•High School's premiere averaged 7.7 million viewers, a network record and the month's top-rated non-sports cable broadcast. It was the No. 1 movie of the month against all basic cable networks. During six telecasts from Jan. 20 to Feb. 13, the movie drew 26.3 million unduplicated viewers, including 8.4 million ages 6 to 11 and 8.7 million ages 9-14, according to Nielsen Media Research.
• The soundtrack, which broke into the top 10 in late January, is No. 6 this week after selling 97,000 copies for a total of 303,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The single Breaking Free jumped to No. 4 from No. 86 in one week on the Billboard singles sales/airplay chart, the steepest rise in 48 years. Get'cha Head in the Game rose to No. 23 from No. 100.
• The music has sparked an online buying frenzy. Breaking Free peaked at No. 1 on the digital tracks chart and has sold 192,000 downloads in five weeks. Totals for other songs: Get'cha Head in the Game, 119,000; Start of Something New, 93,000; We're All in This, 87,000; Stick to the Status Quo, 69,000.
"The simple conclusion is that kids watch Disney and kids buy music," says Billboard charts director Geoff Mayfield, who says High School has a shot at topping the album chart. "I don't remember the last time a kids record was at No. 1, 2 or 3. We've seen other examples where the Disney Channel has been a strong catalyst. They've flexed that muscle before. What's new is that this is a movie musical as opposed to a concert special."
Much of High School's success can be attributed to savvy marketing and promotion. The movie, made on a $5 million budget, targeted an underserved audience that's too cool for The Wiggles and too young for The Sopranos. Disney utilized its resources to build and maintain momentum: introducing the cast in its New Year's Eve special, offering free downloads of Breaking Free (through codes placed in ads at bus shelters and malls), broadcasting music videos, spinning songs on Radio Disney's 53 stations and sending viewers to DisneyChannel.com for lyrics to the movie's songs.
Between the movie's premiere and a karaoke version that aired a day later, the site logged a record 1.2 million visitors and 500,000 downloads.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
High School Musical is an American made-for-television musical film, produced and distributed by Disney Channel, and was released on January 20, 2006.
The Emmy Award-winning television film was one of the most successful Disney Channel Original Movies produced, with a sequel confirmed and soundtrack that is the most commercially-successful album of 2006.
On February 8, 2007, Disney announced that a theatrical film sequel, Haunted High School Musical would be produced with the original cast.[2]
High School Musical is a story of two students: Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical. Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella persist and inspire others along the way.
The Emmy Award-winning television film was one of the most successful Disney Channel Original Movies produced, with a sequel confirmed and soundtrack that is the most commercially-successful album of 2006.
On February 8, 2007, Disney announced that a theatrical film sequel, Haunted High School Musical would be produced with the original cast.[2]
High School Musical is a story of two students: Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, a shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical. Despite other students' attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella persist and inspire others along the way.
Main characters
Troy Bolton
Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the story and the captain of the East High Wildcats basketball team. His best friend is Chad Danforth. At a New Years party at a ski resort, he was pressured into singing 'Start of Something New' with Gabriella Montez; prior to that, he had only sung in the shower.[3] Troy is torn between basketball and singing; he wants to sing with Gabriella, but his teammates push him away from it with peer pressure and even trickery because they are worried it will affect their chances at winning the championship game, as Troy is the coach's son, Wildcat captain, and star player.
Gabriella Montez
Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) is the female protagonist. She is a shy and intelligent student who just changed schools. She originally met Troy when they were forced into singing together at a New Years party at a ski resort. She meets him again when she moves to the same school as Troy in Albuquerque. She is hesitant to let everybody know of her past achievements, although they find out that she previously won numerous Scholastic Competitions. She had previously been in a , but passed out after having everybody stare at her while singing solo. She and Troy audition, get a callback, and then win the lead parts for the Winter musical. She also helps East High win the Scholastic Decathlon.
Sharpay Evans
Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of High School Musical. She is an arrogant person who always wants her way. She, along with her brother Ryan, audition for the winter musical against Troy and Gabriella. When she hears that Troy and Gabriella have a callback, she changes the callback date so Troy and Gabriella wouldn't be able to get the leads. Sharpay ends up being the understudy for Gabriella, and in the end, wishes Gabriella good luck by telling her to break a leg. Chad, at one point, calls Sharpay a "show dog"; the Shar Pei, a homophone of Sharpay, is a kind of dog.
Ryan Evans
Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother, acting partner, and nicer one of the twins. They have starred in seventeen productions together. Ryan isn't very smart, as shown by his inability to read "Go Drama Club!" on the basketball team's shirts. Ryan has a taste for hats, wearing nine different during the movie.
Taylor McKessie
Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is the leader of East High's science club, which competes in the Scholastic Decathlon. She befriends Gabriella when she arrives to the school and convinces her to join the Scholastic Club. While she at first tried to stop Gabriella from singing, she eventually ended up supporting her. She has a strong dislike for athletes, stating that they "contribute nothing to society other than slam dunks and touchdowns." However, her opinion of athletes changes over time. She is asked out by Chad Danforth by the end of the film.
Chad Danforth
Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is a member of the Wildcats team and Troy's best friend. He seems to be extremely devoted to basketball. From the start, he's a little selfish and unsupportive of Troy's auditioning for the musical. He thinks that the musical isn't for basketball players. However, he realizes later that singing is something that Troy truly enjoys and so Chad gives his support to his best friend's audition endeavor. After teaming up with Taylor McKessie to pull Troy and Gabriella apart, and then to put them back together again, he asks her out.
Troy Bolton
Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the story and the captain of the East High Wildcats basketball team. His best friend is Chad Danforth. At a New Years party at a ski resort, he was pressured into singing 'Start of Something New' with Gabriella Montez; prior to that, he had only sung in the shower.[3] Troy is torn between basketball and singing; he wants to sing with Gabriella, but his teammates push him away from it with peer pressure and even trickery because they are worried it will affect their chances at winning the championship game, as Troy is the coach's son, Wildcat captain, and star player.
Gabriella Montez
Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) is the female protagonist. She is a shy and intelligent student who just changed schools. She originally met Troy when they were forced into singing together at a New Years party at a ski resort. She meets him again when she moves to the same school as Troy in Albuquerque. She is hesitant to let everybody know of her past achievements, although they find out that she previously won numerous Scholastic Competitions. She had previously been in a , but passed out after having everybody stare at her while singing solo. She and Troy audition, get a callback, and then win the lead parts for the Winter musical. She also helps East High win the Scholastic Decathlon.
Sharpay Evans
Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of High School Musical. She is an arrogant person who always wants her way. She, along with her brother Ryan, audition for the winter musical against Troy and Gabriella. When she hears that Troy and Gabriella have a callback, she changes the callback date so Troy and Gabriella wouldn't be able to get the leads. Sharpay ends up being the understudy for Gabriella, and in the end, wishes Gabriella good luck by telling her to break a leg. Chad, at one point, calls Sharpay a "show dog"; the Shar Pei, a homophone of Sharpay, is a kind of dog.
Ryan Evans
Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother, acting partner, and nicer one of the twins. They have starred in seventeen productions together. Ryan isn't very smart, as shown by his inability to read "Go Drama Club!" on the basketball team's shirts. Ryan has a taste for hats, wearing nine different during the movie.
Taylor McKessie
Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is the leader of East High's science club, which competes in the Scholastic Decathlon. She befriends Gabriella when she arrives to the school and convinces her to join the Scholastic Club. While she at first tried to stop Gabriella from singing, she eventually ended up supporting her. She has a strong dislike for athletes, stating that they "contribute nothing to society other than slam dunks and touchdowns." However, her opinion of athletes changes over time. She is asked out by Chad Danforth by the end of the film.
Chad Danforth
Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu) is a member of the Wildcats team and Troy's best friend. He seems to be extremely devoted to basketball. From the start, he's a little selfish and unsupportive of Troy's auditioning for the musical. He thinks that the musical isn't for basketball players. However, he realizes later that singing is something that Troy truly enjoys and so Chad gives his support to his best friend's audition endeavor. After teaming up with Taylor McKessie to pull Troy and Gabriella apart, and then to put them back together again, he asks her out.
Teaser,
Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, two complete strangers, both attend a New Year's Eve party at a ski lodge over Christmas Break. They are randomly chosen to sing "Start of Something New", for karaoke, and have amazing chemistry. They exchange numbers, promising to call each other, and a week later find out they both attend the same high school, after Gabriella's mother transfers her to East High in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Meeting again in homeroom, Troy, who is the captain of the basketball team, tries to call Gabriella to let her know he's there, and winds up getting detention, along with Gabriella, his best friend and teammate Chad Danforth, scholastic decathlon captain Taylor McKessey, and Drama Club co-presidents Ryan and Sharpay Evans.
After homeroom, Troy and Gabriella see each other and start to re-introduce themselves. They see the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions. Sharpay finds them and assumes that Gabriella wants to sign up. She and Ryan look up Gabriella Montez in a search engine on the internet and find that she is an "Einsteinette". They put the article on Gabriella's academic achievements at her previous school into Taylor's locker. During detention, Taylor approaches Gabriella and invites her to join the school's scholastic decathlon team.
As a result of the detention, both Troy and Chad miss their basketball practice, much to the annoyance of Coach Bolton. During a confrontation between the coach and Ms. Darbus, it is made clear that neither of them has any real respect for the work that the other does. Troy eventually takes part in basketball practice, but he can't seem to stop thinking about Gabriella ("Get'cha Head in the Game").
Troy skips basketball practice during free period to go to the auditions, which Gabriella also attends. However, both are too shy to come forward, so they hide behind a janitorial rolling cart as Sharpay and Ryan perform "What I've Been Looking For". When Gabriella finally decides to audition, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus says it is too late.
After homeroom, Troy and Gabriella see each other and start to re-introduce themselves. They see the sign-up sheet for the winter musical auditions. Sharpay finds them and assumes that Gabriella wants to sign up. She and Ryan look up Gabriella Montez in a search engine on the internet and find that she is an "Einsteinette". They put the article on Gabriella's academic achievements at her previous school into Taylor's locker. During detention, Taylor approaches Gabriella and invites her to join the school's scholastic decathlon team.
As a result of the detention, both Troy and Chad miss their basketball practice, much to the annoyance of Coach Bolton. During a confrontation between the coach and Ms. Darbus, it is made clear that neither of them has any real respect for the work that the other does. Troy eventually takes part in basketball practice, but he can't seem to stop thinking about Gabriella ("Get'cha Head in the Game").
Troy skips basketball practice during free period to go to the auditions, which Gabriella also attends. However, both are too shy to come forward, so they hide behind a janitorial rolling cart as Sharpay and Ryan perform "What I've Been Looking For". When Gabriella finally decides to audition, Troy offers to sing with her, but Ms. Darbus says it is too late.
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