Movie Comparison: Saturday Night Fever (1977) vs. Dirty Dancing (1987)

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  Saturday
Night Fever
Dirty Dancing
Domestic Release Date Dec 16, 1977Aug 21, 1987
Production Budget   
Opening Weekend Theaters 726975
Maximum Theaters 7261,012
Theatrical Engagements 1,45221,018
Domestic Opening Weekend $3,878,099$3,900,000
Domestic Box Office $139,486,124$63,892,689
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$673,899,098$174,296,991
International Box Office $142,913,876$150,001,106
Worldwide Box Office $282,400,000$213,893,795
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  1. Daily Comparison
  2. Weekend Comparison
  3. Week Comparison
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Night Fever
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Night Fever
Dirty Dancing
Opening Weekend $3,878,099 /
$3,878,099
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$3,900,000
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$3,666,750 /
$10,025,438
3rd Weekend $3,867,000 /
$7,745,099
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$16,465,415
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$20,949,272
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Night Fever
Dirty Dancing
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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.