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Die Hard with a Vengeance

1995 • R • 2h 8m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Think fast. Look alive. Die hard.

🍅 60% 83% MC 58 LB 3.75 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$22.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$100M
Final
Worldwide Total
$366.1M
$266.1M international
Domestic Legs4.5x
Budget$90M
1995 Rank#7
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Cast & Crew

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John McTiernan John McTiernan Director Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons Starring Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Starring Graham Greene Graham Greene Starring Colleen Camp Colleen Camp Starring
ScreenplayJonathan Hensleigh Produced byJohn McTiernan, Michael Tadross CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr. Music byMichael Kamen Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDie Hard
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 19-21 1 $22.2M — 2,525 $8,777 $22.2M
2 May 26-28 2 $19.0M −14.1% 2,525 $7,542 $48.9M
3 Jun 2-4 3 $9.3M −51.1% 2,518 $3,698 $61.7M
4 Jun 9-11 4 $6.6M −28.9% 2,579 $2,567 $72.1M
5 Jun 16-18 5 $4.2M −36.3% 2,200 $1,917 $79.1M
6 Jun 23-25 7 $3.9M −7.0% 1,936 $2,025 $85.1M
7 Jun 30-Jul 2 10 $2.2M −44.6% 1,369 $1,587 $89.2M
8 Jul 7-9 12 $1.4M −35.2% 1,019 $1,380 $92.2M
9 Jul 14-16 15 $692.7K −50.8% 673 $1,029 $93.4M
10 Jul 21-23 14 $823.9K +18.9% 664 $1,241 $94.6M
11 Jul 28-30 14 $802.1K −2.6% 747 $1,074 $95.9M
12 Aug 4-6 20 $560.9K −30.1% 665 $843 $96.9M
13 Aug 11-13 22 $462.7K −17.5% 610 $759 $97.7M
14 Aug 18-20 25 $375.9K −18.8% 450 $835 $98.3M
15 Aug 25-27 38 $202.6K −46.1% 387 $523 $98.7M
16 Sep 1-3 33 $427.6K +111.1% 585 $731 $99.2M
17 Sep 8-10 36 $196.0K −54.2% 385 $509 $99.5M
18 Sep 15-17 43 $139.2K −29.0% 273 $510 $99.7M
19 Sep 22-24 45 $96.0K −31.1% 210 $457 $99.9M
20 Sep 29-Oct 1 50 $58.5K −39.0% 127 $461 $99.9M
21 Oct 6-8 52 $41.5K −29.1% 101 $411 $100.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $823.9K
$22.2M
$19.0M
$9.3M
$6.6M
$4.2M
$3.9M
$2.2M
$1.4M
$692.7K
$823.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +18.9%
−14.1%
W1→2
−51.1%
W2→3
−28.9%
W3→4
−36.3%
W4→5
−7.0%
W5→6
−44.6%
W6→7
−35.2%
W7→8
−50.8%
W8→9
+18.9%
W9→10
Steepest −51.1%Biggest gain +18.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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