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Die Hard 2(1990)
Released
1990 · FILM

Die Hard 2

When a disgraced ex‑colonel and his mercenary crew hijack Dulles Airport to free a drug‑smuggling foreign general on Christmas Eve, tough LAPD lieutenant John McClane must outgun the conspirators and stop a deadly airborne terror plot before innocent travelers become collateral damage.

“Die harder.”

Directed by
Renny Harlin, Todd Grodnick
Written by
Steven E De Souza, Doug Richardson
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
124 min
ActionThriller

Synopsis

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife

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A crew of 278+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stuart BairdShot by Oliver WoodScored by Michael KamenDesigned by John ValloneSound by Kevin F ClearyCostumes by Jacqueline G ArthurVFX by Chrissie England

Box Office

1990 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$240.0M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$240.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $117.5M — 49% of worldwide · International: $122.5M (51%)

Opening weekend: $21.7M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $46.2M — 39% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,507 theaters

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Also known as

  • Stirb Langsam 2de
  • (French)Die hard 2 - 58 minutes pour vivre
  • Die Hard 2: Die Harderen
  • Die Harderen
  • 58 minutes pour vivrefr
  • 58 minuti per morire - Die Harderit
  • (Bulgarian)Умирай трудно 2
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 2, 1990
  • CanadaJul 4, 1990
  • IndonesiaJul 18, 1990

Companies

Production20th Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures

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