48 Hrs.
One cop. One con. No mercy.
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
- Director
- Walter Hill
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $79M
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A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
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Box Office & Release
48 Hrs. returned 6.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $79M
- Release date
- Dec 7, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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