Title Die Hard Overview NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down. Tagline 40 Stories. Twelve Terrorists. One Cop. Genres Action, Thriller Keywords helicopter, journalist, based on novel, terrorist, skyscraper, christmas party, s.w.a.t., hostage, kidnapping, vault, fistfight, murder, heist, shootout, los angeles, one man army, explosion, violence, fbi agent, walkie talkie, christmas eve, elevator shaft, one night, action hero Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English, Deutsch, Italiano Original Language en Runtime minutes 131 Release Year 1988
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 141 million USD