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Die Hard

1988 · directed by John McTiernan · 132 min
27,010 feet · Prominence
81st of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

$141m worldwide in 1988 — $393m in today's money.

As released$141mIn 2026 money$393mRank826 of 8,589In 198811 of 140

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Critics 83, awards 18. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics83 → 42Awards18 → 9

Oscars4 nominated Film Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Christmas-movie debate, endlessly quoted action classic.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8.2 from 1.0mWikipedia97k views a monthAge38 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 44 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 68 praise 85 legacy 88averages 80, which places it at27,010 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 Willis23,041 ft