According to the Disney Channel, their Emmy Award–winning original movie "
High School Musical" (HSM) has been seen by over 250 million viewers worldwide since its debut in 2006. During the summer of 2007, Disney
broke yet another record by capturing the largest audience ever for a basic-cable telecast when 18.2 million viewers tuned into "High School Musical 2", followed by equally staggering success for its soundtrack, which topped the charts as the No. 2 album of 2007 in the US at 6.5 million units. This year, Disney will raise the bar once again with "
High School Musical 3: Senior Year" (HSM3), the first major motion picture release of the HSM series now in final production and due in US theaters October 24th.