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Die Hard 2

1990 · directed by Renny Harlin · 124 min
22,674 feet · Prominence
1,707th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw73

Lifetime worldwide gross $240m, re-releases included; about $606m in 2026 money.

Rank465 of 11,051In 19907 of 147

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise68

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics68 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Serviceable sequel, thin footprint.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.2 from 406kWikipedia32k views a monthAge36 years

Scored beside it · 1,904 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 73 praise 68 legacy 38averages 60, placing it at22,674 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bruce Willis20,209 ftWilliam Sadler18,347 ftBonnie Bedelia18,229 ftJohn Amos18,120 ftFranco Nero18,079 ftDennis Franz18,000 ftWilliam Atherton17,903 ftJohn Leguizamo17,659 ftRobert Patrick17,647 ftColm Meaney17,644 ftJeanne Bates17,640 ftVondie Curtis-Hall17,637 ftMark Boone Junior17,632 ftTom Bower17,630 ft