'High School Musical 3' sets UK record

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is in line to smash box office records in the UK, reports the BBC.

The film has pulled in £500,000 in advance ticket sales, with UK chain Odeon saying it has already taken £245,205 in bookings.

Odeon chief executive Rupert Gavin said: "Our cinemas have been inundated with calls to pre-book tickets for what could be the year's biggest kids and teen audience movie.

"With schools breaking up for half-term just as High School Musical 3 opens, we are bracing ourselves for a huge first week run."

The advance sales eclipse the record set by Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire in 2005.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens as school sweethearts, will open in UK cinemas on October 22.