Step Up | |
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Created by | Duane Adler |
Original work | Step Up (2006) |
Owners | Touchstone Pictures (2006–2010), Lionsgate |
Years | 2006–2022 |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | List of films |
Television series | Step Up: High Water (2018–2022) |
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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.
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 |
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).
Romantic sparks occur between two dance students (Andie and Chase) from very different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.
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.
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.
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 (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]
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 |
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]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the Step Up franchise.
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 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 | ||||||||
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 |
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 |
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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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] | — | — |
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