Movie Comparison: Footloose (1984) vs. Dirty Dancing (1987)

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  FootlooseDirty Dancing
Domestic Release Date Feb 17, 1984Aug 21, 1987
Production Budget $8,200,000 
Opening Weekend Theaters 1,384975
Maximum Theaters 1,3841,012
Theatrical Engagements 19,35421,018
Domestic Opening Weekend $8,556,935$3,900,000
Domestic Box Office $80,000,000$63,892,689
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$256,666,658$174,296,991
International Box Office $8,940$150,001,106
Worldwide Box Office $80,008,940$213,893,795
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  FootlooseDirty Dancing
Opening Weekend $8,556,935 /
$8,556,935
$3,900,000 /
$3,900,000
2nd Weekend $6,617,737 /
$16,857,254
$3,666,750 /
$10,025,438
3rd Weekend $6,300,641 /
$24,615,584
$4,889,239 /
$16,465,415
4th Weekend $5,476,656 /
$31,591,292
$3,542,221 /
$20,949,272
5th Weekend $4,745,560 /
$37,940,028
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$24,469,975
6th Weekend $4,420,411 /
$43,998,844
$2,100,759 /
$27,376,139
7th Weekend $4,166,896 /
$49,528,265
$1,878,207 /
$30,011,849
8th Weekend $3,052,131 /
$53,740,337
$2,021,673 /
$32,631,532
9th Weekend $2,237,610 /
$56,747,753
$1,839,181 /
$34,837,670
10th Weekend $2,443,796 /
$60,535,312
$1,785,660 /
$37,229,977
11th Weekend $2,257,778 /
$63,767,719
$1,304,542 /
$39,210,484
12th Weekend $1,683,727 /
$66,153,124
$1,704,920 /
$41,469,209
13th Weekend $1,218,894 /
$67,834,529
$1,700,823 /
$43,871,705
14th Weekend $1,279,264 /
$69,599,398
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$45,856,700
15th Weekend $1,924,094 /
$71,963,803
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$48,431,980
16th Weekend $1,066,786 /
$73,450,748
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$50,044,871
17th Weekend $748,909 /
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18th Weekend $743,987 /
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  FootlooseDirty Dancing
Opening Week $10,239,517 /
$10,239,517
$6,358,688 /
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2nd Week $8,075,426 /
$18,314,943
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4th Week $7,079,832 /
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5th Week $6,383,965 /
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6th Week $5,782,936 /
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8th Week $3,821,937 /
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$32,998,489
9th Week $3,581,373 /
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$35,444,317
10th Week $3,418,425 /
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11th Week $2,959,456 /
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12th Week $2,146,238 /
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13th Week $1,704,499 /
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14th Week $1,719,575 /
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Note: A theatrical engagement is defined as the movie playing in a single theater for one week. So, for example, a film that plays in 3,000 theaters in its first week and 2,000 theaters in its second week will have had 5,000 theatrical engagements.