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Taken

2009 PG-13 1h 30m Action, Crime, Thriller 20th Century Fox

They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$145M
Final
Opening Weekend
$24.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.87x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$227M
$81.9M international
2009 Rank
#20
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 30-Feb 1 1 $24.7M $24.7M 3,183 $8K 1
Feb 6-8 2 $20.5M -16.9% $53.6M 3,184 $6K 2
Feb 13-15 3 $19.0M -7.6% $77.7M 3,109 $6K 3
Feb 20-22 3 $11.3M -40.6% $95.0M 3,102 $4K 4
Feb 27-Mar 1 4 $9.9M -12.6% $107.8M 3,089 $3K 5
Mar 6-8 3 $7.3M -25.6% $117.9M 3,016 $2K 6
Mar 13-15 4 $6.6M -10.4% $126.8M 2,858 $2K 7
Mar 20-22 7 $4.1M -38.2% $133.1M 2,661 $2K 8
Mar 27-29 9 $2.7M -33.6% $137.1M 1,961 $1K 9
Apr 3-5 11 $1.5M -42.7% $139.4M 1,355 $1K 10
Apr 10-12 13 $1.1M -29.9% $141.1M 872 $1K 11
Apr 17-19 16 $584K -46.1% $142.1M 609 $959 12
Apr 24-26 20 $355K -39.2% $142.6M 450 $789 13
May 1-3 13 $897K +152.5% $143.6M 494 $2K 14
May 8-10 15 $448K -50.0% $144.2M 385 $1K 15
May 15-17 20 $240K -46.5% $144.5M 250 $959 16
May 22-24 31 $148K -38.5% $144.8M 154 $958 17
May 29-31 39 $53K -64.0% $144.9M 102 $521 18

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPierre Morel
ScreenplayLuc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Produced byLuc Besson
CinematographyMichel Abramowicz
MusicNathaniel Méchaly
StarringLiam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Olivier Rabourdin, Leland Orser, Jon Gries
Studio20th Century Fox