'High School Musical 3' is top of its class

October 26, 2008 Senior Year went deliriously well this weekend, as the telefilm-spawned sequel registered a genre-record $42 million in estimated opening grosses to top the domestic boxoffice. Lionsgate's R-rated horror sequel "Saw V" also managed to cut into a meaty $30.5 million, roughly matching the bow of its bloody predecessor in the franchise that won't die and tying up second place on the frame. Also this weekend, Warner Bros.' police drama "Pride and Glory" debuted as weakly as feared, with the Edward Norton-Colin Farrell starrer fetching just $6.3 million in fifth place.

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