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Die Hard

1988 · directed by John McTiernan · 132 min
27,187 feet · Prominence
70th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $141m, re-releases included; about $393m in 2026 money.

Rank851 of 11,051In 198811 of 173

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards18 signal → +2 lift

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

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 · 42 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 68 praise 85 legacy 88averages 80, placing it at27,187 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Alexander Godunov

In these careers — elevation for this film

Alan Rickman20,634 ftBruce Willis20,545 ftBonnie Bedelia18,498 ftAlexander Godunov18,043 ftWilliam Atherton17,960 ftHart Bochner17,642 ftRobert Davi17,639 ft