Audiences caught a glimpse of breakdancing in the popular Flashdance (1983) and the lesser seen Wild Style (1983), but the opportunity was wide open for a feature film to go all in on the dance sensation that was captivating kids from big cities to remote towns. All that changed when the studio struck gold with Breakin' (1984), released in May of that year, which became the first film to fully cash in on the emerging breakdance craze that had been evolving for decades but didn't reach popular culture until the 1970s. What they hadn't been able to capture was the all-important youth market, something they had courted with box-office misfires like the wild, futuristic rock musical The Apple (1980), the Italian fantasy Hercules (1983) and the 3D adventure Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983). By the time 1984 rolled around, The Cannon Group, a British-formed outfit bought in 1979 by Israel-based cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, had become a familiar name to moviegoers thanks to action hits like Enter the Ninja (1981) and 10 to Midnight (1983).
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