    1. 1

      oh boy, i bet they'll make high school musical 36: senior residency



    2. 2

      what?!



    3. 3

      first?



    4. 4

      What? Angelina's movie bombed?



    5. 5

      we all know the only ppl that went to see it were little kids and their parents. or ppl that seems to be in love with zac. i dont get it. hes not hot. he just isnt. i actually think vanessa is too pretty for him. i kinda think corbin is the only hot guy in the whole cast.



    6. 6

      yucky damn teeny boppers takin over the world



    7. 7

      SANTA ANGELINA'S MOVIE BOMBED! RIGHT, PEREZ? NO, INSTEAD YOU PUT SOME BULLSHIT LIKE…"HIGHER THAN EXPECTED"

      BUT WHEN JENNIFER ANISTON OR JESSICA SIMPSON DEBUT AT NUMBER 3 THEY BOMB…YOURE SUCH A PIECE OF SHIT!



    8. 8

      YAY! HSM3 ROX! OF COARSE ITS STILL NUMBER 1



    9. 9

      Re: Stevie D.
      Get the eff off of my perez, bitch. Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson are nobody's. They are ugly and they look like boys with bad haircuts. Now, go kill yourself. You are useless!



    10. 10

      Re: JokerBaby – FUCK YOU!!! HOW ABOUT THAT?
      HAHAHAHA

    11. bash2 says – reply to this


      11

      angelina is a cock sucking whore. no one went to see that movie becasue n o one cares. if the studio didn't think it was going to make money they would have never made it a wide released film. they think she has the draw for box office alone but SHE DOESNT…. a mighty heart and this were both flops — only 2 movies she has ever carried alone that didnt involve shooting guns. people are sick of her and her saintly bullshit.



    12. 12

      I just saw the new Bond movie "Quantum of solace" and it was really got. A lot of action and Daniel Craig is really cold as ice and just as cool. :)



    13. 13

      i was watching tv the other day and came across this program. i couldnt watch it for more than 1 minute. its the corniest , lamest, bunch of garbage. crap.

      who the hell is buying this? who the hell watches this horrible crap ?



    14. 14

      i was refering to h. s. m.



    15. 15

      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzperezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      zzzzzzzzzzzz put up the old zzzzzzzzzz
      zzzzzz clip of Liza Minelli doing zzzzz
      zzzthat routine with the chair zzzz
      zzwhen she waz younger zzzzzz
      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      I luv Muzicalz more than any
      zzzzzzzzthingzzzzzzzzzzzz



    16. 16

      hsm sucks…./



    17. 17

      haha your precious anjo is box office poison! her movies keep flopping but you keep denying it. get over it!!

    18. PFF says – reply to this


      18

      Daniel Craig is hot stuff.

    19. itsme says – reply to this


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      wooooooo daniel craig rocks!!! :D



    20. 20

      The American Dollar is stronger than the British Pound…so the new Bond flick only made 2.37 million dollars…not that impressive!



    21. 21

      Re: Taylor
      its supposed to drop the second week…no movie can keep earning 40 million dollars every week. 13.5 is really good for the second week.



    22. 22

      The problem with P's story is that the facts are wrong. HSM3 was #1, then Zack and Miri (#2), Saw(#3) and the Angelina Jolie POS (#4).

      And yeah, HSM does suck.



    23. 23

      I can't wait to see it! Who doesn't love Zac and Vanessa. They are adorable. And everyone loves musicals! Remember Grease? Only difference is, the story is obviously written for young adults but I'm sure adults can enjoy this too. I just wish Vanessa would take voice lessons.