The Jonas Brothers talk about their upcoming movie, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The film promises and inside look at some of the band's live performances. The Jonas Brother says the film shows what the live stage performances are like from their pespective.
If you haven't already heard High School Musical 2 was a huge hit for Disney as expected. Varietysays the shows 17.2 million viwers was the "most-watched basic-cable telecast on record."
Disney Channel averaged a whopping 17.2 million viewers for its premiere of "High School Musical 2" on Friday night, making it the most-watched basic-cable telecast on record. It's also the largest aud for any television program on any net in about three months.
The average audience for the premiere Friday, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates, makes it well more than double the 7.7 million who tuned in for the premiere of the original telepic in January 2006.
Of course, the original pic became a phenomenon, with millions of kids and tweens watching it multiple times over the last 19 months, helping build anticipation for its sequel to a fever-pitch. Disney also picked a great date for the weekend launch of the second pic, timed to the when youngsters were prepping for the return to school as well as the start of the summer cool-down at the box office.
Fans of the HSM shows do watch them over and over again. They also watch the music videos over and over again. They also post them repeatedly. Evidence of this is the 100,000+ videos that turn up if you search YouTube for "High School Musical." As we mentioned in an earlier post Disney has even set up a YouTube channel for HSM 2. Here is the music video for the song "All For One."
It is very likely that Disney will make a third High School Musical film. Variety says HSM 3 will be a theatrical release. The question is whether they will be able to get the stars - Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens - back now that they are becoming household names. The should be able to if they offer the stars enough fun. Besides it is the HSM films that are turning these actors into stars. IMDB already has a listing for HSM3.
The L.A. Times has an article about Disney's upcoming musical High School Musical 2. The article says the two films about a fictional high school are expected to generate $100 million in profits for Disney. Disney even has a soundtrack out for the new film. It has already made big stars out of the film's singing actors including Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens. But how long can Disney hold the interest of the fickle teenage crowd.
"That teenage audience is extremely fickle," said veteran media analyst Larry Gerbrandt. "And they also have this nasty habit of growing up. You have to be able to keep drawing in a younger audience."
Originally a low-budget sleeper, "High School Musical" became a pop-culture phenomenon, attracting 160 million viewers worldwide who tuned in to watch the interpersonal dramas at fictional East High School.
It also produced the top-selling album of 2006, a bestselling novel and a 42-date sold-out concert tour in North America and a subsequent five-country sweep through Latin America.
The movie's success also gave a broader boost to the Disney Channel. Derek Baine, an entertainment analyst with SNL Kagan, said "High School Musical" spurred a jump in revenue from sponsorships and DVD sales to $72 million last year, compared with about $15 million to $20 million annually through 2005.
Based on the popularity of the High School Musical videos on YouTube Disney should be able to hold the interest of teenagers for a little while longer. A quick search shows over 100,000 High School Musical videos on YouTube. The video are also listed under the abbreviations HSM and HSM2. Will there be an HSM3? You can count on it.
Disney also has a YouTube channel for High School Musical 2. The most popular video on it is this one for "Everyday."
In this upbeat song called "What Time Is It?" the High School Musical 2 Cast from the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical 2 sings about their summer vacation. You can find Disney's High School Musical 2 website here.
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