Step Up (franchise)

Step Up
Official franchise logo, as released in 2020.
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)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Step Up (2006) Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) Step Up 3D (2010) Step Up Revolution (2012) Step Up: All In (2014)

Step Up is an American romantic dance franchise created by Duane Adler. The franchise includes 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)
Domestic releases
Step Up	August 11, 2006 (2006-08-11)	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 (2008-02-14)	Jon M. Chu	Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna			Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Step Up 3D	August 6, 2010 (2010-08-06)		Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer
Step Up Revolution	July 27, 2012 (2012-07-27)	Scott Speer	Amanda Brody		Offspring Entertainment	Summit Entertainment
Step Up: All In	August 8, 2014 (2014-08-08)	Trish Sie	John Swetnam
International release
Step Up: Year of the Dance	January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)	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)

Main article: Step Up (film)

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)

Main article: Step Up 2: The Streets

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)

Main article: Step Up 3D

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)

Main article: Step Up Revolution

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)

Main article: Step Up: All In

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 (2019)

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	Seasons	Episodes		Originally released			Showrunner(s)
				First released	Last released	Network
Step Up: High Water	3	30		January 31, 2018 – December 18, 2022 (2018-01-31 – 2022-12-18)		YouTube Red YouTube Premium Starz	Holly Sorensen

Step Up: High Water (2018–2022)

Main article: Step Up (TV series)

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

List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the Step Up franchise.

• An empty 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
	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 Tatum C
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			Mentioned
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	Mentioned
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
	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
	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 (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

Critical and public response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore [15]
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

• The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers

References

1. "Step Up: Year of the Dance Arrives On Digital January 21". NoReruns.net. December 3, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
2. 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.
3. Petski, Denise (May 22, 2018). "'Step Up: High Water' Renewed For Season 2 By YouTube". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
4. Petski, Denise (January 24, 2019). "'Step Up: High Water': First Look At Season 2 Of YouTube Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
5. 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.
6. Andreeva, Nellie (December 13, 2022). "'Step Up' Canceled After Its One Season On Starz". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
7. "Step Up (2006)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
8. "Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)". The-numbers.com. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
9. "Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
10. "Step Up 3D (2010)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
11. "Step Up Revolution (2012)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
12. "Step Up: All In (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
13. "Step Up: Year of the Dance (2019)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved October 14, 2021.
14. "Step Up Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
15. "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
16. "Step Up". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
17. "Step Up Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
18. "Step Up 2: The Streets". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
19. "Step Up 2: The Streets Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
20. "Step Up 3D". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
21. "Step Up 3D Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
22. "Step Up Revolution". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved February 4, 2020.
23. "Step Up Revolution Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
24. "Step Up: All In". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
25. "Step Up: All In Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved September 7, 2014.
26. "Step Up: Year of the Dance". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 10, 2023.

External links

• Step Up Franchise The-Numbers.com