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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.

Compare to other movies
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

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
StarringLiam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Olivier Rabourdin, Leland Orser, Jon Gries
Studio20th Century Fox