Other number ones for the week of 10/27-11/2/08
The #1 movie over the past weekend (10/24-10/26) was the third chapter in the Disney Channel movie series, High School Musical 3, which brought in $42,030,184 in its first weekend. This one is the first one brought to the big screen…and obviously, it was a good idea to do so. I took my girlfriend’s niece to the screening, and she squealed in delight, which is what her demographic (7-14-year-old girls) would do…especially if they saw the first two movies. I’ve seen them (mainly because I’m a student of popular culture), and I thought that they were just okay. The singing and dancing was top notch, but the story was pedestrian and the acting was cheesy. This movie is more of the same. Basically…the only people who might like it are tween girls (or fans of musicals.) On a side note…HSM3 director Kenny Ortega has been given the greenlight by Paramount to move forward with his musical remake of the 1984 film Footloose with HSM3 star Zac Efron in the Kevin Bacon role, based on the box office results of this film. It’s proposed release date is in 2010.
The #1 TV program, according to the Nielsen Ratings for the week of 10/20/08-10/26/08, was ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars 7.” Cloris Leachman is finally gone. She was fun to watch…and her hip-hop dance moves were better than those of Susan Lucci. I’m now rooting for either Lance Bass or Brooke Burke to win.
The #1 Fiction book according to the New York Times Bestseller Lists is The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, and the #1 Non-Fiction book is The Snowball by Alice Schroeder.