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Live Free or Die HardFollow

2007 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • Action, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

The choice will be clear.

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2.94

7.1

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$134.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$382.30M

$247.80M international

Domestic legs4.03x

Budget$110M

2007 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full Wiseman filmography

Len Wiseman

Len Wiseman Director

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant Starring

Justin Long

Justin Long Starring

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis Starring

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead Starring

ScreenplayMark Bomback Produced byMichael Fottrell CinematographySimon Duggan MusicMarco Beltrami Prod. DesignPatrick Tatopoulos Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDie Hard

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 29-Jul 1 2 $33.4M — 3,408 $9,791 $48.4M

2 Jul 6-8 3 $17.7M −46.9% 3,411 $5,197 $84.4M

3 Jul 13-15 4 $11.3M −36.4% 3,201 $3,523 $103.3M

4 Jul 20-22 6 $7.1M −37.0% 2,727 $2,604 $116.3M

5 Jul 27-29 8 $5.6M −20.9% 2,271 $2,474 $125.4M

6 Aug 3-5 13 $2.1M −62.0% 1,422 $1,499 $130.2M

7 Aug 10-12 17 $685.5K −67.9% 503 $1,362 $131.9M

8 Aug 17-19 21 $393.8K −42.5% 503 $782 $132.6M

9 Aug 24-26 28 $272.2K −30.9% 310 $877 $133.1M

10 Aug 31-Sep 2 29 $301.6K +10.8% 269 $1,121 $133.5M

11 Sep 7-9 29 $212.7K −29.5% 280 $759 $133.9M

12 Sep 14-16 34 $144.9K −31.9% 231 $627 $134.1M

13 Sep 21-23 42 $119.0K −17.9% 208 $572 $134.3M

14 Sep 28-30 45 $73.6K −38.1% 155 $474 $134.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jun 27 #1 $9.1M — $9.1M 3,172 $2,872 1

Thu Jun 28 #1 $5.9M −35% $15.0M 3,172 $1,865 2

Fri Jun 29 #2 $10.5M +78% $25.5M 3,408 $3,084 3

Sat Jun 30 #2 $12.7M +21% $38.3M 3,408 $3,734 4

Sun Jul 1 #2 $10.1M −20% $48.4M 3,408 $2,972 5

Mon Jul 2 #3 $4.3M −58% $52.7M 3,408 $1,254 6

Tue Jul 3 #3 $4.4M +4% $57.1M 3,408 $1,303 7

Wed Jul 4 #3 $6.0M +34% −35% $63.1M 3,408 $1,747 8

Thu Jul 5 #3 $3.6M −39% −39% $66.7M 3,408 $1,063 9

Fri Jul 6 #3 $5.5M +50% −48% $72.1M 3,411 $1,597 10

Sat Jul 7 #3 $6.9M +26% −46% $79.0M 3,411 $2,019 11

Sun Jul 8 #3 $5.4M −22% −47% $84.4M 3,411 $1,580 12

Mon Jul 9 #3 $2.2M −60% −49% $86.6M 3,411 $638 13

Tue Jul 10 #3 $2.1M −5% −53% $88.7M 3,411 $607 14

Wed Jul 11 #4 $1.7M −16% −71% $90.4M 3,411 $511 15

Thu Jul 12 #4 $1.6M −7% −55% $92.0M 3,411 $475 16

Fri Jul 13 #4 $3.2M +100% −40% $95.3M 3,201 $1,013 17

Sat Jul 14 #4 $4.6M +43% −33% $99.9M 3,201 $1,451 18

Sun Jul 15 #4 $3.4M −27% −37% $103.3M 3,201 $1,059 19

Mon Jul 16 #4 $1.4M −58% −35% $104.7M 3,201 $443 20

Tue Jul 17 #4 $1.5M +5% −28% $106.2M 3,201 $464 21

Wed Jul 18 #4 $1.5M n/c −15% $107.7M 3,201 $465 22

Thu Jul 19 #4 $1.4M −3% −11% $109.2M 3,201 $452 23

Fri Jul 20 #6 $2.2M +50% −33% $111.3M 2,727 $797 24

Sat Jul 21 #6 $2.9M +32% −38% $114.2M 2,727 $1,055 25

Sun Jul 22 #6 $2.1M −29% −40% $116.3M 2,727 $751 26

Mon Jul 23 #6 $927.7K −55% −35% $117.2M 2,727 $340 27

Tue Jul 24 #6 $916.0K −1% −38% $118.1M 2,727 $335 28

Wed Jul 25 #6 $837.2K −9% −44% $118.9M 2,727 $307 29

Thu Jul 26 #6 $828.9K −1% −43% $119.8M 2,727 $303 30

Fri Jul 27 #8 $1.6M +98% −24% $121.4M 2,271 $722 31

Sat Jul 28 #8 $2.3M +42% −19% $123.8M 2,271 $1,028 32

Sun Jul 29 #8 $1.6M −30% −20% $125.4M 2,271 $722 33

Mon Jul 30 #8 $690.8K −58% −26% $126.1M 2,271 $304 34

Tue Jul 31 #8 $666.9K −3% −27% $126.8M 2,271 $293 35

Wed Aug 1 #8 $646.1K −3% −23% $127.4M 2,271 $284 36

Thu Aug 2 #8 $645.4K n/c −22% $128.0M 2,271 $284 37

Fri Aug 3 $625.0K −3% −62% $128.7M 1,422 $439 38

Sat Aug 4 $899.3K +44% −62% $129.6M 1,422 $632 39

Sun Aug 5 $608.5K −32% −63% $130.2M 1,422 $427 40

Mon Aug 6 #12 $296.9K −51% −57% $130.5M 1,422 $208 41

Tue Aug 7 #12 $275.5K −7% −59% $130.8M 1,422 $193 42

Wed Aug 8 $229.7K −17% −64% $131.0M 1,422 $161 43

Thu Aug 9 #13 $222.8K −3% −65% $131.2M 1,422 $156 44

Fri Aug 10 $218.2K −2% −65% $131.4M 503 $433 45

Sat Aug 11 $288.2K +32% −68% $131.7M 503 $573 46

Sun Aug 12 $179.0K −38% −71% $131.9M 503 $355 47

Mon Aug 13 $86.0K −52% −71% $132.0M 503 $170 48

Tue Aug 14 $96.7K +12% −65% $132.1M 503 $192 49

Wed Aug 15 $92.3K −4% −60% $132.2M 503 $183 50

Thu Aug 16 $91.9K n/c −59% $132.3M 503 $182 51

Fri Aug 17 $120.7K +31% −45% $132.4M 503 $240 52

Sat Aug 18 $167.2K +38% −42% $132.5M 503 $332 53

Sun Aug 19 $105.9K −37% −41% $132.6M 503 $210 54

Mon Aug 20 $44.3K −58% −49% $132.7M 503 $88 55

Tue Aug 21 $49.1K +11% −49% $132.7M 503 $97 56

Wed Aug 22 $44.7K −9% −52% $132.8M 503 $88 57

Thu Aug 23 $45.8K +2% −50% $132.8M 503 $90 58

Fri Aug 24 $82.0K +79% −32% $132.9M 310 $264 59

Sat Aug 25 $121.8K +49% −27% $133.0M 310 $392 60

Sun Aug 26 $68.4K −44% −35% $133.1M 310 $220 61

Mon Aug 27 $29.7K −57% −33% $133.1M 310 $95 62

Tue Aug 28 $36.3K +22% −26% $133.2M 310 $117 63

Wed Aug 29 $34.0K −6% −24% $133.2M 310 $109 64

Thu Aug 30 $34.4K +1% −25% $133.2M 310 $110 65

Fri Aug 31 $74.2K +116% −10% $133.3M 269 $275 66

Sat Sep 1 $116.5K +57% −4% $133.4M 269 $432 67

Sun Sep 2 $111.0K −5% +62% $133.5M 269 $412 68

Mon Sep 3 #30 $72.9K −34% +146% $133.6M 269 $270 69

Tue Sep 4 $24.8K −66% −32% $133.6M 269 $92 70

Wed Sep 5 $22.6K −9% −34% $133.7M 269 $84 71

Thu Sep 6 $23.0K +1% −33% $133.7M 269 $85 72

Fri Sep 7 $61.5K +168% −17% $133.7M 280 $219 73

Sat Sep 8 $99.5K +62% −15% $133.8M 280 $355 74

Sun Sep 9 $51.7K −48% −53% $133.9M 280 $184 75

Mon Sep 10 $17.9K −65% −75% $133.9M 280 $63 76

Tue Sep 11 $20.8K +16% −16% $133.9M 280 $74 77

Wed Sep 12 $19.2K −7% −15% $134.0M 280 $68 78

Thu Sep 13 $18.5K −3% −19% $134.0M 280 $66 79

Fri Sep 14 $43.8K +136% −29% $134.0M 231 $189 80

Sat Sep 15 $66.7K +52% −33% $134.1M 231 $288 81

Sun Sep 16 $34.3K −49% −34% $134.1M 231 $148 82

Mon Sep 17 $11.6K −66% −35% $134.1M 231 $50 83

Tue Sep 18 #18 $13.4K +15% −35% $134.1M 231 $58 84

Wed Sep 19 $12.1K −10% −37% $134.2M 231 $52 85

Thu Sep 20 $12.3K +2% −34% $134.2M 231 $53 86

Fri Sep 21 $34.7K +182% −21% $134.2M 208 $166 87

Sat Sep 22 $56.3K +62% −16% $134.3M 208 $270 88

Sun Sep 23 $28.0K −50% −19% $134.3M 208 $134 89

Mon Sep 24 $10.5K −62% −9% $134.3M 208 $50 90

Tue Sep 25 $2.3K −79% −83% $134.3M 208 $10 91

Wed Sep 26 $11.7K +418% −3% $134.3M 208 $56 92

Thu Sep 27 $11.8K +1% −4% $134.3M 208 $56 93

Fri Sep 28 $21.1K +78% −39% $134.3M 155 $135 94

Sat Sep 29 $35.2K +67% −37% $134.4M 155 $227 95

Sun Sep 30 $17.3K −51% −38% $134.4M 155 $111 96

Mon Oct 1 $5.7K −67% −46% $134.4M 155 $36 97

Tue Oct 2 $6.5K +14% +188% $134.4M 155 $42 98

Wed Oct 3 $5.7K −12% −51% $134.4M 155 $37 99

Thu Oct 4 $6.1K +6% −49% $134.4M 155 $39 100

Fri Oct 5 $12.1K +99% −42% $134.4M 69 $175 101

Sat Oct 6 $19.5K +61% −45% $134.5M 69 $282 102

Sun Oct 7 $8.3K −58% −52% $134.5M 69 $119 103

Mon Oct 8 $3.7K −56% −36% $134.5M 69 $53 104

Tue Oct 9 $3.0K −19% −54% $134.5M 69 $43 105

Wed Oct 10 $3.0K +1% −48% $134.5M 69 $43 106

Thu Oct 11 $2.8K −7% −54% $134.5M 69 $40 107

Fri Oct 12 $6.0K +115% −50% $134.5M 37 $162 108

Sat Oct 13 $9.5K +58% −51% $134.5M 37 $256 109

Sun Oct 14 $4.9K −48% −41% $134.5M 37 $132 110

Mon Oct 15 $1.8K −64% −52% $134.5M 37 $47 111

Tue Oct 16 $2.2K +25% −26% $134.5M 37 $59 112

Wed Oct 17 $1.9K −15% −38% $134.5M 37 $50 113

Thu Oct 18 $1.9K n/c −33% $134.5M 37 $50 114

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$133.6M

Jun 27Jul 14Aug 1Aug 18Sep 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $301.6K

$33.4M

$17.7M

$11.3M

$7.1M

$5.6M

$2.1M

$685.5K

$393.8K

$272.2K

$301.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,411 → 269 −92.1%

3,172 open269 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +10.8%

−46.9%

W1→2

−36.4%

W2→3

−37.0%

W3→4

−20.9%

W4→5

−62.0%

W5→6

−67.9%

W6→7

−42.5%

W7→8

−30.9%

W8→9

+10.8%

W9→10

Steepest −67.9%Biggest gain +10.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 19 days

$100M

Day 19

Jul 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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