Production of Thriller Films - Die Hard

Die Hard:

• Die hard was directed by John McTiernan based on the book written by Roderick Thorpe
• Jeb Stuart wrote the screenplay along with Steven E. de Souza
• Charles Gordon was executive producer and Lawrence Gordon was the producer
• The Production companies for Die Hard were Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company and Silver Pictures
• As Die Hard had worldwide success it was distributed by many companies across the world, it was a global success. 
• It was distributed in Germany, Argentina, USA, UK, Finland, Netherlands and Brazil
• The budget for this film was $28,000,000
• On the opening weekend it earned $601,851 on the 17th July 1988 in the USA
• On the opening weekend in the UK it raised £612,125 on the 5th February 1988
• And on the opening weekend in West Germany on the 16th November 1988 it raised DEM 1,962,700
• In February 1988 it grossed $80,707,729 in the USA
• In the UK grossed £2,975,086  in April 1989
• Overall in rentals it raised $36,000,000
• It was filmed between 2 November 1987 -  March 1988
• Bruce Willis was paid $5 Million to star in Die Hard