Die Hard
“40 stories of sheer adventure!”
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
Genres
Action, Thriller
Studio
Gordon Company
Language
en
Status
Released
How Die Hard performed
Budget
$28.0M
Worldwide Gross
$140.8M
Gross Profit
$112.8M
Return
5.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John McClane
Bruce Willis
John McClane
Hans Gruber
Alan Rickman
Hans Gruber
Karl
Alexander Godunov
Karl
Holly Gennaro McClane
Bonnie Bedelia
Holly Gennaro McClane
Al Powell
Reginald VelJohnson
Al Powell
Dwayne Robinson
Paul Gleason
Dwayne Robinson
Argyle
De'voreaux White
Argyle
Richard Thornburg
William Atherton
Richard Thornburg
Harry Ellis
Hart Bochner
Harry Ellis
Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
James Shigeta
Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Franco
Bruno Doyon
Franco
Tony
Andreas Wisniewski
Tony
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