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1988 • R • 2h 12m • Action, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

40 stories of sheer adventure!

🍅 94% 94% MC 72 LB 4.1 IMDb 8.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$602K
Limited · 21 theaters
Domestic total
$85.90M
Original 1988 release
Domestic legs12.1x from $7.1M first wide weekend
Budget$28M
1988 rank#7
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Cast & crew

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John McTiernan John McTiernan Director Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Starring Bonnie Bedelia Bonnie Bedelia Starring Reginald VelJohnson Reginald VelJohnson Starring Alan Rickman Alan Rickman Starring
ScreenplayJeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza Produced byLawrence Gordon, Joel Silver CinematographyJan de Bont Music byMichael Kamen Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDie Hard

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
$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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