Take the Lead
Never Follow
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance.Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
- Director
- Liz Friedlander
- Worldwide
- $66M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
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Box Office & Release
Take the Lead returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $66M
- Release date
- Mar 17, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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