Step Up Merchandise: Collectibles for All Five Films

Step Up merchandise is mainly film music, posters, dance wear and home media, because the five main films are built around dancers rather than toys, vehicles or props. The series runs from Step Up (2006), directed by Anne Fletcher, through Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and Step Up 3D (2010), both directed by Jon M. Chu, then Step Up Revolution (2012), directed by Scott Speer, and Step Up: All In (2014), directed by Trish Sie.

That shape matters when you shop. A franchise with a famous spaceship or a masked hero tends to produce figures and replicas, but a franchise about the Maryland School of the Arts, a Baltimore crew called the 410 and a Miami flash mob crew called The Mob suggests things you can wear, play or hang on a wall. If you are comparing it to something from ordinary life, think of a band's merch table rather than a toy aisle.

So, before you buy, check each listing for the film title, the year and a named rights holder on the packaging or product page. Dancewear that only borrows a film title is film inspired, and it is not the same as an official item. Music and home media are the easiest to match to a specific film, which makes them the simplest place to start.

Step Up: High Water is a television series, not a film, so it sits outside the five main films described here. If you are still deciding which film to start with before you buy anything, our Step Up movies in order guide sets out the release order, and the Step Up movies hub covers every title.

The best Step Up collectibles fall into five groups: music, posters and film art, dance sneakers, crew costumes and home media. In my opinion, music and home media are the safest starting points, because they are tied directly to a specific film and are easy to verify.

Music is the most concrete collectible, because the films are driven by their songs and scores. Step Up: All In has a soundtrack album titled Step Up All In (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), with tracks including Revolution by Diplo, Do It by Pitbull and Every Little Step by Bobby Brown. Jeff Cardoni scored that film, Aaron Zigman scored Step Up (2006), Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up Revolution, and Bear McCreary scored Step Up 3D. Our Step Up soundtrack page lists the composers and songs.

Posters suit a fan who wants one film on a wall rather than a shelf of objects, and a set can be built one title at a time. Check the title and year carefully, since Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D are easy to mix up when a listing is vague.

Sneakers have a real place in the story, because Moose in Step Up 3D follows a stranger wearing rare sneakers into a street dance battle, and that stranger turns out to be Luke of the Pirates. It could be argued that this makes dance shoes the most fitting thing a Step Up fan can own. Treat these as film inspired rather than official unless the listing names a rights holder.

The films give you ready made crew identities: the 410 and Andie West in Step Up 2: The Streets, the Pirates led by Luke Katcher in Step Up 3D, and Sean Asa's The Mob in Step Up Revolution and Step Up: All In. A themed outfit for a dance party or school show works well, and it is easy to make at home. Our Step Up dance crews page describes each crew.

A copy of a film is the simplest collectible of all. Ratings help if you are buying for a family: in the United States all five films are rated PG-13, while the UK rates Step Up (2006) and Step Up 2: The Streets PG and the other three 12. To compare how the films perform, see Step Up box office, and to see where each one streams, check where to watch Step Up.