Die Hard
Released Date
July 15, 1988
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Action
Rating
R
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$83,844,093 + $57,759,104 = $141,603,197
$83,844,093 + $57,759,104 = $141,603,197
About Die Hard
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
About
The first film in the popular action series, it features an NYPD officer named John McClane who battles a group of German terrorists in a high-rise in Los Angeles. The film's success led to several sequels, starting with 1990's Die Hard 2.
Trivia
Many of the interiors and exteriors of the film were shot at Fox Plaza in Century City, California while the building was under construction. The building would soon become the corporate headquarters of 20th Century Fox.