Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Firstenberg
Written by
  • Charles Parker
  • Allen DeBevoise
  • Jan Ventura
  • Julie Reichert
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHanania Baer
Edited by
  • Sally Allen
  • Bert Glatstein
  • Bob Jenkis
  • Marcus Manton
  • Barry Zetlin
Music byMichael Linn
Production
company
Distributed byTriStar Pictures[1]
Release date
  • December 19, 1984 (1984-12-19)
[1]
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[2]
Box office$15.1 million (US/Canada)[1]

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 American dance musical film directed by Sam Firstenberg.[3] It is a sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin'. Electric Boogaloo was released seven months after its predecessor by TriStar Pictures. In some international locations the film was released under the title Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo. Another sequel, Rappin' (also known as Breakdance 3) was made but had an unconnected plot and different lead characters – only Ice-T features in all three films.

The subtitle "Electric Boogaloo" has entered the popular culture lexicon as a snowclone nickname to denote an archetypal sequel.

  1. ^ a b c "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "How Boyle Heights Became a Dance Battleground for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". April 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 21, 2016.