Step Up (franchise)
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Created by | Duane Adler |
Original work | Step Up (2006) |
Owner | Lionsgate |
Years | 2006–2022 |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | List of films |
Television series | Step Up: High Water (2018–2022) |
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Soundtrack(s) |
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Step Up is an American romantic dance franchise created by Duane Adler. The franchise includes six films and a television series. The films have received a generally mixed critical reception, while being a box office success with a collective total of $651 million.
Films
Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Production company | Distributor(s) |
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Step Up | August 11, 2006 | Anne Fletcher | Duane Adler and Melissa Rosenberg | Patrick Wachsberger, Erik Feig, Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot | Touchstone Pictures Summit Entertainment Offspring Entertainment |
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Step Up 2 the Streets | February 14, 2008 | Jon M. Chu | Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | ||
Step Up 3D | August 6, 2010 | Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer | ||||
Step Up Revolution | July 27, 2012 | Scott Speer | Amanda Brody | Offspring Entertainment | Summit Entertainment | |
Step Up All In | August 8, 2014 | Trish Sie | John Swetnam | |||
Step Up: Year of the Dance | January 21, 2020 | Ron Yuan | Wendy Li | Jennifer Gibgot, Adam Shankman, Jon M. Chu, Dede Nickerson and Zeng Tian | Yuehua Entertainment Infinity Pictures Lions Gate China |
Lionsgate |
Step Up (2006)
Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up-and-coming dancer, Nora Clark (Jenna Dewan).
Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Romantic sparks occur between two dance students (Andie and Chase) from very different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.
Step Up 3D (2010)
A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.
Step Up Revolution (2012)
A group of flash mob dancers led by Sean (Ryan Guzman) and the daughter of a hotel tycoon, Emily (Kathryn McCormick), attempt to save a Miami strip populated by a tight-knit community from being developed into hotels using dance and rebellion.
Step Up: All In (2014)
All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Step Up: Year of the Dance (2020)
Step Up: Year of the Dance (also known as Step Up China) is a 2019 Chinese produced and marketed film directed by Ron Yuan. Youth from different social classes in Beijing come together to form China's best dance crew and learn what it really means to be family. It was released in theaters internationally on June 26, 2019, and in the U.S. digitally on January 21, 2020.[1]
Television
Series | Season | Episodes | First released | Last released | Showrunner(s) | Network(s) |
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Step Up: High Water | 3 | 30 | January 31, 2018 | December 18, 2022 | Holly Sorensen | YouTube Red YouTube Premium Starz |
Step Up: High Water (2018–2022)
A television series is based on the film series simply titled Step Up: High Water was released on January 31, 2018, on YouTube Red.[2] YouTube renewed the series for a second season in May 2018,[3] premiering on March 20, 2019.[4]
The series was cancelled after two seasons in August 2019, but in May 2020, the series was announced to have been renewed and picked up for third season on Starz. It is also renamed as Step Up in this season.[5] It would premiere in October 2022, before being cancelled again shortly before the finale in December.[6]
Principal cast
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the Step Up franchise.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- C indicates a cameo role.
Character | Title | ||||||||
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Step Up | Step Up 2: The Streets |
Step Up 3D | Step Up Revolution |
Step Up: All In |
Step Up: Year of the Dance |
Step Up: High Water | |||
2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2019 | 2018–2022 | |||
Tyler Gage | Channing Tatum | Channing TatumC | |||||||
Nora Clark | Jenna Dewan | Mentioned | |||||||
Miles Darby | Mario | ||||||||
Lucy Avila | Drew Sidora | ||||||||
Camille Gage | Alyson Stoner | Alyson Stoner | Alyson Stoner | ||||||
Andrea "Andie" West | Briana Evigan | Briana Evigan | |||||||
Chase Collins | Robert Hoffman | ||||||||
Robert "Moose" Alexander III | Adam G. Sevani | ||||||||
Jenny Kido | Mari Koda | ||||||||
Hair | Chris Scott | ||||||||
Monster | Luis Rosado | Luis Rosado | |||||||
Cable | Harry Shum, Jr. | ||||||||
Blake Collins | Will Kemp | ||||||||
Sophie Donovan | Cassie Ventura | ||||||||
Vladd | Chadd "Madd Chadd" Smith | ||||||||
Jason Hardlerson | Stephen "tWitch" Boss | ||||||||
Martin Santiago | Martin Lombard | Martin Lombard | |||||||
Marcos Santiago | Facundo Lombard | Facundo Lombard | |||||||
Luke Katcher | Rick Malambri | ||||||||
Natalie | Sharni Vinson | ||||||||
Julien | Joe Slaughter | ||||||||
Sean Asa | Ryan Guzman | ||||||||
Eddy | Misha Gabriel | ||||||||
Emily Anderson | Kathryn McCormick | ||||||||
William "Bill" Anderson | Peter Gallagher | ||||||||
Violet | Parris Goebel | ||||||||
Alexxa Brava | Izabella Miko | ||||||||
Jasper | Stephen "Stevo" Jones | ||||||||
Janelle Baker | Lauryn McClain | ||||||||
Tal Baker | Petrice Jones | Keiynan Lonsdale | |||||||
Dondre Hall | Marcus Mitchell | ||||||||
Rigo Octavio | Terrence Green | ||||||||
Davis Jimenez | Carlito Olivero | ||||||||
Odalie Allen | Jade Chynoweth | ||||||||
Poppy Martinez | Kendra Oyesanya | ||||||||
King | Eric Graise | ||||||||
Al Baker | Faizon Love | ||||||||
Collette Jones | Naya Rivera | Christina Milian | |||||||
Sage Odom | Ne-Yo | ||||||||
Marquise Howard | Terayle Hill | ||||||||
Erin | Tricia Helfer | ||||||||
Angel | Rebbi Rose | ||||||||
Cruz | Enrique Murciano |
Additional crew and production details
Title | Crew/Detail | ||||||
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Composer | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies |
Distributor(s) | Running time | ||
Step Up | Aaron Zigman | Michael Seresin | Nancy Richardson | Touchstone Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Offspring Entertainment |
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | 1 hr 43 mins | |
Step Up 2: The Streets |
Max Malkin | Andrew Marcus & Nicholas Erasmus | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 1 hr 38 mins | |||
Step Up 3D | Bear McCreary | Ken Seng | Andrew Marcus | 1 hr 47 mins | |||
Step Up Revolution |
Aaron Zigman | Karsten Gopinath | Avi Youabian & Matthew Friedman | Summit Entertainment, Offspring Entertainment, Lionsgate Films |
Lions Gate Entertainment | 1 hr 39 mins | |
Step Up: All In |
Jeff Cardoni | Brian Pearson | Niven Howie | 1 hr 52 mins | |||
Step Up: High Water |
Jared Gutstadt & Jeff Peters Stephanie Economou EmmoLei Sankofa |
Joaquin Sedillo Rohn Schmidt David Rush Morrison |
Jamin Bricker, Joe Mitacek, Nathan Easterling, Ryan Jones, and David Abramson | Lionsgate Television Studios, Everheart Productions, Free Association, Offspring Entertainment, Picturestart, YouTube Red Original Series, YouTube Premium Series, Starz Original Series |
YouTube Red YouTube Premium Starz Network |
25 hrs 50 mins episodes | |
Step Up: Year of the Dance |
Bohan Xiao | Zhang Longtao | Jiang Yong | Lions Gate Films, Yuehua Entertainment, Shanghai Film Group |
Lions Gate Entertainment | 1 hr 30 mins |
Reception
Box office
Film | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | ||||
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North America | Outside North America | Worldwide | All time North America | |||||
Step Up | $65,328,121 | $48,866,726 | $114,194,847 | #931 | $12 million | [7] | ||
Step Up 2: The Streets | $58,017,783 | $92,798,917 | $150,816,700 | #1083 | $17.5 million | [8][9] | ||
Step Up 3D | $42,400,223 | $116,891,586 | $159,291,809 | #1526 | $30 million | [10] | ||
Step Up Revolution | $35,074,677 | $105,396,069 | $140,470,746 | #1862 | $33 million | [11] | ||
Step Up: All In | $14,904,384 | $71,261,262 | $86,165,646 | $35 million | [12] | |||
Step Up: Year of the Dance | $388,518 | $388,518 | [13] | |||||
Totals | $215,725,188 | $435,603,078 | $651,328,266 | $127.5 million | [14] | |||
List indicator(s)
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Critical and public response
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore[15] |
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Step Up | 21% (108 reviews)[16] | 48 (23 reviews)[17] | A- |
Step Up 2: The Streets | 28% (65 reviews)[18] | 50 (20 reviews)[19] | A- |
Step Up 3D | 47% (124 reviews)[20] | 45 (23 reviews)[21] | B+ |
Step Up Revolution | 41% (98 reviews)[22] | 43 (22 reviews)[23] | B+ |
Step Up: All In | 42% (52 reviews)[24] | 45 (17 reviews)[25] | B+ |
Step Up: Year of the Dance | N/A[26] | — | — |
In other media
- Exercise releases
Officially licensed workout routine videos were produced for straight-to-home video media:
- Step Up Revolution Dance Workout which was released on December 4, 2012.[citation needed]
- Step Up Revolution: Hip-Hop Cardio Burn which was released on December 3, 2013.[citation needed]
- Live stage show
- Step Up: Dubai, All In! debuted in 2016 at the Motiongate Dubai.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Step Up: Year of the Dance Arrives On Digital January 21". NoReruns.net. December 3, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ Petski, Denise (December 19, 2017). "'Step Up: High Water': Trailer & Premiere Date For YouTube Red Series Based On Film Franchise". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ Petski, Denise (May 22, 2018). "'Step Up: High Water' Renewed For Season 2 By YouTube". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Petski, Denise (January 24, 2019). "'Step Up: High Water': First Look At Season 2 Of YouTube Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Petski, Denise (May 28, 2020). "'Step Up' Series Picked Up By Starz Following YouTube Cancellation". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 13, 2022). "'Step Up' Canceled After Its One Season On Starz". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ "Step Up (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)". The-numbers.com. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up 3D (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up Revolution (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up: All In (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up: Year of the Dance (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Step Up Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ "Step Up". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Step Up Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up 2: The Streets". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up 2: The Streets Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up 3D". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Step Up 3D Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up Revolution". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Step Up Revolution Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up: All In". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up: All In Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Step Up: Year of the Dance". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
External links
- Step Up Franchise The-Numbers.com