Franchise
Die Hard
5 films•1988–2013•20th Century Fox
64%average critics75%average audience$100.5Mdomestic average
Films
5
1988–2013
Domestic
$502.6M
lifetime
Worldwide
$1.30B
lifetime
Avg opening
$20.5M
3-day
Avg legs
4.16x
opening → total
Return
3.6x
on $362.0M of budget
The Die Hard series runs to 5 films from Die Hard (1988) to A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), together grossing $502.6M domestic and $1.30B worldwide. The biggest hit is Live Free or Die Hard (2007) at $388.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $33.4M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Free or Die Hard | 2007 | $33.4M | $135.0M | 4.03x | $388.0M | A- | 82% | #17 |
| Die Hard 2 | 1990 | $21.7M | $117.3M | 5.40x | $239.8M | — | 68% | — |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | 1995 | $22.2M | $100.0M | 4.50x | $366.1M | — | 60% | — |
| Die Hard | 1988 | $602K | $83.0M | 137.9x | — | — | 94% | — |
 A Good Day to Die Hard | 2013 | $24.8M | $67.3M | 2.71x | $305.0M | B+ | 15% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 6.2 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.6x
$1.30B worldwide on $362.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $419.6MInternational $879.3M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.1x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
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