“Highschool Musical 3: Senior Year” has earned the title of the best opening weekend for a musical. Disney’s popular song-and-dance series starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale grossed a hefty $42 million in box office sales this past weekend.

Other movies didn’t stay far behind. The fifth installment of the Saw series came in second place with $30 million for “Saw V”, pushing the series past the horror flick “Friday the 13th” making Saw V the highest-grossing horror franchise in history.

Mark Wahlberg’s “Max Payne” came in third place with $7.6 million. The film based on a video game has now made $29.7 million overall.

Another Disney flick, “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” came in fourth place with $6.9 million this past weekend, followed by “Pride and Glory,” which made $6.3 million in its first week of release.






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