Die Hard (1988)

Taglines:

It's Christmas Eve In L.A. And The Party Action's About To Explode... On The Fortieth Floor! See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Italian

Release Date:

15 July 1988 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Duro de matar See more »

Filming Locations:

29th-35th Floors, Fox Plaza - 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$601,851 (USA) (17 July 1988) (21 Screens)

Gross:

$137,400,000 (Worldwide)

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Gordon Company, Lawrence Gordon Productions See more »

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Runtime:

131 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

The German that the terrorists speak is sometimes grammatically incorrect and meaningless. In the German version of the film, the terrorists are not from Germany but from "Europe". This has been fixed for the Special Edition VHS and later home video releases. The only instances of incorrect use of German are Alan Rickman's (Hans Gruber) lines. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: Channel 9 (CB distress channel) is monitored by Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams (REACT), not the police department. If someone were calling for help on Channel 9, they would talk to a REACT operator, who would then call the authorities. Either way, it would not be an FCC violation. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Businessman: You don't like flying, do you?
John McClane: What gives you that idea?
Businessman: You wanna know the secret to surviving air travel? After you get where you're going, take off your shoes and your socks then walk around on the rug bare foot and make fists with your toes.
John McClane: Fists with your toes?
Businessman: I know, I know, it sounds crazy. Trust me, I've been doing it for nine years. Yes sir, better than a shower and a hot cup of coffee.
John McClane: Okay.
[the businessman sees John's gun]
John McClane: It's okay, I'm a cop. Trust me, I've been doing this for eleven years.
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Connections

Featured in "20 to 1: Hollywood's Hot List (#8.14)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Jingle Bells"
(uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont (as James Lord Pierpoint)
Performed by Bruce Willis (whistling) See more »