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Die Hard
Domestic Total Gross:
$83,008,852
Distributor:
Fox
Release Date:
July 15, 1988
Genre:
Action Thriller
Runtime:
2 hrs. 11 min.
MPAA Rating:
R
Production Budget:
$28 million
Summary
Weekend
Weekly
Foreign
Similar Movies
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic:
$83,008,852
59.0%
+
Foreign:
$57,759,104
41.0%
=
Worldwide:
$140,767,956
Domestic Summary
Release Dates:
July 15, 1988
(limited)
July 22, 1988
(wide)
Limited Opening Weekend:
$601,851
(#16 rank, 21 theaters, $28,659 average)
Wide Opening Weekend:
$7,105,514
(#3 rank, 1,276 theaters, $5,568 average)
% of Total Gross:
8.6%
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Widest Release:
1,713 theaters
The Players
Director:
John McTiernan
Actors:
Alan Rickman
Bruce Willis
Producers:
Lawrence Gordon
Joel Silver
Composer:
Michael Kamen
1988 Academy Awards®
Nominated for Four Oscars.
View full award breakdown...
Genres
Genre
Rank
Christmas - Setting Only
8
Hostage
6
Franchises
Franchise
Rank
Series: Die Hard
4
Showdown: 'Die Hard' Showdown
4
Charts
Chart
Rank
All Time Domestic
679
Yearly 1988
7
Yearly Opening Weekends 1988
124
Yearly R Rated 1988
3
Opening Weeks
1,882
Opening Weekends
2,026
Eleventh Weekends
83
Ninth Weekends
132
Tenth Weekends
117
Twelfth Weekends
104
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)
85
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)
36
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10
69
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5
29
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends
190
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases
393
Rated R
169
BOM Users' Grades
33
BOM Users' Grades (1988 Releases)
1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)
Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on November 15, 1988)
80
Yearly (Wide) 1988
8
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1988
18
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1988
20
Opening Weeks Adjusted
1,482
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted
70
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted
189
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July
192
Opening Weekends Adjusted
1,680
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted
68
Ninth Weekends Adjusted
106
Tenth Weekends Adjusted
98
Eighth Weekends Adjusted
160
Rated R Adjusted
125
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