Editing Roller Boogie (section)

===Box office===
''Roller Boogie'' was promoted with a lengthy trailer in the autumn of 1979, before premiering at the United Artists theater in [[Warner Center, Los Angeles|Warner Center]] on December 19.<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56978|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=Roller Boogie|access-date=May 10, 2023|archive-date=May 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510153017/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56978|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released in 500 theaters by [[United Artists]] on December 21.<ref name=schreger/> Though initial ticket sales were not as high as the film's producers anticipated,<ref name=schreger/> it went on to gross a total of $13.2 million at the box office, proving popular with teen audiences.<ref name=bom/> Initially, Compass International Pictures planned on a sequel (to be set in Mexico—Acapulco Roller Boogie), but probably due to the end of the disco fad, the idea was scrapped.