Wednesday, April 10, 2019

What did Vestron do with its "Dirty Dancing" earnings? -- Part 2

Continued from Part 1

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Vestron earned tens of millions of dollars from Dirty Dancing after the movie was released in August 1987. In 1992, Vestron declared bankruptcy and sold all its assets to another company, LIVE Entertainment.

What happened to those tens of millions of dollars.

Vestron used some of that money to make other movies. In Part 1, I listed five of those movies. Here are five more. (The date after the movie's title is the movie's release date.)

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Nightforce -- May 1987

Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission.

I could not find any cost or earnings information.


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China Girl -- September 25, 1987

Set in 1980s Manhattan, the plot revolves around the intimate relationship developing between Tony, a teenage boy from Little Italy, and Tye, a teenage girl from Chinatown, while both of their older brothers become engrossed in a heated gang war against each other. It also bears some similarities to the 1957 musical West Side Story, which similarly is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set among rival ethnic gangs in Manhattan, and also features a male protagonist named Tony.

The movie cost about $1.26 million to make and earned about $1.26 million at the box office.


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Anna -- October 2, 1987

The story of a Czech actress, looking for work in New York City, who sees her protégée shine while she herself struggles.

I did not find the movie's cost. It earned about $1.2 million at the box office.


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Steel Dawn -- November 6, 1987

Nomad (Patrick Swayze), a swordsman, wanders through the desert in a post-World War III world. He searches for his mentor's killer, the assassin Sho. Swayze's wife  During his journey, Nomad stays for a while in the home of a widow (played by Swayze's wife Lisa Niemi).

The movie cost $3.5 million to make and earned about $600,000 at the box office.


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Dangerous Curves -- 1988

Chuck, a college graduate is offered a deal of a lifetime - deliver a Porsche for a client and join the company of your dreams in return. When the car gets stolen, he and his friend must go to a beauty pageant run by the thief to get it back.

I did not find the movie's cost. It earned $3.2 million at the box office.



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Continued in Part 3.

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