Name: The Taking of Pelham 123
Director: Tony Scott
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2009
Rating: 5.7
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	$8.23M		—	$8.23M	3,074	$2.7K	1
Sat Jun 13	#3	$9.34M	+13%	—	$17.57M	3,074	$3.0K	2
Sun Jun 14	#3	$5.80M	-38%	—	$23.37M	3,074	$1.9K	3
Mon Jun 15	#3	$2.33M	-60%	—	$25.70M	3,074	$757	4
Tue Jun 16	#3	$2.43M	+4%	—	$28.13M	3,074	$789	5
Wed Jun 17	#3	$1.96M	-19%	—	$30.09M	3,074	$638	6
Thu Jun 18	#3	$1.94M	-1%	—	$32.03M	3,074	$631	7
Fri Jun 19	#5	$3.20M	+65%	-61%	$35.23M	3,077	$1.0K	8
Sat Jun 20	#5	$4.65M	+45%	-50%	$39.88M	3,077	$1.5K	9
Sun Jun 21	#5	$4.19M	-10%	-28%	$44.07M	3,077	$1.4K	10
Mon Jun 22	#5	$1.16M	-72%	-50%	$45.23M	3,077	$376	11
Tue Jun 23	#5	$1.14M	-2%	-53%	$46.36M	3,077	$369	12
Wed Jun 24	#6	$868K	-24%	-56%	$47.23M	3,077	$282	13
Thu Jun 25	#6	$774K	-11%	-60%	$48.01M	3,077	$251	14
Fri Jun 26	#7	$1.55M	+100%	-52%	$49.56M	2,995	$517	15
Sat Jun 27	#6	$2.33M	+50%	-50%	$51.88M	2,995	$776	16
Sun Jun 28	#7	$1.57M	-32%	-62%	$53.46M	2,995	$525	17
Mon Jun 29	#7	$686K	-56%	-41%	$54.14M	2,995	$229	18
Tue Jun 30	#7	$828K	+21%	-27%	$54.97M	2,995	$276	19
Wed Jul 1	#9	$460K	-44%	-47%	$55.43M	2,995	$153	20
Thu Jul 2	#9	$543K	+18%	-30%	$55.97M	2,995	$181	21
Fri Jul 3	#8	$949K	+75%	-39%	$56.92M	1,908	$497	22
Sat Jul 4	#8	$789K	-17%	-66%	$57.71M	1,908	$413	23
Sun Jul 5	#9	$796K	+1%	-49%	$58.51M	1,908	$417	24
Mon Jul 6	#9	$354K	-56%	-48%	$58.86M	1,908	$185	25
Tue Jul 7	#9	$377K	+6%	-55%	$59.24M	1,908	$197	26
Wed Jul 8	#9	$336K	-11%	-27%	$59.57M	1,908	$176	27
Thu Jul 9	#10	$320K	-5%	-41%	$59.89M	1,908	$167	28
Fri Jul 10	#11	$461K	+44%	-51%	$60.36M	1,116	$412	29
Sat Jul 11	#10	$656K	+43%	-17%	$61.01M	1,116	$588	30
Sun Jul 12	#10	$426K	-35%	-46%	$61.44M	1,116	$382	31
Mon Jul 13	#10	$178K	-58%	-50%	$61.62M	1,116	$159	32
Tue Jul 14	#11	$178K	n/c	-53%	$61.79M	1,116	$159	33
Wed Jul 15	#11	$105K	-41%	-69%	$61.90M	1,116	$94	34
Thu Jul 16	#11	$112K	+6%	-65%	$62.01M	1,116	$100	35
Fri Jul 17	#11	$267K	+139%	-42%	$62.28M	610	$437	36
Sat Jul 18	#11	$385K	+44%	-41%	$62.66M	610	$630	37
Sun Jul 19	#12	$238K	-38%	-44%	$62.90M	610	$389	38

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 12-14	3	$23.37M	—	$23.37M	3,074	$7.6K	1
Jun 19-21	5	$12.03M	-48.5%	$44.07M	3,077	$3.9K	2
Jun 26-28	7	$5.45M	-54.7%	$53.46M	2,995	$1.8K	3
Jul 3-5	8	$2.53M	-53.5%	$58.51M	1,908	$1.3K	4
Jul 10-12	10	$1.54M	-39.1%	$61.44M	1,116	$1.4K	5
Jul 17-19	11	$889K	-42.4%	$62.90M	610	$1.5K	6
Jul 24-26	17	$491K	-44.7%	$63.84M	371	$1.3K	7
Jul 31-Aug 2	20	$456K	-7.1%	$64.54M	383	$1.2K	8
Aug 7-9	26	$218K	-52.3%	$64.97M	288	$755	9
Aug 14-16	31	$158K	-27.4%	$65.25M	202	$781	10
Aug 21-23	34	$123K	-22.2%	$65.45M	163	$754	11

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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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

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