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Die Hard 2

1990 R 2h 4m Action, Thriller 20th Century Fox

Die harder.

Die Hard 2 Box Office

Opening Weekend
$21.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$117.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$239.8M
$122.5M international
Domestic Legs5.4x
Budget$70M
1990 Rank#7
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 6-8 1 $21.74M $35.56M 2,507 $8.7K 1
Jul 13-15 1 $14.51M -33.3% $66.62M 2,507 $5.8K 2
Jul 20-22 2 $10.02M -31.0% $83.13M 2,325 $4.3K 3
Jul 27-29 5 $5.95M -40.6% $93.68M 2,116 $2.8K 4
Aug 3-5 6 $4.82M -19.1% $101.55M 1,946 $2.5K 5
Aug 10-12 9 $3.08M -36.1% $107.11M 1,691 $1.8K 6
Aug 17-19 11 $2.15M -30.2% $110.86M 1,234 $1.7K 7

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRenny Harlin
ScreenplaySteven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson
Produced byLawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, Charles Gordon
CinematographyOliver Wood
Music byMichael Kamen
StarringBruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler
Studio20th Century Fox, Silver Pictures

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