With an opening weekend tally of $15.8 million, this was the lowest-earning movie of the "Step Up" movies. However, the film went on to international grosses of $159,000,000, making it the biggest earner of its (at the time) films.
Camille is also in the first movie, she is Tyler's little sister who eats pb captain crunch.
This was the second film in history to feature a 7.1 surround sound audio format. Toy Story 3 (2010) was the first.
The movie's lead actors, Adam Sevani (Moose) and Alyson Stoner (Camille), had worked together previously in a number of JC Penney commercials, Missy Elliott music videos, and Adam Sevani's own YouTube "Thriller" remix.
This was the first film in the series to not feature either the Maryland School of the Arts, or the city of Baltimore.