Didn't see part 1 or 2 in the theater unfortunately. I saw part 3, 4, and 5 though. 3 was great, saw it in a General Cinema that no longer exists with one of my high school friends. 4 was terrible. I actually kind of liked 5, although it's not even close to being as fun as the first 3. It probably shouldn't have been a Die Hard film.
Conquer your fear, and I promise you, you will conquer death.

I saw each of the first three DIE HARDs in the theater, though I've seen the most recent two only on VHS/DVD. (I like 'em all, even the universally reviled A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD.)
Two quick sidenotes about seeing the first two. I watched the original
for free
. No, no one paid for me or anything; I was listening to a local radio station one afternoon, many months after DIE HARD had debuted, and the DJ announced a promotion in which if a listener went to the theater and mentioned the station's call letters ("WBLJ"), he or she would be granted instant and free access. Naturally, I took him up on that and was rewarded with a film that has since made its way into my personal, all-time Top Ten.
As for 2 ("DIE HARDER"), this was set on a snowy night just before Christmas but was released in JULY (a sweltering one, at that). My brother and nephews and I had a great time watching it in the thankfully air conditioned theater and even began to get a little cold during the finale in all of those mounds of snow. Walking back to the car in 90 + temperatures thawed us out quickly.
Aw . . . memories . . . . Steve V.

Late sophomore year of high school, saw it with a couple friends after working on a speech class project video about a mad bomber blowing things up in our home town. Almost the oldest one in the thread so far, not quite

Yup. I was 12 and it came out 2 weeks after my birthday. I'm from the NYC area and I remember there were ads covering buses and the billboards were everywhere for it. I was already excited for the movie but all that just put it over the top

I watched it with my dad in the theater when I was a young man, great movie that I was talking about all summer, similar to Terminator 2!

I did and loved it, I was 19. Still love it now.

Saw it twice. Love it.

I did when I was 13
I did too when I was 13 also. Just the once tho.

It's one of the last movies that I saw with my dad. He isn't dead we just don't watch movies together anymore.
I loved it then and now. It's a very close second to the original, imo. Unfortunately every other Die Hard movie ranges from mediocre to GET ME THE HELL OUT OF THIS THEATER.

I was also 14 when I saw this in theaters. I missed those times when movies weren't spoiled by the internet. One could just happen upon a great movie and enjoy the ride.

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I did and was 10 at the time.

I miss when goldeneye first came out.

Funny enough we saw the first 2 on VHS but saw this one opening wk.
My dear wife wasn't getting around so gd at that point so we only went to films
WE KNOW were going to be gd like this and of course BOND

I was 14 and wanted to see it. We didn't really go to movies as much when I was that age, don't really know why. But after seeing it I was especially bummed out, having not seen it in the theatres. Very well could be my #1 movie all time, but Gladiator and some others make it difficult to know for sure.

I didn't.
I would have loved seeing it on the big screen.

saw it twice
very exciting