https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/10/26/high-school-musical-3-senior-year-eviscerates-w/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 16:04:41 -0400<![CDATA[Yes, I saw High School Musical 3: Senior Year its opening weekend. (Reminder: I have a ten-year old daughter.) I&#8217;m not the target audience (to say the least), but I mildly enjoyed it, particularly Kenny Ortega&#8217;s direction/choreography. [What? Have you lost your mind? It gets 2.9 out 10 on IMDB, worse than Showgirls.-ed. What can I say? The last movie I saw was W. I was desperate.] And speaking of W., the Oliver Stone film sank like the proverbial stone. High School Musical 3 out-grossed it by something like 8 to 1 domestically. And that&#8217;s not including foreign, which, according to Nikki Finke, made the musical&#8211;at 82 million dollars for the weekend&#8211; the first American worldwide number one since The Dark Knight. (W. dropped 49.3 percent on its second weekend &#8211; disastersville.)]]>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:55:38 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2008/10/26/high-school-musical-3-senior-year-eviscerates-w-n216393