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Dance 1977-Present Rows: #1-100, #101-101 Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Magic Mike WB $113,721,571 3,120 $39,127,170 2,930 6/29/12 2 Black Swan FoxS $106,954,678 2,407 $1,443,809 18 12/3/10 3 Saturday Night Fever Par. $94,213,184 726 $3,878,099 504 12/16/77 4 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203 1,140 $4,076,124 1,140 4/15/83 5 Save the Last Dance Par. $91,057,006 2,570 $23,444,930 2,230 1/12/01 6 Footloose Par. $80,035,402 1,384 $8,556,935 1,384 2/17/84 7 Magic Mike XXL WB $66,013,057 3,376 $12,857,184 3,355 7/1/15 8 Step Up BV $65,328,121 2,647 $20,659,573 2,467 8/11/06 9 Staying Alive Par. $64,892,670 1,747 $12,146,143 1,660 7/15/83 10 Dirty Dancing Vest $64,577,242 1,012 $3,900,000 975 8/21/87 11 Stomp the Yard SGem $61,356,221 2,169 $21,833,312 2,051 1/12/07 12 Coyote Ugly BV $60,786,269 2,664 $17,319,282 2,653 8/4/00 13 Step Up 2 the Streets BV $58,017,783 2,528 $18,908,826 2,470 2/14/08 14 Shall We Dance Mira. $57,890,460 2,542 $11,783,467 1,772 10/15/04 15 Footloose (2011) Par. $51,802,742 3,555 $15,556,113 3,549 10/14/11 16 The Full Monty FoxS $45,950,122 783 $176,585 6 8/15/97 17 Step Up 3-D BV $42,400,223 2,439 $15,812,311 2,435 8/6/10 18 White Nights Col. $42,160,849 1,064 $477,539 21 11/22/85 19 You Got Served SGem $40,363,810 1,943 $16,123,105 1,933 1/30/04 20 Breakin' Can. $38,682,707 1,121 $6,047,686 1,069 5/4/84 21 All That Jazz Fox $37,823,676 - $86,229 5 12/20/79 22 Step Up Revolution LG/S $35,074,677 2,606 $11,731,708 2,567 7/27/12 23 Take the Lead NL $34,742,066 3,009 $12,051,277 3,009 4/7/06 24 Honey Uni. $30,308,417 1,972 $12,856,040 1,942 12/5/03 25 The Turning Point Fox $25,933,445 - n/a - 11/14/77 26 Dance Flick Par. $25,662,155 2,459 $10,643,536 2,450 5/22/09 27 Fame (2009) MGM $22,455,510 3,133 $10,011,682 3,096 9/25/09 28 Billy Elliot Focus $21,995,263 510 $215,681 10 10/13/00 29 Fame (1980) MGM $21,202,829 - $118,160 3 5/16/80 30 Showgirls MGM $20,350,754 1,388 $8,112,627 1,388 9/22/95 31 Roll Bounce FoxS $17,380,866 1,661 $7,570,366 1,625 9/23/05 32 Center Stage Sony $17,200,925 1,506 $4,604,621 1,506 5/12/00 33 Dance with Me Sony $15,923,122 1,467 $4,507,663 1,467 8/21/98 34 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo TriS $15,101,131 908 $2,921,030 707 12/21/84 35 Step Up All In LG/S $14,904,384 2,072 $6,469,857 2,072 8/8/14 36 A Chorus Line Col. $14,202,899 680 $222,919 19 12/13/85 37 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Lions $14,161,590 2,042 $5,811,325 2,042 2/27/04 38 Strictly Ballroom Mira. $11,738,022 401 $145,977 9 2/12/93 39 Shall We Dance? Mira. $9,499,091 - n/a - 7/11/97 40 Tap TriS $9,114,702 587 $2,217,150 585 2/10/89 41 Salsa - The Motion Picture Can. $8,892,589 1,125 $2,627,533 1,125 5/6/88 42 Battle of the Year SGem $8,888,355 2,008 $4,603,177 2,008 9/20/13 43 Mad Hot Ballroom ParC $8,117,961 202 $45,348 2 5/13/05 44 How She Move ParV $7,070,641 1,531 $3,957,471 1,531 1/25/08 45 Shag: The Movie Hemd $6,957,975 850 $2,029,496 850 7/21/89 46 Girls Just Want to Have Fun NW $6,326,051 613 $1,650,078 613 4/12/85 47 Swing Kids BV $5,632,086 544 $1,967,957 542 3/5/93 48 A Night in Heaven Fox $5,563,663 901 $1,835,421 901 11/18/83 49 Mao's Last Dancer Gold. $4,817,770 137 $199,657 33 8/20/10 50 Lambada WB $4,263,112 1,117 $2,031,181 1,117 3/16/90 51 That's Dancing! MGM $4,210,938 906 $1,506,802 906 1/18/85 52 Pina IFC $3,524,826 84 $68,012 3 12/23/11 53 Rize Lions $3,336,391 352 $1,574,787 352 6/24/05 54 Fast Forward Col. $2,791,350 1,162 $1,571,394 1,162 2/15/85 55 Tango SPC $1,897,948 63 $78,315 5 1/22/99 56 Heavenly Bodies MGM $1,839,623 1,504 $1,114,635 1,504 2/1/85 57 Bossa Nova Sony $1,823,297 59 $48,011 9 4/28/00 58 The Forbidden Dance Col. $1,823,154 637 $720,864 637 3/16/90 59 Body Rock NW $1,689,501 240 $631,849 240 9/28/84 60 Dancers Can. $1,190,416 12 $36,112 12 10/9/87 61 Step (2017) FoxS $1,154,982 306 $146,488 29 8/4/17 62 The Tango Lesson SPC $1,080,192 2 $19,752 2 11/14/97 63 First Position IFC $1,014,071 58 $48,024 5 5/4/12 64 Paris IFC $1,010,194 34 $46,518 6 9/18/09 65 ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) 2 UTV $892,133 146 $444,195 146 6/19/15 66 Climax A24 $817,339 217 $119,423 5 3/1/19 67 La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris Zipp. $567,493 25 $14,000 1 11/4/09 68 Flamenco NYer $480,941 6 $22,106 2 4/25/97 69 Danzon SPC $450,501 1 $9,096 1 9/25/92 70 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School IDP $349,132 46 $92,668 38 3/31/06 71 Ballet 422 Magn. $333,554 27 $27,653 2 2/6/15 72 Planet B-Boy Elep. $273,870 14 $27,777 2 3/21/08 73 Dancemaker AL $256,780 6 $10,594 3 3/3/99 74 Stepping Out Par. $246,000 9 $94,492 7 10/4/91 75 ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) UTV $222,098 25 $95,236 25 2/8/13 76 Under the Electric Sky Focus $207,584 25 n/a - 5/29/14 77 Jig Scre. $183,790 5 $70,432 5 6/17/11 78 Afternoon of a Faun KL $172,450 11 $15,292 2 2/5/14 79 Battlefield America CEB&B $172,000 188 $113,882 188 6/1/12 80 Crazy Horse Zipp. $157,782 14 $7,963 1 1/18/12 81 Desert Dancer Rela. $155,271 36 $40,763 23 4/10/15 82 Dancing in Jaffa IFC $151,098 23 $10,564 2 4/11/14 83 The In Crowd (1988) Orion $136,567 37 n/a - 2/5/88 84 Make Your Move HTR $125,106 142 $81,172 142 4/18/14 85 Ballerina FRun $114,507 5 $2,656 1 1/16/09 86 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Da. $106,323 13 $12,542 7 12/12/14 87 Our Last Tango Strand $100,086 6 $6,550 1 4/15/16 88 Cuban Fury EOne $92,384 79 $57,105 79 4/11/14 89 Love N Dancing Scre. $47,812 35 $26,632 35 5/8/09 90 The FP Drft. $40,557 28 $15,465 28 3/16/12 91 Musical Chairs Pala. $31,478 12 $9,092 9 3/23/12 92 American Swing Magn. $30,156 2 $10,174 1 3/27/09 93 Tap World Vita. $26,747 3 $8,714 3 7/10/15 94 Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity TFC $24,630 3 $8,406 1 9/10/14 95 Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob's Pillow FRun $14,272 2 $1,951 1 5/18/12 96 Just Like a Woman Cohen $11,403 - n/a - 7/5/13 97 Five Dances Pala. $5,788 1 $5,788 1 10/4/13 98 Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter FRun $4,706 1 $2,560 1 1/23/15 99 Do You Wanna Dance? Ell. $3,210 1 $1,723 1 4/16/99 100 Swing RMH $2,509 1 $2,509 1 6/18/04 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,855,826,568 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $18,374,520 822 $3,806,476 774 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,675,221,267 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $38,073,211 1,777 $9,463,896 1,803 - Rows: #1-100, #101-101 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 Dirty Dancing (2013) LGF TBD