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Die Hard 2

1990 · directed by Renny Harlin · 124 min
23,369 feet · Prominence
1,081st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw73

$240m worldwide in 1990 — $606m in today's money.

As released$240mIn 2026 money$606mRank459 of 8,589In 19907 of 129

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

Critics 68, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics68 → 34Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. 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 · 1,352 of 3,430 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, which places it at23,369 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 Willis23,080 ft