4. The High School Musical Trilogy
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Before hitting the red X button on the internet browser, just keep reading. High School Musical (HSM) was a massive, massive success. Most of the movies on the list are ones that most people have heard of. Unless there is a 12-year old in the house, the movies may seem unfamiliar.
HSM tried to be different with its premise. The movie didn’t rely on sex, violence, or have some political message it tried to slip in. The producers based the movie on singing, dancing, and good clean fun only. They took small budgets, on the small screen, and squeezed every dollar they could out of it.
Just to help visualize, this television movie spawned two sequels, a direct-to-DVD feature, a foreign spin-off, a stage musical, a concert tour, an ice tour, books, video games, a reality series, and countless awards and nominations. In terms of just money, the last installment had a measly $11 million budget and brought home $252 million in box office receipts. For $11 million, some of these other movies couldn’t even afford to get their star actor the elephant tusk golf clubs they asked for. Arguably, HSM earned a spot on this list.
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