Bruce Willis John McClane in "Die Hard", Willis reprised his role in the sequels "Die Hard 2" (1990) and "Die Hard with a Vengeance" (1995). These first three installments in the "Die Hard" series grossed over US$700 million internationally and propelled Willis to the first rank of Hollywood action stars. In the early 1990s, Willis's career suffered a moderate slump, as he starred in flops such as "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990). He gained more success with "Striking Distance" (1993) but flopped again with "Color of Night" (1994): another box office failure, it was savaged by critics but did well in
Bruce Willis titular characters to kill his wife, Dallas (voiced by Moore). He then played the lead roles in "12 Monkeys" (1995) and "The Fifth Element" (1997). However, by the end of the 1990s his career had fallen into another slump with critically panned films like "The Jackal", "Mercury Rising", and "Breakfast of Champions", saved only by the success of the Michael Bay-directed "Armageddon" which was the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide. The same year his voice and likeness were featured in the PlayStation video game "Apocalypse". In 1999, Willis then played the starring role in M. Night Shyamalan's film, "The Sixth