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'Die Hard' Showdown
| Movie Summary |  Die Hard | Die Hard 2 | Die Hard 3 |  Live Free or Die Hard |  A Good Day to Die Hard |
| Genre | Action Thriller | Action Thriller | Action Thriller | Action | Action |
| Studio | Fox | Fox | Fox | Fox | Fox |
| Release Date | July 15, 1988 | July 6, 1990 | May 19, 1995 | June 27, 2007 | February 14, 2013 |
| Domestic Gross | $83,008,852 | $117,540,947 | $100,012,499 | $134,529,403 | $67,349,198 |
| Production Budget | $28 million | $70 million | $90 million | $110 million | $92 million |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 11 min. | 2 hrs. 4 min. | 2 hrs. 11 min. | 2 hrs. 10 min. | 1 hr. 37 min. |
| MPAA Rating | R | R | R | PG-13 | R |
| MPAA Reason | strong violence and pervasive strong language | intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation | violence and language. | ||
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| Domestic Summary | Die Hard | Die Hard 2 | Die Hard 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | A Good Day to Die Hard |
| Total Gross | $83,008,852 | $117,540,947 | $100,012,499 | $134,529,403 | $67,349,198 |
| Opening Weekend* | $7,105,514 | $21,744,661 | $22,162,245 | $33,369,559 | $24,834,845 |
| Theaters | 1,276 | 2,507 | 2,525 | 3,408 | 3,553 |
| Average | $5,568 | $8,673 | $8,777 | $9,791 | $6,990 |
| Opening % of Total | 8.6% | 18.5% | 22.2% | 24.8% | 36.9% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -14.0% | -33.3% | n/a | -46.9% | -59.1% |
| Widest Release | 1,713 | 2,507 | 2,579 | 3,411 | 3,555 |
| Close Date | n/a | n/a | n/a | November 8, 2007 | May 23, 2013 |
| In Release | n/a | n/a | n/a | 135 days / 19 weeks | 99 days / 14 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. | |||||
| Worldwide Summary | Die Hard | Die Hard 2 | Die Hard 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | A Good Day to Die Hard |
| Worldwide Gross | $140,767,956 | $240,031,094 | $366,101,666 | $383,531,464 | $304,654,182 |
| Foreign Gross | $57,759,104 | $122,490,147 | $266,089,167 | $249,002,061 | $237,304,984 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 41.0% | 51.0% | 72.7% | 64.9% | 77.9% |
| Domestic Gross | $83,008,852 | $117,540,947 | $100,012,499 | $134,529,403 | $67,349,198 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 59.0% | 49.0% | 27.3% | 35.1% | 22.1% |
| People Summary | Die Hard | Die Hard 2 | Die Hard 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | A Good Day to Die Hard |
| Actor: Bruce Willis | #13 | #7 | #9 | #5 | #16 |
| Actor: Mary Elizabeth Winstead | - | - | - | #1 | n/a |
| Composer: Marco Beltrami | - | - | - | #3 | #9 |
| Composer: Michael Kamen | #9 | #7 | #8 | - | - |
| Director: John McTiernan | #3 | - | #2 | - | - |
| Producer: Lawrence Gordon | #5 | #2 | - | - | - |
| Genres & Franchises | Die Hard | Die Hard 2 | Die Hard 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | A Good Day to Die Hard |
| Franchise: Die Hard | #4 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #5 |
| Genre: Christmas - Setting Only | #8 | #6 | - | - | - |
| Showdown: 'Die Hard' Showdown | #4 | #2 | #3 | #1 | #5 |
| Chart Rankings | Die Hard | Die Hard 2 | Die Hard 3 | Live Free or Die Hard | A Good Day to Die Hard |
| Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters | - | #175 | #163 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters Adjusted | - | #85 | #88 | - | - |
| All Time Domestic | #684 | #408 | #548 | #309 | #920 |
| All Time Worldwide | - | #404 | #203 | #181 | #284 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | - | - | - | #52 | #79 |
| Opening Weeks | #1890 | #308 | #592 | #244 | #498 |
| Opening Weekends | #2035 | #601 | #580 | #300 | #483 |
| Independence Day Weekends | - | #32 | - | #43 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | - | - | - | #296 | #532 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | - | #246 | - | #666 | #1104 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | - | #392 | - | #997 | #1612 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #394 | #1219 | - | #2370 | #3398 |
| Rated R | #170 | #77 | #127 | - | - |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends | - | #145 | #138 | - | #110 |
| Widest Releases | - | - | - | #292 | #194 |
| Widest Opening Releases | - | - | - | #271 | #182 |
| Slowest to $100 million | - | #141 | #13 | #279 | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #33 | #320 | #279 | #66 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | - | #69 | #113 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #1490 | #153 | #369 | #321 | #799 |
| Movies That Never #1 Adjusted | #70 | - | - | #82 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - July | #192 | #55 | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #1689 | #330 | #337 | #361 | #781 |
| Rated R Adjusted | #125 | #65 | #92 | - | - |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | #54 | #59 | - | - |
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