Name: Die Hard
Director: John McTiernan
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1988
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman Starring Die Hard Franchise 20th Century Fox Studio

ScreenplayJeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza Produced byLawrence Gordon, Joel Silver CinematographyJan de Bont Music byMichael Kamen Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDie Hard

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 15-17 — $601.9K — 21 $28,660 $601.9K

2 Jul 22-24 3 $7.1M +1,080.6% 1,276 $5,569 $10.1M

3 Jul 29-31 4 $6.1M −14.0% 1,324 $4,613 $21.0M

4 Aug 5-7 3 $5.7M −6.0% 1,338 $4,289 $29.4M

5 Aug 12-14 3 $5.7M +0.1% 1,713 $3,353 $38.4M

6 Aug 19-21 3 $4.5M −21.2% 1,629 $2,777 $46.0M

7 Aug 26-28 4 $3.7M −18.9% 1,432 $2,562 $52.0M

8 Sep 2-4 4 $4.8M +29.9% 1,461 $3,263 $58.5M

9 Sep 9-11 4 $2.6M −45.3% 1,422 $1,834 $61.9M

10 Sep 16-18 2 $2.5M −2.4% 1,371 $1,856 $65.4M

11 Sep 23-25 3 $2.1M −16.2% 1,282 $1,663 $68.2M

12 Sep 30-Oct 2 5 $2.0M −5.5% 1,213 $1,661 $70.8M

13 Oct 7-9 6 $1.5M −24.9% 1,050 $1,442 $72.8M

14 Oct 14-16 7 $1.1M −29.8% 968 $1,097 $74.1M

29 Jan 27-29, 1989 34 $77.8K — 113 $688 $80.6M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M

$601.9K

$7.1M

$6.1M

$5.7M

$4.5M

$3.7M

$4.8M

$2.6M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.4%

+1,080.6%

W1→2

−14.0%

W2→3

−6.0%

W3→4

+0.1%

W4→5

−21.2%

W5→6

−18.9%

W6→7

+29.9%

W7→8

−45.3%

W8→9

−2.4%

W9→10

Steepest −45.3%Biggest gain +1,080.6%

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