Die Hard 2

Name: Die Hard 2
Director: Renny Harlin
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1990
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero

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

Die harder.

🍅 68% 70%

3.37

7.2

Box office summary

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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Cast & Crew

Full Harlin filmography

Renny Harlin Director

Bruce Willis Starring

Bonnie Bedelia Starring

Reginald VelJohnson Starring

ScreenplaySteven E. de Souza, Doug Richardson Produced byLawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, Charles Gordon CinematographyOliver Wood Music byMichael Kamen Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDie Hard

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 6-8 1 $21.7M — 2,507 $8,674 $35.6M

2 Jul 13-15 1 $14.5M −33.3% 2,507 $5,789 $66.6M

3 Jul 20-22 2 $10.0M −31.0% 2,325 $4,309 $83.1M

4 Jul 27-29 5 $6.0M −40.6% 2,116 $2,813 $93.7M

5 Aug 3-5 6 $4.8M −19.1% 1,946 $2,475 $101.6M

6 Aug 10-12 9 $3.1M −36.1% 1,691 $1,820 $107.1M

7 Aug 17-19 11 $2.1M −30.2% 1,234 $1,742 $110.9M

Weekend grossWk 7 · $2.1M

$21.7M

$14.5M

$10.0M

$6.0M

$4.8M

$3.1M

$2.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −30.2%

−33.3%

W1→2

−31.0%

W2→3

−40.6%

W3→4

−19.1%

W4→5

−36.1%

W5→6

−30.2%

W6→7

Steepest −40.6%Best hold −19.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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