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by DeAnn Welker October 27, 2008 9:58 AM

HSM 3 Wins Box Office; Disney Kicks Itself

Two sequels that couldn't be any more different if they tried battled it out at the box office this weekend, and it turns out the cheesy dancers beat out the crazed, torture-inflicting madman. That's right, High School Musical 3: Senior Year out-muscled Saw V -- and, if you listened closely, you could almost hear the sound of Disney execs crying that they had released the first two HSM movies on TV. Just look at all those buckets of money they could have made if they'd only released in theaters. (Not that the HSM franchise hasn't made Disney more money than most of us can fathom anyway.)

However you look at it, those two very different wide releases helped the overall weekend box office figures, as HSM 3 brought in $42 million and Saw V added another $30.5 million. Oh, and given that Mamma Mia! set an opening weekend record for a movie musical with a $27.6 million opening back in July, HSM 3 just became that record holder by a landslide.

The weekend's other wide release, Edward Norton and Colin Farrell starring vehicle Pride and Glory, fared much worse, making only $6.3 million for fifth place. It's even worse for Pride and Glory when you consider the Beverly Hills Chihuahua factor: i.e., that Chihuahua, in its fourth weekend, brought in more money ($6.9 million) and finished fourth. At this rate, Chihuahua will make $100 million in just a few more weeks.

Also a disappointment: Max Payne, which dropped to $7.6 million in its second weekend.

The top 10:

1. High School Musical 3: Senior Year, $42,000,000 (first week)
2. Saw V, $30,500,000 (first week)
3. Max Payne, $7,600,000 ($29,664,000 in two weeks)
4. Beverly Hills Chihuahua, $6,916,000 ($78,142,000 in four weeks)
5. Pride and Glory, $6,325,000 (first week)
6. The Secret Life of Bees, $5,935,000 ($19,208,000 in two weeks)
7. W., $5,330,000 ($18,749,000 in two weeks)
8. Eagle Eye, $5,136,000 ($87,987,000 in five weeks)
9. Body of Lies, $4,065,000 ($30,890,000 in three weeks)
10. Quarantine, $2,550,000 ($28,770,000 in three weeks)

TAGS: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, box office, High School Musical 3, Max Payne, musicals, Pride and Glory, Saw V

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