United Kingdom Box Office for Die Hard (30th Anniversary) (1988)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $1,245,637Details
Worldwide Box Office $143,651,650Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$28,000,000
United Kingdom Releases: December 5th, 2018 (Limited), released as Die Hard (30th Anniversary)
Video Release: October 7th, 1992 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 132 minutes
Franchise: Die Hard
Keywords: Hostage, Terrorism, Action Thriller, Christmas, Christmas in November, Set in New York City, Set in New York, NYPD, Surprise Twist, Heist
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Silver Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2018/12/07 15 $110,439   190 $581   $110,439 1
2020/12/04 - $22,896   64 $358   $428,564 105
2020/12/11 - $30,202 +32% 110 $275   $467,908 106
2020/12/18 - $19,858 -34% 90 $221   $519,281 107
2022/12/16 13 $39,461   62 $636   $775,305 211
2023/12/22 14 $140,940   260 $542   $1,245,637 264

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 10/7/1988 $0 0 83 201 $436,963 1/4/2021
New Zealand 10/7/1988 $0 0 15 74 $12,867 1/4/2024
North America 7/15/1988 $601,851 21 1,713 22,318 $85,892,546
United Kingdom 12/5/2018 $110,439 190 260 776 $1,245,637 1/4/2024
 
Rest of World $56,063,637
 
Worldwide Total$143,651,650 1/4/2024

Leading Cast

Bruce Willis Detective John McClane

Supporting Cast

Alan Rickman Hans Gruber
Alexander Godunov Karl
Bonnie Bedelia Holly Gennero McClane
Robert Davi Big Johnson
Lorenzo Caccialanza Marco
Joey Plewa Alexander
Clarence Gilyard Jr. Theo
Andreas Wisniewski Tony
Bruno Doyon Franco
James Shigeta Takagi
Hart Bochner Ellis
William Atherton Richard Thornburg
De'voreaux White Argyle
Paul Gleason Dwayne T. Robinson
Reginald VelJohnson Sergeant Al Powell
Mary Ellen Trainor Gail Wallens

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

John McTiernan Director
Joel Silver Producer
Lawrence Gordon Producer
Roderick Thorp Story Based on the Novel by
Steven E. de Souza Screenwriter
Jeb Stuart Screenwriter
Charles Gordon Executive Producer
Jan De Bont Director of Photography
Jackson DeGovia Production Designer
Frank J. Urioste Editor
John Link Editor
Richard Edlund Visual Effects Producer
Michael Kamen Composer
Marilyn Vance Costume Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.