Screaming fans have greeted the stars of High School Musical 3: Senior Year in London's Leicester Square.
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale were joined by dancers and basketball players on the red carpet ahead of the film's UK premiere.
Cinemas around the country have already taken record advance bookings for the series' first cinematic outing, which will be released on 24 October.
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It went on to become a worldwide phenomenon and its sequel shattered cable TV records last summer, with 18.6m people in the US tuning in for its premiere.
The BBC's Colin Paterson said you could "almost smell the hormones" in Leicester Square, as young fans turned out to see 20-year-old heartthrob Efron - who plays basketball player Troy Bolton in the film series.
"For noise levels, this ranks up there with the screams for Johnny Depp at the Pirates of the Caribbean premiere," he said.
Actress Vanessa Hudgens, who plays maths whiz and love interest and Gabriella Montez, said "nothing compares" to the London crowd.
"I love musicals and I'm really happy to be part of High School Musical 3," she added.
The Disney franchise has spawned a top-selling soundtrack album and a 40-date tour of the US, not to mention countless school productions.
High School Musical 3 follows the pressures of being in the final year of high school before going off to college.
It also introduces British teen actress Jemma McKenzie-Brown as a new character.
(BBC)
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