Name: The Taking of Pelham 123
Director: Tony Scott
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2009
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzmán, James Gandolfini

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 12	#3	$8.2M		—	$8.2M	3,074	$3K	1
Sat Jun 13	#3	$9.3M	+13%	—	$17.6M	3,074	$3K	2
Sun Jun 14	#3	$5.8M	-38%	—	$23.4M	3,074	$2K	3
Mon Jun 15	#3	$2.3M	-60%	—	$25.7M	3,074	$757	4
Tue Jun 16	#3	$2.4M	+4%	—	$28.1M	3,074	$789	5
Wed Jun 17	#3	$2.0M	-19%	—	$30.1M	3,074	$638	6
Thu Jun 18	#3	$1.9M	-1%	—	$32.0M	3,074	$631	7
Fri Jun 19	#5	$3.2M	+65%	-61%	$35.2M	3,077	$1K	8
Sat Jun 20	#5	$4.6M	+45%	-50%	$39.9M	3,077	$2K	9
Sun Jun 21	#5	$4.2M	-10%	-28%	$44.1M	3,077	$1K	10
Mon Jun 22	#5	$1.2M	-72%	-50%	$45.2M	3,077	$376	11
Tue Jun 23	#5	$1.1M	-2%	-53%	$46.4M	3,077	$369	12
Wed Jun 24	#6	$868K	-24%	-56%	$47.2M	3,077	$282	13
Thu Jun 25	#6	$774K	-11%	-60%	$48.0M	3,077	$251	14
Fri Jun 26	#7	$1.6M	+100%	-52%	$49.6M	2,995	$517	15
Sat Jun 27	#6	$2.3M	+50%	-50%	$51.9M	2,995	$776	16
Sun Jun 28	#7	$1.6M	-32%	-62%	$53.5M	2,995	$525	17
Mon Jun 29	#7	$686K	-56%	-41%	$54.1M	2,995	$229	18
Tue Jun 30	#7	$828K	+21%	-27%	$55.0M	2,995	$276	19
Wed Jul 1	#9	$460K	-44%	-47%	$55.4M	2,995	$153	20
Thu Jul 2	#9	$543K	+18%	-30%	$56.0M	2,995	$181	21
Fri Jul 3	#8	$949K	+75%	-39%	$56.9M	1,908	$497	22
Sat Jul 4	#8	$789K	-17%	-66%	$57.7M	1,908	$413	23
Sun Jul 5	#9	$796K	+1%	-49%	$58.5M	1,908	$417	24
Mon Jul 6	#9	$354K	-56%	-48%	$58.9M	1,908	$185	25
Tue Jul 7	#9	$377K	+6%	-55%	$59.2M	1,908	$197	26
Wed Jul 8	#9	$336K	-11%	-27%	$59.6M	1,908	$176	27
Thu Jul 9	#10	$320K	-5%	-41%	$59.9M	1,908	$167	28
Fri Jul 10	#11	$461K	+44%	-51%	$60.4M	1,116	$412	29
Sat Jul 11	#10	$656K	+43%	-17%	$61.0M	1,116	$588	30
Sun Jul 12	#10	$426K	-35%	-46%	$61.4M	1,116	$382	31
Mon Jul 13	#10	$178K	-58%	-50%	$61.6M	1,116	$159	32
Tue Jul 14	#11	$178K	n/c	-53%	$61.8M	1,116	$159	33
Wed Jul 15	#11	$105K	-41%	-69%	$61.9M	1,116	$94	34
Thu Jul 16	#11	$112K	+6%	-65%	$62.0M	1,116	$100	35
Fri Jul 17	#11	$267K	+139%	-42%	$62.3M	610	$437	36
Sat Jul 18	#11	$385K	+44%	-41%	$62.7M	610	$630	37
Sun Jul 19	#12	$238K	-38%	-44%	$62.9M	610	$389	38

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 12-14	3	$23.4M	—	$23.4M	3,074	$8K	1
Jun 19-21	5	$12.0M	-48.5%	$44.1M	3,077	$4K	2
Jun 26-28	7	$5.5M	-54.7%	$53.5M	2,995	$2K	3
Jul 3-5	8	$2.5M	-53.5%	$58.5M	1,908	$1K	4
Jul 10-12	10	$1.5M	-39.1%	$61.4M	1,116	$1K	5
Jul 17-19	11	$889K	-42.4%	$62.9M	610	$1K	6
Jul 24-26	17	$491K	-44.7%	$63.8M	371	$1K	7
Jul 31-Aug 2	20	$456K	-7.1%	$64.5M	383	$1K	8
Aug 7-9	26	$218K	-52.3%	$65.0M	288	$755	9
Aug 14-16	31	$158K	-27.4%	$65.2M	202	$781	10
Aug 21-23	34	$123K	-22.2%	$65.5M	163	$754	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byTony Scott

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland

Produced byTodd Black, Tony Scott, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch

CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler

MusicHarry Gregson-Williams

StarringDenzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzmán, James Gandolfini, Michael Rispoli

StudioSony Pictures Releasing