Both stars were retained for the sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, shot immediately after Breakin' and released in December of the same year.
Shabba-Doo, as Ozone, and moonwalk innovator Michael Chambers, a.k.a. The resulting exposure gave breakout roles to Adolfo Quinones, a.k.a. Golan himself claims to have been inspired when his daughter spied breakdancers in 1983 during an afternoon at Venice Beach, while some participants in the film had appeared earlier in an obscure German documentary, Breakin' N' Enterin' (1983) and Chaka Khan's "I Feel for You" music video. Written by Charles Parker and Allen DeBevoise (with additional story duties by Gerald Scaife), Breakin' has origins that vary depending on which participant is asked. 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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