As the CEO alluded, the romance became the first movie to ever sell over 1 million copies on home video, cementing the title’s immense popularity at the dawn of the medium’s rise to prominence.
The movie also scored the Best Original song Oscar for “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.”
The original Dirty Dancing was a massive success when it hit theaters in 1987, making over $200 million worldwide against a $5 million budget.