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Musical - Top Opening Act Attack

Movie Summary	High School Musical 3	Mamma Mia!	Hairspray (2007)	Rock of Ages
Genre	Musical	Musical	Musical	Musical
Studio	Buena Vista	Universal	New Line	Warner Bros. (New Line)
Release Date	October 24, 2008	July 18, 2008	July 20, 2007	June 15, 2012
Domestic Gross	$90,559,416	$144,130,063	$118,871,849	$38,518,613
Production Budget	$11 million	$52 million	n/a	$75 million
Running Time	1 hr. 40 min.	1 hr. 48 min.	1 hr. 47 min.	2 hrs. 3 min.
MPAA Rating	G	PG-13	PG	PG-13
MPAA Reason		some sex-related comments	language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking	sexual content, suggestive dancing, some heavy drinking, and language.

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Domestic Summary	High School Musical 3	Mamma Mia!	Hairspray (2007)	Rock of Ages
Total Gross	$90,559,416	$144,130,063	$118,871,849	$38,518,613
Opening Weekend*	$42,030,184	$27,751,240	$27,476,745	$14,437,269
Theaters	3,623	2,976	3,121	3,470
Average	$11,601	$9,325	$8,803	$4,161
Opening % of Total	46.4%	19.3%	23.1%	37.5%
Second Weekend Drop	-63.6%	-36.1%	-42.1%	-47.0%
Widest Release	3,626	3,194	3,121	3,470
Close Date	February 5, 2009	November 6, 2008	October 25, 2007	August 16, 2012
In Release	105 days / 15 weeks	n/a	98 days / 14 weeks	63 days / 9 weeks
*Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used.

Worldwide Summary	High School Musical 3	Mamma Mia!	Hairspray (2007)	Rock of Ages
Worldwide Gross	$252,909,177	$609,841,637	$202,548,575	$59,418,613
Foreign Gross	$162,349,761	$465,711,574	$83,676,726	$20,900,000
Foreign % of Worldwide	64.2%	76.4%	41.3%	35.2%
Domestic Gross	$90,559,416	$144,130,063	$118,871,849	$38,518,613
Domestic % of Worldwide	35.8%	23.6%	58.7%	64.8%

People Summary	High School Musical 3	Mamma Mia!	Hairspray (2007)	Rock of Ages
Actor: Zac Efron	#3	-	#2	-
Director: Adam Shankman	-	-	#2	#8

Genres & Franchises	High School Musical 3	Mamma Mia!	Hairspray (2007)	Rock of Ages
Genre: Musical	#9	#4	#6	#23
Showdown: 'Mamma Mia!' Vs. 'Hairspray'	-	#1	#2	#3
Showdown: Musical - Top Opening Act Attack	#3	#1	#2	#4

Chart Rankings	High School Musical 3	Mamma Mia!	Hairspray (2007)	Rock of Ages
All Time Domestic	#606	#263	#396	#1721
All Time Worldwide	#370	#74	#510	-
Yearly 2008	#33	#13	-	-
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	#15	#31	-	-
Worldwide Yearly 2008	#22	#5	-	-
Opening Weeks	#292	#324	#336	#968
Movies That Never Hit #1	-	#26	#58	-
Opening Weekends Not At #1	-	#61	#67	-
Opening Weekends	#190	#402	#414	#1022
Opening Weekends - July	-	#60	#63	-
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	#597	-	#221	#298
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	#1206	#308	#482	#671
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	#1751	#486	#738	#1005
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	#3613	#1416	#1925	#2385
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	#55	-	#113	-
Widest Releases	#156	#441	#518	#245
Widest Opening Releases	#140	-	#472	#227
Slowest to $100 million	-	#235	#177	-
BOM Users' Grades	-	#360	#237	-
BOM Users' Grades (2008 Releases)	#152	#66	-	-
Yearly (Wide) 2008	#33	#12	-	-
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2008	#15	#31	-	-
Opening Weeks Adjusted	#403	#427	#415	#1543
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted	-	#73	#108	-
Opening Weekends Not At #1 Adjusted	-	#89	#81	-
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	-	#77	#74	-
Opening Weekends Adjusted	#264	#541	#511	#1637
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	#74	-	#156	-

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