#906 All-time worldwide

#4 1987 releases

Movie profile

Dirty Dancing

Name: Dirty Dancing
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 1987-08-21
Duration: 100 min

1987 · 100 min · Great American Films Limited Partnership

Drama Music Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $214.6M

Budget $6.0M

Gross minus budget $208.6M

ROI 35.76x

Domestic gross

$107.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$107.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$19.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dirty Dancing ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #906 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #1 Great American Films Limited Partnership of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Great American Films Limited Partnership movie set. Franchise #1 Dirty Dancing of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #222 Drama of 6,006 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#903 Just Go with It 2011 · $214.9M #904 Anyone But You 2023 · $214.9M #905 The Expendables 3 2014 · $214.7M #907 Creed II 2018 · $214.2M #908 Smallfoot 2018 · $214.1M #909 Public Enemies 2009 · $214.1M

Quick answer

How did Dirty Dancing (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dirty Dancing (1987) earned a reported $214.6M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $208.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 35.76x. In this database it currently ranks #906 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross: $214,577,242
Budget: $6,000,000
Gross minus budget: $208,577,242
ROI: 35.76x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 21, 1987
Production: Great American Films Limited Partnership, Vestron Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyGreat American Films Limited Partnership FranchiseDirty Dancing Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Dirty Dancing is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music, Romance title from Great American Films Limited Partnership. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $214.6M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $208.6M, ROI is 35.76x. For comparison, it currently sits #906 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1987 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.