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Released
2008 · FILM

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

When senior year threatens to split them apart, high‑school sweethearts Troy and Gabriella must rally their friends for a final spring musical that could determine if love survives the leap into college.

“The Biggest Year of Their Lives Begins”

Directed by
Kenny Ortega, Brent Geisler
Written by
Peter Barsocchini, Darrin Fletcher
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
112 min
ComedyDramaFamily
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

As high school seniors, Troy and Gabriella grapple with the possibility of being separated when college approaches. Along with their fellow Wildcats, they participate in a spring musical that explores their shared experiences, hopes, and anxieties about what lies ahead.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 469+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Don BrochuShot by Daniel AranyoScored by David LawrenceDesigned by Mark HofelingSound by Cary ButlerCostumes by Caroline B MarxStunts by Don ShanksVFX by Gayle Busby

Box Office

2008 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 23× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$252.9M

Budget$11.0M
Worldwide gross$252.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $90.6M — 36% of worldwide · International: $162.3M (64%)

Opening weekend: $42.0M — 46% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $46.7M — 52% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,623 theaters

Versions & cuts

  • extended· 118 min

Also known as

  • High School Musical 3de
  • High School Musical 3: Senior Yearde
  • (Bulgarian)Училищен мюзикъл: На прага на колежа
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • SwedenSep 28, 2008
  • SwitzerlandOct 22, 2008
  • DenmarkOct 22, 2008
  • EgyptOct 22, 2008
  • FranceOct 22, 2008

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Walt Disney PicturesBorden and Rosenbush Entertainment
Distributors
Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Norway
Special effectsTechnicolor, Stargate Studios
Other companiesNebtek, Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Studios, Castle Oaks Productions

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