New Zealand Box Office for Die Hard (1988)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $12,867Details
Worldwide Box Office $143,651,650Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$28,000,000
New Zealand Releases: October 7th, 1988 (Wide)
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
2020/09/04 - $809   7 $116   $809 1,666
2020/09/18 - $146   4 $37   $146 1,668
2020/12/04 - $1,114   6 $186   $1,114 1,679
2020/12/11 - $7,714 +592% 15 $514   $9,091 1,680
2020/12/18 - $2,083 -73% 10 $208   $11,252 1,681
2020/12/25 - $575 -72% 4 $144   $12,495 1,682
2021/01/01 - $206 -64% 1 $206   $12,867 1,683
2021/06/11 - $912   1 $912   $912 1,706
2022/12/23 16 $1,263   1 $1,263   $1,263 1,786
2023/05/12 - $76   1 $76   $76 1,806
2023/12/01 - $998   2 $499   $998 1,835
2023/12/15 - $482   9 $54   $482 1,837
2023/12/22 19 $3,208 +566% 8 $401   $5,807 1,838
2023/12/29 - $67 -98% 5 $13   $5,914 1,839

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.