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

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

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3.55

7.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$145.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$226.90M

$81.90M international

Domestic legs5.87x

Budget$25.0M

2009 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Morel filmography

Pierre Morel

Pierre Morel Director

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Maggie Grace

Maggie Grace Starring

Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen Starring

Leland Orser

Leland Orser Starring

Jon Gries

Jon Gries Starring

ScreenplayLuc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Produced byLuc Besson CinematographyMichel Abramowicz MusicNathaniel Méchaly Studio20th Century Fox SeriesTaken

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 30-Feb 1 1 $24.7M — 3,183 $7,765 $24.7M

2 Feb 6-8 2 $20.5M −16.9% 3,184 $6,453 $53.6M

3 Feb 13-15 3 $19.0M −7.6% 3,109 $6,106 $77.7M

4 Feb 20-22 3 $11.3M −40.6% 3,102 $3,636 $95.0M

5 Feb 27-Mar 1 4 $9.9M −12.6% 3,089 $3,193 $107.8M

6 Mar 6-8 3 $7.3M −25.6% 3,016 $2,431 $117.9M

7 Mar 13-15 4 $6.6M −10.4% 2,858 $2,298 $126.8M

8 Mar 20-22 7 $4.1M −38.2% 2,661 $1,524 $133.1M

9 Mar 27-29 9 $2.7M −33.6% 1,961 $1,374 $137.1M

10 Apr 3-5 11 $1.5M −42.7% 1,355 $1,139 $139.4M

11 Apr 10-12 13 $1.1M −29.9% 872 $1,241 $141.1M

12 Apr 17-19 16 $584.2K −46.1% 609 $959 $142.1M

13 Apr 24-26 20 $355.1K −39.2% 450 $789 $142.6M

14 May 1-3 13 $896.9K +152.5% 494 $1,815 $143.6M

15 May 8-10 15 $448.4K −50.0% 385 $1,164 $144.2M

16 May 15-17 20 $240.0K −46.5% 250 $959 $144.5M

17 May 22-24 31 $147.7K −38.5% 154 $958 $144.8M

18 May 29-31 39 $53.2K −64.0% 102 $521 $144.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 30 #1 $9.4M — $9.4M 3,183 $2,958 1

Sat Jan 31 #1 $11.7M +24% $21.1M 3,183 $3,661 2

Sun Feb 1 #1 $3.6M −69% $24.7M 3,183 $1,145 3

Mon Feb 2 #1 $2.2M −39% $26.9M 3,183 $698 4

Tue Feb 3 #1 $2.1M −4% $29.1M 3,183 $672 5

Wed Feb 4 #1 $2.0M −8% $31.0M 3,183 $617 6

Thu Feb 5 #1 $2.0M +3% $33.1M 3,183 $633 7

Fri Feb 6 #2 $6.2M +208% −34% $39.3M 3,184 $1,948 8

Sat Feb 7 #2 $9.1M +47% −22% $48.4M 3,184 $2,871 9

Sun Feb 8 #3 $5.2M −43% +43% $53.6M 3,184 $1,633 10

Mon Feb 9 #2 $1.3M −75% −41% $54.9M 3,184 $408 11

Tue Feb 10 #2 $1.3M −1% −40% $56.2M 3,184 $405 12

Wed Feb 11 #2 $1.1M −11% −42% $57.4M 3,184 $360 13

Thu Feb 12 #2 $1.3M +15% −34% $58.7M 3,184 $415 14

Fri Feb 13 #3 $4.7M +252% −25% $63.3M 3,109 $1,496 15

Sat Feb 14 #3 $9.1M +95% −1% $72.4M 3,109 $2,917 16

Sun Feb 15 #2 $5.3M −42% +1% $77.7M 3,109 $1,692 17

Mon Feb 16 #3 $2.8M −46% +118% $80.5M 3,109 $912 18

Tue Feb 17 #4 $1.2M −58% −7% $81.7M 3,109 $384 19

Wed Feb 18 #3 $996.6K −17% −13% $82.7M 3,109 $320 20

Thu Feb 19 #2 $1.1M +7% −20% $83.8M 3,109 $342 21

Fri Feb 20 #2 $3.5M +225% −26% $87.2M 3,102 $1,114 22

Sat Feb 21 #2 $5.2M +50% −43% $92.4M 3,102 $1,669 23

Sun Feb 22 #3 $2.6M −49% −50% $95.0M 3,102 $853 24

Mon Feb 23 #3 $733.9K −72% −74% $95.8M 3,102 $236 25

Tue Feb 24 #3 $767.6K +5% −36% $96.5M 3,102 $247 26

Wed Feb 25 #3 $664.5K −13% −33% $97.2M 3,102 $214 27

Thu Feb 26 #3 $731.9K +10% −31% $97.9M 3,102 $235 28

Fri Feb 27 #4 $2.9M +296% −16% $100.8M 3,091 $937 29

Sat Feb 28 #4 $4.6M +58% −12% $105.4M 3,091 $1,482 30

Sun Mar 1 #4 $2.4M −48% −10% $107.8M 3,091 $771 31

Mon Mar 2 #3 $726.6K −70% −1% $108.5M 3,091 $235 32

Tue Mar 3 #3 $743.3K +2% −3% $109.3M 3,091 $240 33

Wed Mar 4 #3 $666.7K −10% n/c $109.9M 3,091 $215 34

Thu Mar 5 #3 $666.3K n/c −9% $110.6M 3,091 $215 35

Fri Mar 6 #3 $2.3M +246% −20% $112.9M 3,016 $764 36

Sat Mar 7 #3 $3.4M +48% −26% $116.3M 3,016 $1,129 37

Sun Mar 8 #4 $1.6M −52% −32% $117.9M 3,016 $537 38

Mon Mar 9 #2 $525.3K −68% −28% $118.5M 3,016 $174 39

Tue Mar 10 #3 $588.7K +12% −21% $119.0M 3,016 $195 40

Wed Mar 11 #3 $549.2K −7% −18% $119.6M 3,016 $182 41

Thu Mar 12 #2 $586.4K +7% −12% $120.2M 3,016 $194 42

Fri Mar 13 #4 $2.1M +250% −11% $122.2M 2,858 $717 43

Sat Mar 14 #4 $3.0M +46% −12% $125.2M 2,858 $1,049 44

Sun Mar 15 #4 $1.5M −49% −6% $126.8M 2,858 $531 45

Mon Mar 16 #4 $562.3K −63% +7% $127.3M 2,858 $196 46

Tue Mar 17 #4 $521.6K −7% −11% $127.8M 2,858 $182 47

Wed Mar 18 #4 $585.4K +12% +7% $128.4M 2,858 $204 48

Thu Mar 19 #4 $617.3K +5% +5% $129.0M 2,858 $216 49

Fri Mar 20 #7 $1.3M +118% −34% $130.4M 2,858 $471 50

Sat Mar 21 #7 $1.8M +35% −39% $132.2M 2,858 $637 51

Sun Mar 22 #7 $888.2K −51% −41% $133.1M 2,858 $310 52

Mon Mar 23 #7 $302.9K −66% −46% $133.4M 2,858 $105 53

Tue Mar 24 #7 $336.1K +11% −36% $133.7M 2,858 $117 54

Wed Mar 25 #7 $311.7K −7% −47% $134.0M 2,858 $109 55

Thu Mar 26 #7 $326.4K +5% −47% $134.4M 2,858 $114 56

Fri Mar 27 #9 $821.7K +152% −39% $135.2M 1,961 $419 57

Sat Mar 28 #8 $1.2M +52% −32% $136.4M 1,961 $634 58

Sun Mar 29 #10 $628.7K −50% −29% $137.1M 1,961 $320 59

Mon Mar 30 #10 $189.9K −70% −37% $137.3M 1,961 $96 60

Tue Mar 31 #10 $205.7K +8% −39% $137.5M 1,961 $104 61

Wed Apr 1 #10 $200.1K −3% −36% $137.7M 1,961 $102 62

Thu Apr 2 #10 $207.3K +4% −37% $137.9M 1,961 $105 63

Fri Apr 3 #11 $537.7K +159% −35% $138.4M 1,355 $396 64

Sat Apr 4 #11 $660.5K +23% −47% $139.1M 1,355 $487 65

Sun Apr 5 #11 $346.3K −48% −45% $139.4M 1,355 $255 66

Mon Apr 6 #11 $127.4K −63% −33% $139.5M 1,355 $94 67

Tue Apr 7 #11 $150.8K +18% −27% $139.7M 1,355 $111 68

Wed Apr 8 #11 $141.0K −6% −30% $139.8M 1,355 $104 69

Thu Apr 9 $189.2K +34% −9% $140.0M 1,355 $139 70

Fri Apr 10 #13 $397.0K +110% −26% $140.4M 872 $455 71

Sat Apr 11 #13 $452.3K +14% −32% $140.9M 872 $518 72

Sun Apr 12 #13 $233.7K −48% −33% $141.1M 872 $267 73

Mon Apr 13 #13 $112.9K −52% −11% $141.2M 872 $129 74

Tue Apr 14 #13 $100.3K −11% −33% $141.3M 872 $115 75

Wed Apr 15 #13 $92.8K −8% −34% $141.4M 872 $106 76

Thu Apr 16 #13 $90.9K −2% −52% $141.5M 872 $104 77

Fri Apr 17 $191.4K +111% −52% $141.7M 609 $314 78

Sat Apr 18 $262.8K +37% −42% $142.0M 609 $431 79

Sun Apr 19 $130.0K −51% −44% $142.1M 609 $213 80

Mon Apr 20 $40.7K −69% −64% $142.1M 609 $66 81

Tue Apr 21 $45.9K +13% −54% $142.2M 609 $75 82

Wed Apr 22 $38.0K −17% −59% $142.2M 609 $62 83

Thu Apr 23 $39.2K +3% −57% $142.3M 609 $64 84

Fri Apr 24 $109.4K +179% −43% $142.4M 450 $243 85

Sat Apr 25 $161.9K +48% −38% $142.5M 450 $359 86

Sun Apr 26 $83.8K −48% −35% $142.6M 450 $186 87

Mon Apr 27 $27.6K −67% −32% $142.6M 450 $61 88

Tue Apr 28 $33.6K +22% −27% $142.7M 450 $74 89

Wed Apr 29 $29.7K −11% −22% $142.7M 450 $66 90

Thu Apr 30 $28.4K −4% −27% $142.7M 450 $63 91

Fri May 1 #12 $292.1K +927% +167% $143.0M 450 $649 92

Sat May 2 #12 $458.9K +57% +183% $143.5M 450 $1,019 93

Sun May 3 #15 $145.9K −68% +74% $143.6M 450 $324 94

Mon May 4 $32.5K −78% +18% $143.7M 450 $72 95

Tue May 5 $31.7K −3% −6% $143.7M 450 $70 96

Wed May 6 $30.4K −4% +2% $143.7M 450 $67 97

Thu May 7 $30.2K −1% +6% $143.7M 450 $67 98

Fri May 8 $154.2K +411% −47% $143.9M 385 $400 99

Sat May 9 $210.7K +37% −54% $144.1M 385 $547 100

Sun May 10 $83.4K −60% −43% $144.2M 385 $216 101

Mon May 11 $24.8K −70% −24% $144.2M 385 $64 102

Tue May 12 $28.1K +14% −11% $144.2M 385 $73 103

Wed May 13 $25.8K −8% −15% $144.3M 385 $67 104

Thu May 14 $24.7K −4% −18% $144.3M 385 $64 105

Fri May 15 $80.7K +227% −48% $144.4M 250 $322 106

Sat May 16 $101.6K +26% −52% $144.5M 250 $406 107

Sun May 17 $57.7K −43% −31% $144.5M 250 $230 108

Mon May 18 $19.9K −66% −20% $144.6M 250 $79 109

Tue May 19 $17.6K −11% −38% $144.6M 250 $70 110

Wed May 20 $16.8K −4% −35% $144.6M 250 $67 111

Thu May 21 $15.5K −8% −37% $144.6M 250 $61 112

Fri May 22 $43.6K +182% −46% $144.7M 154 $283 113

Sat May 23 $61.4K +41% −40% $144.7M 154 $398 114

Sun May 24 $42.7K −30% −26% $144.8M 154 $277 115

Mon May 25 #33 $26.0K −39% +31% $144.8M 154 $169 116

Tue May 26 $10.0K −62% −43% $144.8M 154 $64 117

Wed May 27 $9.3K −7% −45% $144.8M 154 $60 118

Thu May 28 $9.7K +4% −38% $144.8M 154 $62 119

Fri May 29 $15.7K +62% −64% $144.8M 154 $101 120

Sat May 30 $24.1K +54% −61% $144.9M 154 $156 121

Sun May 31 $13.4K −44% −69% $144.9M 154 $86 122

Mon Jun 1 $5.2K −61% −80% $144.9M 154 $33 123

Tue Jun 2 $6.7K +29% −32% $144.9M 154 $43 124

Wed Jun 3 $6.2K −8% −33% $144.9M 154 $40 125

Thu Jun 4 $6.8K +9% −30% $144.9M 154 $44 126

Fri Jun 5 $10.3K +52% −34% $144.9M 71 $145 127

Sat Jun 6 $14.7K +42% −39% $144.9M 71 $206 128

Sun Jun 7 $8.4K −43% −37% $144.9M 71 $118 129

Mon Jun 8 $4.0K −53% −24% $144.9M 71 $56 130

Tue Jun 9 $4.1K +4% −38% $144.9M 71 $58 131

Wed Jun 10 $3.9K −7% −38% $144.9M 71 $54 132

Thu Jun 11 $4.8K +24% −30% $144.9M 71 $67 133

Fri Jun 12 $5.2K +9% −50% $144.9M 38 $136 134

Sat Jun 13 $6.7K +28% −54% $145.0M 38 $175 135

Sun Jun 14 $3.4K −49% −59% $145.0M 38 $90 136

Mon Jun 15 $2.3K −33% −42% $145.0M 38 $60 137

Tue Jun 16 $2.8K +19% −34% $145.0M 38 $72 138

Wed Jun 17 $2.8K n/c −28% $145.0M 38 $72 139

Thu Jun 18 $2.8K n/c −42% $145.0M 38 $72 140

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$140.0M

Jan 30Feb 16Mar 6Mar 23Apr 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$24.7M

$20.5M

$19.0M

$11.3M

$9.9M

$7.3M

$6.6M

$4.1M

$2.7M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,184 → 1,355 −57.4%

3,183 open1,355 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.7%

−16.9%

W1→2

−7.6%

W2→3

−40.6%

W3→4

−12.6%

W4→5

−25.6%

W5→6

−10.4%

W6→7

−38.2%

W7→8

−33.6%

W8→9

−42.7%

W9→10

Steepest −42.7%Best hold −7.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 29 days

$100M

Day 29

Feb 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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