Footloose
The music is on his side.
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
- Director
- Herbert Ross
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $80M
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When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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Box Office & Release
Footloose returned 9.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $80M
- Release date
- Feb 17, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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