Dirty Dancing
First dance. First love. The time of your life.
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
- Director
- Emile Ardolino
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $215M
Who's in it
Cast
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The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Dirty Dancing actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Dirty Dancing appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
3 wins
Academy Awards
1 win
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globes
1 win
- WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
1 win
- WinnerAmanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Dirty Dancing returned 35.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $215M
- Release date
- Aug 21, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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