Step Up 2: The Streets

Step Up 2: The Streets
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon M. Chu
Written by
Based onCharacters
by Duane Adler
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMax Malkin
Edited by
  • Andrew Marcus
  • Nicholas Erasmus
Music byAaron Zigman
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • February 14, 2008 (2008-02-14) (United States)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17.5 million
Box office$150.8 million

Step Up 2: The Streets is a 2008 American dance film directed by Jon M. Chu in his feature directorial debut and written by Toni Ann Johnson and Karen Barna. The sequel to Step Up (2006) and the second installment in the Step Up film series, it stars Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp, and Cassie Ventura.

Once again set at the fictional Maryland School of the Arts, the story revolves around rebellious teenage street dancer Andie West (Evigan), who lands at the elite school and finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. She eventually joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase Collins (Hoffman) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, finding a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds.

Released in the United States on February 14, 2008, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, although the reviews were better than those for its predecessor, but became a box office success, grossing $150.8 million worldwide against a production budget of $17.5 million.

A sequel, Step Up 3D, was released in August 2010.