High School Musical 3 streets Feb. 17
Third installment of franchise available on DVD, Blu-ray
By Susanne Ault -- Video Business, 12/18/2008
DEC. 18 | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year dances onto Blu-ray Disc and DVD on Feb. 17 (pre-order Jan. 6).
Grossing $89 million in the U.S., the movie will street as a standard-definition single disc ($29.99), standard two-disc extended edition ($34.99) and Blu-ray three-disc set ($39.99). Both two-disc and Blu-ray versions hold a digital copy and such bonus features as cast goodbyes, bloopers, deleted scenes and featurettes. The High School Musical 3 Blu-ray will exclusively offer BD Live Web interactivity as well as new cast profiles and a Senior Awards feature.
This third High School Musical installment—in which Wildcat classmates shoot hoops, sing and dance—follows hefty past success for the franchise’s initial entries. The first High School Musical was the No. 1 TV movie on DVD in 2006, according to Disney. The studio also notes that its second installment was the top-selling TV property on DVD in 2007.
