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Dance 1977-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 1 Magic Mike WB $113,721,571 3,120 $39,127,170 2,930 6/29/12 2 5 Save the Last Dance Par. $91,057,006 2,570 $23,444,930 2,230 1/12/01 3 10 Stomp the Yard SGem $61,356,221 2,169 $21,833,312 2,051 1/12/07 4 7 Step Up BV $65,328,121 2,647 $20,659,573 2,467 8/11/06 5 12 Step Up 2 the Streets BV $58,017,783 2,528 $18,908,826 2,470 2/14/08 6 11 Coyote Ugly BV $60,786,269 2,664 $17,319,282 2,653 8/4/00 7 18 You Got Served SGem $40,363,810 1,943 $16,123,105 1,933 1/30/04 8 16 Step Up 3-D BV $42,400,223 2,439 $15,812,311 2,435 8/6/10 9 14 Footloose (2011) Par. $51,802,742 3,555 $15,556,113 3,549 10/14/11 10 23 Honey Uni. $30,308,417 1,972 $12,856,040 1,942 12/5/03 11 8 Staying Alive Par. $64,892,670 1,747 $12,146,143 1,660 7/15/83 12 22 Take the Lead NL $34,742,066 3,009 $12,051,277 3,009 4/7/06 13 13 Shall We Dance Mira. $57,890,460 2,542 $11,783,467 1,772 10/15/04 14 21 Step Up Revolution LG/S $35,074,677 2,606 $11,731,708 2,567 7/27/12 15 25 Dance Flick Par. $25,662,155 2,459 $10,643,536 2,450 5/22/09 16 26 Fame (2009) MGM $22,455,510 3,133 $10,011,682 3,096 9/25/09 17 6 Footloose Par. $80,035,402 1,384 $8,556,935 1,384 2/17/84 18 29 Showgirls MGM $20,350,754 1,388 $8,112,627 1,388 9/22/95 19 30 Roll Bounce FoxS $17,380,866 1,661 $7,570,366 1,625 9/23/05 20 19 Breakin' Can. $38,682,707 1,121 $6,047,686 1,069 5/4/84 21 35 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Lions $14,161,590 2,042 $5,811,325 2,042 2/27/04 22 31 Center Stage Sony $17,200,925 1,506 $4,604,621 1,506 5/12/00 23 32 Dance with Me Sony $15,923,122 1,467 $4,507,663 1,467 8/21/98 24 4 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1,140 $4,076,124 1,140 4/15/83 25 41 How She Move ParV $7,070,641 1,531 $3,957,471 1,531 1/25/08 26 9 Dirty Dancing Vest $63,954,274 1,012 $3,900,000 975 8/21/87 27 3 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 726 $3,878,099 504 12/16/77 28 33 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo TriS $15,101,131 908 $2,921,030 707 12/21/84 29 39 Salsa - The Motion Picture Can. $8,892,589 1,125 $2,627,533 1,125 5/6/88 30 38 Tap TriS $9,114,702 587 $2,217,150 585 2/10/89 31 47 Lambada WB $4,263,112 1,117 $2,031,181 1,117 3/16/90 32 42 Shag: The Movie Hemd $6,957,975 850 $2,029,496 850 7/21/89 33 44 Swing Kids BV $5,632,086 544 $1,967,957 542 3/5/93 34 45 A Night in Heaven Fox $5,563,663 901 $1,835,421 901 11/18/83 35 43 Girls Just Want to Have Fun NW $6,326,051 613 $1,650,078 613 4/12/85 36 50 Rize Lions $3,336,391 352 $1,574,787 352 6/24/05 37 51 Fast Forward Col. $2,791,350 1,162 $1,571,394 1,162 2/15/85 38 48 That's Dancing! MGM $4,210,938 906 $1,506,802 906 1/18/85 39 2 Black Swan FoxS $106,954,678 2,407 $1,443,809 18 12/3/10 40 53 Heavenly Bodies MGM $1,839,623 1,504 $1,114,635 1,504 2/1/85 41 55 The Forbidden Dance Col. $1,823,154 637 $720,864 637 3/16/90 42 56 Body Rock NW $1,689,501 240 $631,849 240 9/28/84 43 17 White Nights Col. $42,160,849 1,064 $477,539 21 11/22/85 44 34 A Chorus Line Col. $14,202,899 680 $222,919 19 12/13/85 45 27 Billy Elliot Focus $21,995,263 510 $215,681 10 10/13/00 46 46 Mao's Last Dancer Gold. $4,817,770 137 $199,657 33 8/20/10 47 15 The Full Monty FoxS $45,950,122 783 $176,585 6 8/15/97 48 36 Strictly Ballroom Mira. $11,738,022 401 $145,977 9 2/12/93 49 28 Fame (1980) MGM $21,202,829 - $118,160 3 5/16/80 50 69 Battlefield America CEB&B $172,000 188 $113,882 188 6/1/12 51 67 ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) UTV $222,098 25 $95,236 25 2/8/13 52 66 Stepping Out Par. $246,000 9 $94,492 7 10/4/91 53 63 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School IDP $349,132 46 $92,668 38 3/31/06 54 20 All That Jazz Fox $37,823,676 - $86,229 5 12/20/79 55 52 Tango SPC $1,897,948 63 $78,315 5 1/22/99 56 68 Jig Scre. $183,790 5 $70,432 5 6/17/11 57 49 Pina IFC $3,524,826 84 $68,012 3 12/23/11 58 59 First Position IFC $1,014,071 58 $48,024 5 5/4/12 59 54 Bossa Nova Sony $1,823,297 59 $48,011 9 4/28/00 60 40 Mad Hot Ballroom ParC $8,117,961 202 $45,348 2 5/13/05 61 57 Dancers Can. $1,190,416 12 $36,112 12 10/9/87 62 64 Planet B-Boy Elep. $273,870 14 $27,777 2 3/21/08 63 73 Love N Dancing Scre. $47,812 35 $26,632 35 5/8/09 64 61 Flamenco NYer $480,941 6 $22,106 2 4/25/97 65 58 The Tango Lesson SPC $1,080,192 2 $19,752 2 11/14/97 66 74 The FP Drft. $40,557 28 $15,465 28 3/16/12 67 60 La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris Zipp. $567,493 25 $14,000 1 11/4/09 68 65 Dancemaker AL $256,780 6 $10,594 3 3/3/99 69 76 American Swing Magn. $30,156 2 $10,174 1 3/27/09 70 62 Danzon SPC $450,501 1 $9,096 1 9/25/92 71 75 Musical Chairs Pala. $31,478 12 $9,092 9 3/23/12 72 70 Crazy Horse Zipp. $157,782 14 $7,963 1 1/18/12 73 72 Ballerina FRun $114,507 5 $2,656 1 1/16/09 74 79 Swing RMH $2,509 1 $2,509 1 6/18/04 75 77 Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob's Pillow FRun $14,272 2 $1,951 1 5/18/12 76 78 Do You Wanna Dance? Ell. $3,210 1 $1,723 1 4/16/99 77 24 The Turning Point Fox $25,933,445 - n/a - 11/14/77 78 37 Shall We Dance? Mira. $9,499,091 - n/a - 7/11/97 79 71 The In Crowd (1988) Orion $136,567 37 n/a - 2/5/88 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,760,005,445 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $22,278,550 942 $4,550,508 863 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,584,792,503 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $38,653,476 1,725 $9,587,826 1,746 - Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Battle of the Year SGem 9/13/13 Dirty Dancing (2013) LGF TBD