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Step Up (franchise)

{{Short description|American dance drama multi-media franchise}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox media franchise

| title = Step Up

| image = File:Step Up franchise logo.jpg

| caption = Official franchise logo, as released in 2020.

| creator = Duane Adler

| origin = Step Up (2006)

| owner = Lionsgate

| years = 2006–2022

| films = List of films

| tv_series = Step Up: High Water (2018–2022)

| soundtracks = {{Plainlist|

}}}}

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

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | U.S. release date

! scope="col" | Director

! scope="col" | Screenwriter(s)

! scope="col" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" | Production company

! scope="col" | Distributor(s)

scope="col" colspan="7" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Domestic releases
scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up

| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2006|08|11}}

| Anne Fletcher

| Duane Adler and Melissa Rosenberg

| rowspan="5" | Patrick Wachsberger, Erik Feig, Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot

| rowspan="3" |Touchstone Pictures
Summit Entertainment
Offspring Entertainment

|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up 2: The Streets

| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2008|02|14}}

| rowspan="2" | Jon M. Chu

| Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna

| rowspan="2" |Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up 3D

| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2010|08|6}}

| Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up Revolution

| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2012|07|27}}

| Scott Speer

| Amanda Brody

| rowspan="2" |Offspring Entertainment

| rowspan="2" |Summit Entertainment

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up: All In

| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2014|08|8}}

| Trish Sie

| John Swetnam

scope="col" colspan="7" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | International release
scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up: Year of the Dance

| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|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|Step Up (film){{!}}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|Step Up 2: The Streets{{!}}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|Step Up 3D{{!}}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|Step Up Revolution{{!}}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|Step Up: All In{{!}}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.

==International release==

=''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.{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Step Up: Year of the Dance Arrives On Digital January 21 |url=http://www.noreruns.net/2019/12/03/step-up-year-of-the-dance-arrives-on-digital-january-21/ |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=NoReruns.net}}

Television

{{Series overview

| seasonT = Seasons

| network = y

| infoA = Showrunner(s)

| multiseries =

{{Series overview

| infoA = y

| series = Step Up: High Water

| episodes3 = 30

| released3 = {{Start and end dates|2018|1|31|2022|12|18}}

| network3 = YouTube Red
YouTube Premium
Starz

| infoA3 = Holly Sorensen

}}

}}

=''Step Up: High Water'' (2018–2022)=

{{main|Step Up (TV series){{!}}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.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=December 19, 2017 |title='Step Up: High Water': Trailer & Premiere Date For YouTube Red Series Based On Film Franchise |url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/step-up-high-water-trailer-premiere-date-youtube-red-series-film-franchise-1202229834/ |access-date=December 22, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} YouTube renewed the series for a second season in May 2018,{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=May 22, 2018 |title='Step Up: High Water' Renewed For Season 2 By YouTube |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/step-up-high-water-renewed-season-2-youtube-1202395827/ |access-date=May 22, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} premiering on March 20, 2019.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=January 24, 2019 |title='Step Up: High Water': First Look At Season 2 Of YouTube Series |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/step-up-high-water-first-look-season-2-youtube-series-1202540609/ |access-date=January 24, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=May 28, 2020 |title='Step Up' Series Picked Up By Starz Following YouTube Cancellation |url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/step-up-series-picked-up-starz-following-youtube-cancellation-1202945578/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607060100/https://deadline.com/2020/05/step-up-series-picked-up-starz-following-youtube-cancellation-1202945578/ |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |access-date=May 28, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} It would premiere in October 2022, before being cancelled again shortly before the finale in December.{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=December 13, 2022 |title='Step Up' Canceled After Its One Season On Starz |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/step-up-canceled-starz-three-sasons-no-season-4-1235197789/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

Principal cast

{{Cast indicator|appeared=the Step Up franchise|C}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
rowspan="3" | Character

! colspan="9"| Title

Step Up

! Step Up 2: The Streets

! Step Up 3D

! Step Up Revolution

! Step Up: All In

! Step Up: Year of the Dance

! colspan="3" | Step Up (TV series)

200620082010201220142019colspan="3" | 2018–2022
Tyler Gage

| Channing Tatum

| {{N/A|Channing Tatum}}{{ref|cameo|C}}

| colspan="7" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Nora Clark

| Jenna Dewan

| {{N/A|Mentioned}}

| colspan="7" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Miles Darby

| Mario

| colspan="8" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Lucy Avila

| Drew Sidora

| colspan="8" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Camille Gage

| Alyson Stoner

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Alyson Stoner

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Alyson Stoner

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Andrea "Andie" West

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Briana Evigan

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Briana Evigan

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Chase Collins

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Robert Hoffman

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| {{N/A|Mentioned}}

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Robert "Moose" Alexander III

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="4" | Adam G. Sevani

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Jenny Kido

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="4" | Mari Koda

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Hair

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="4" | Chris Scott

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Monster

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="2" | Luis Rosado

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Luis Rosado

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Cable

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="2" | Harry Shum, Jr.

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Blake Collins

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Will Kemp

| colspan="7" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Sophie Donovan

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Cassie Ventura

| colspan="7" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Vladd

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Chadd "Madd Chadd" Smith

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Jason Hardlerson

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Stephen "tWitch" Boss

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Martin Santiago

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Martin Lombard

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Martin Lombard

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Marcos Santiago

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Facundo Lombard

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Facundo Lombard

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Luke Katcher

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Rick Malambri

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Natalie

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Sharni Vinson

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Julien

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Joe Slaughter

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Sean Asa

| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="2" | Ryan Guzman

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Eddy

| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="2" | Misha Gabriel

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Emily Anderson

| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Kathryn McCormick

| {{N/A|Mentioned}}

| colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey;"|

William "Bill" Anderson

| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Peter Gallagher

| colspan="5" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Violet

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Parris Goebel

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Alexxa Brava

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Izabella Miko

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Jasper

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Stephen "Stevo" Jones

| colspan="4" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Janelle Baker

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Lauryn McClain

| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|

Tal Baker

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="2" | Petrice Jones

| Keiynan Lonsdale

Dondre Hall

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Marcus Mitchell

Rigo Octavio

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Terrence Green

Davis Jimenez

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Carlito Olivero

Odalie Allen

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Jade Chynoweth

Poppy Martinez

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Kendra Oyesanya

King

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Eric Graise

Al Baker

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Faizon Love

Collette Jones

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="2" | Naya Rivera

| Christina Milian

Sage Odom

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Ne-Yo

Marquise Howard

| colspan="6" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| colspan="3" | Terayle Hill

Erin

| colspan="8" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Tricia Helfer

Angel

| colspan="8" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Rebbi Rose

Cruz

| colspan="8" style="background:lightgrey;"|

| Enrique Murciano

Additional crew and production details

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
rowspan="2"| Title

! colspan="7"|Crew/Detail

style="text-align:center;"| Composer

! style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer

! style="text-align:center;"| Editor(s)

! style="text-align:center;"| Production
companies

! style="text-align:center;"| Distributor(s)

! style="text-align:center;"| Running time

Step Up

| rowspan="2"| Aaron Zigman

| Michael Seresin

| Nancy Richardson

| rowspan="3"| 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

| rowspan="2"| 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

| rowspan="2"| Summit Entertainment,
Offspring Entertainment,
Lionsgate Films

| rowspan="2"| Lions Gate Entertainment

| 1 hr 39 mins

Step Up: All In

| Jeff Cardoni

| Brian Pearson

| Niven Howie

| 1 hr 52 mins

Step Up (TV series)

| 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
{{small|50 mins episodes}}

#Step Up: Year of the Dance (2019)

| Bohan Xiao

| Zhang Longtao

| Jiang Yong

| Lions Gate Films,
Yuehua Entertainment,
Shanghai Film Group

| Lions Gate Entertainment

| 1 hr 30 mins

Reception

=Box office=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" | Film

! scope="col" colspan="3" | Box office gross

! scope="col" | Box office ranking

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Budget

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Reference

North America

! Outside North America

! Worldwide

! All time North America

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up

| $65,328,121

| $48,866,726

| $114,194,847

| #931

| $12 million

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up (2006) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stepup.htm |access-date=September 7, 2014 |publisher=Box Office Mojo}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up 2: The Streets

| $58,017,783

| $92,798,917

| $150,816,700

| #1083

| $17.5 million

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Step-Up-2-the-Streets |access-date=January 26, 2019 |publisher=The-numbers.com}}{{Cite web |title=Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stepup2.htm |access-date=September 7, 2014 |publisher=Box Office Mojo}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up 3D

| $42,400,223

| $116,891,586

| $159,291,809

| #1526

| $30 million

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up 3D (2010) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stepup3d.htm |access-date=September 7, 2014 |publisher=Box Office Mojo}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up Revolution

| $35,074,677

| $105,396,069

| $140,470,746

| #1862

| $33 million

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up Revolution (2012) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stepup4.htm |access-date=September 7, 2014 |publisher=Box Office Mojo}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up: All In

| $14,904,384

| $71,261,262

| $86,165,646

|

| $35 million

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up: All In (2014) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=stepup5.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114018/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=stepup5.htm |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |publisher=Box Office Mojo}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up: Year of the Dance

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| $388,518

| $388,518

|

| style="background:lightgrey;"|

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up: Year of the Dance (2019) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2926150913/weekend/ |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

colspan="1" | Totals

! $215,725,188

! $435,603,078

! $651,328,266

!

! $127.5 million

| {{Cite web |title=Step Up Movies at the Box Office |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=stepup.htm |access-date=September 7, 2014 |publisher=Box Office Mojo}}

colspan="9" | List indicator(s)

  • (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

=Critical and public response=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Rotten Tomatoes

! scope="col" | Metacritic

! scope="col" | CinemaScore{{Cite web |title=CinemaScore |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |publisher=CinemaScore}}

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up

| 21% (108 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/step_up/ |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}

| 48 (23 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/step-up |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Metacritic}}

| A-

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up 2: The Streets

| 28% (65 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up 2: The Streets |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/step_up_2_the_streets/ |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}

| 50 (20 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up 2: The Streets Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/step-up-2-the-streets |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Metacritic}}

| A-

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up 3D

| 47% (124 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up 3D |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/step_up_3/ |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}

| 45 (23 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up 3D Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/step-up-3-d |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Metacritic}}

| B+

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up Revolution

| 41% (98 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up Revolution |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/step_up_revolution/ |access-date=February 4, 2020 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}

| 43 (22 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up Revolution Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/step-up-revolution |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Metacritic}}

| B+

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up: All In

| 42% (52 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up: All In |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/step_up_all_in/ |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}

| 45 (17 reviews){{Cite web |title=Step Up: All In Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/step-up-all-in |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=Metacritic}}

| B+

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Step Up: Year of the Dance

| N/A{{Cite web |title=Step Up: Year of the Dance |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/step_up_china |access-date=June 10, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}

| {{NA}}

| {{NA}}

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|date=November 2022}}
  • Step Up Revolution: Hip-Hop Cardio Burn which was released on December 3, 2013.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

;; Live stage show

  • Step Up: Dubai, All In! debuted in 2016 at the Motiongate Dubai.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Step-Up#tab=summary Step Up Franchise] The-Numbers.com

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