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2012 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him.

🍅 22% 52%

45

2.68

6.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$49.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$139.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$377.80M

$238.00M international

Domestic legs2.83x

Budget$45.0M

2012 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Megaton filmography

Olivier Megaton

Olivier Megaton Director

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Maggie Grace

Maggie Grace Starring

Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen Starring

Leland Orser

Leland Orser Starring

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney Starring

ScreenplayRobert Mark Kamen, Luc Besson Studio20th Century Fox SeriesTaken

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 5-7 1 $49.5M — 3,661 $13,524 $49.5M

2 Oct 12-14 1 $21.9M −55.8% 3,706 $5,902 $86.1M

3 Oct 19-21 3 $13.3M −39.4% 3,489 $3,800 $105.8M

4 Oct 26-28 6 $7.7M −41.8% 2,995 $2,576 $117.1M

5 Nov 2-4 5 $5.9M −23.3% 2,639 $2,243 $125.6M

6 Nov 9-11 5 $4.0M −32.2% 2,487 $1,613 $131.3M

7 Nov 16-18 7 $2.1M −47.0% 2,063 $1,030 $134.7M

8 Nov 23-25 11 $950.0K −55.3% 763 $1,245 $136.5M

9 Nov 30-Dec 2 15 $468.0K −50.7% 496 $943 $137.2M

10 Dec 7-9 18 $387.2K −17.3% 430 $900 $137.7M

11 Dec 14-16 18 $288.8K −25.4% 339 $851 $138.1M

12 Dec 21-23 25 $204.6K −29.1% 275 $744 $138.5M

13 Dec 28-30 27 $243.1K +18.8% 232 $1,047 $138.9M

14 Jan 4-6 28 $207.8K −14.5% 213 $975 $139.3M

15 Jan 11-13 31 $146.4K −29.5% 190 $770 $139.5M

16 Jan 18-20 37 $105.4K −28.0% 156 $675 $139.7M

17 Jan 25-27 42 $66.0K −37.4% 124 $531 $139.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 4 $1.5M — $1.5M — — -1

Fri Oct 5 #1 $18.4M — $18.4M 3,661 $5,014 1

Sat Oct 6 #1 $18.9M +3% $37.3M 3,661 $5,174 2

Sun Oct 7 #1 $12.2M −36% $49.5M 3,661 $3,336 3

Mon Oct 8 #1 $5.5M −55% $55.0M 3,661 $1,502 4

Tue Oct 9 #1 $4.0M −28% $59.0M 3,661 $1,079 5

Wed Oct 10 #1 $2.8M −30% $61.8M 3,661 $759 6

Thu Oct 11 #1 $2.5M −10% $64.3M 3,661 $685 7

Fri Oct 12 #2 $7.1M +182% −61% $71.3M 3,706 $1,911 8

Sat Oct 13 #1 $9.7M +37% −49% $81.1M 3,706 $2,624 9

Sun Oct 14 #2 $5.1M −48% −59% $86.1M 3,706 $1,366 10

Mon Oct 15 #2 $1.7M −67% −70% $87.8M 3,706 $450 11

Tue Oct 16 #2 $1.8M +8% −54% $89.6M 3,706 $485 12

Wed Oct 17 #2 $1.5M −19% −48% $91.1M 3,706 $393 13

Thu Oct 18 #2 $1.5M +3% −40% $92.6M 3,706 $407 14

Fri Oct 19 #3 $4.3M +184% −40% $96.9M 3,489 $1,228 15

Sat Oct 20 #3 $6.0M +41% −38% $102.9M 3,489 $1,733 16

Sun Oct 21 #4 $2.9M −52% −42% $105.8M 3,489 $838 17

Mon Oct 22 #3 $806.3K −72% −52% $106.6M 3,489 $231 18

Tue Oct 23 #3 $1.1M +34% −40% $107.7M 3,489 $310 19

Wed Oct 24 #3 $800.7K −26% −45% $108.5M 3,489 $229 20

Thu Oct 25 #3 $865.5K +8% −43% $109.4M 3,489 $248 21

Fri Oct 26 #5 $2.6M +198% −40% $112.0M 2,995 $860 22

Sat Oct 27 #5 $3.4M +33% −43% $115.4M 2,995 $1,144 23

Sun Oct 28 #5 $1.7M −50% −41% $117.1M 2,995 $571 24

Mon Oct 29 #5 $473.6K −72% −41% $117.6M 2,995 $158 25

Tue Oct 30 #4 $723.7K +53% −33% $118.3M 2,995 $241 26

Wed Oct 31 #7 $687.9K −5% −14% $119.0M 2,995 $229 27

Thu Nov 1 #3 $676.7K −2% −22% $119.7M 2,995 $225 28

Fri Nov 2 #5 $1.8M +169% −29% $121.5M 2,639 $688 29

Sat Nov 3 #5 $2.8M +54% −18% $124.3M 2,639 $1,059 30

Sun Nov 4 #6 $1.3M −53% −24% $125.6M 2,639 $494 31

Mon Nov 5 #6 $439.7K −66% −7% $126.0M 2,639 $166 32

Tue Nov 6 #6 $509.9K +16% −30% $126.5M 2,639 $193 33

Wed Nov 7 #6 $361.8K −29% −47% $126.9M 2,639 $137 34

Thu Nov 8 #7 $388.8K +7% −43% $127.3M 2,639 $147 35

Fri Nov 9 #5 $1.2M +203% −35% $128.5M 2,487 $474 36

Sat Nov 10 #5 $1.8M +54% −35% $130.3M 2,487 $731 37

Sun Nov 11 #5 $1.0M −44% −22% $131.3M 2,487 $408 38

Mon Nov 12 #6 $484.9K −52% +10% $131.8M 2,487 $194 39

Tue Nov 13 #7 $286.7K −41% −44% $132.1M 2,487 $115 40

Wed Nov 14 #5 $238.7K −17% −34% $132.3M 2,487 $95 41

Thu Nov 15 #5 $214.1K −10% −45% $132.5M 2,487 $86 42

Fri Nov 16 #7 $657.5K +207% −44% $133.2M 2,063 $318 43

Sat Nov 17 #7 $960.4K +46% −47% $134.1M 2,063 $465 44

Sun Nov 18 #7 $508.8K −47% −50% $134.7M 2,063 $246 45

Mon Nov 19 #7 $227.2K −55% −53% $134.9M 2,063 $110 46

Tue Nov 20 #7 $324.6K +43% +13% $135.2M 2,063 $157 47

Wed Nov 21 $159.9K −51% −33% $135.4M 739 $216 48

Thu Nov 22 $164.2K +3% −23% $135.5M 739 $222 49

Fri Nov 23 $379.0K +131% −42% $135.9M 763 $496 50

Sat Nov 24 $402.3K +6% −58% $136.3M 763 $527 51

Sun Nov 25 $168.7K −58% −67% $136.5M 763 $221 52

Mon Nov 26 $54.4K −68% −76% $136.5M 763 $71 53

Tue Nov 27 $58.8K +8% −82% $136.6M 763 $77 54

Wed Nov 28 $49.7K −16% −69% $136.6M 763 $65 55

Thu Nov 29 $55.7K +12% −66% $136.7M 763 $73 56

Fri Nov 30 $144.0K +158% −62% $136.8M 496 $290 57

Sat Dec 1 $220.7K +53% −45% $137.1M 496 $445 58

Sun Dec 2 $103.2K −53% −39% $137.2M 496 $208 59

Mon Dec 3 $34.5K −67% −37% $137.2M 496 $69 60

Tue Dec 4 $40.4K +17% −31% $137.2M 496 $81 61

Wed Dec 5 $37.4K −7% −25% $137.3M 496 $75 62

Thu Dec 6 $37.2K n/c −33% $137.3M 496 $75 63

Fri Dec 7 $117.5K +216% −18% $137.4M 430 $273 64

Sat Dec 8 $174.6K +49% −21% $137.6M 430 $406 65

Sun Dec 9 $95.1K −46% −8% $137.7M 430 $221 66

Mon Dec 10 $33.6K −65% −3% $137.7M 430 $78 67

Tue Dec 11 $38.5K +15% −5% $137.8M 430 $89 68

Wed Dec 12 $33.6K −13% −10% $137.8M 430 $78 69

Thu Dec 13 $37.7K +12% +1% $137.8M 430 $87 70

Fri Dec 14 $81.6K +117% −31% $137.9M 339 $240 71

Sat Dec 15 $133.5K +64% −24% $138.1M 339 $393 72

Sun Dec 16 $73.7K −45% −22% $138.1M 339 $217 73

Mon Dec 17 $33.7K −54% n/c $138.2M 339 $99 74

Tue Dec 18 $36.2K +7% −6% $138.2M 339 $106 75

Wed Dec 19 $28.6K −21% −15% $138.2M 339 $84 76

Thu Dec 20 $34.1K +19% −9% $138.3M 339 $100 77

Fri Dec 21 $58.9K +73% −28% $138.3M 275 $214 78

Sat Dec 22 $83.8K +42% −37% $138.4M 275 $304 79

Sun Dec 23 $61.9K −26% −16% $138.5M 275 $225 80

Mon Dec 24 $27.6K −55% −18% $138.5M 275 $100 81

Tue Dec 25 $43.6K +58% +20% $138.5M 275 $158 82

Wed Dec 26 $53.2K +22% +86% $138.6M 275 $193 83

Thu Dec 27 $60.3K +13% +77% $138.7M 275 $219 84

Fri Dec 28 $78.5K +30% +33% $138.7M 232 $338 85

Sat Dec 29 $96.7K +23% +15% $138.8M 232 $416 86

Sun Dec 30 $67.9K −30% +10% $138.9M 232 $292 87

Mon Dec 31 $38.9K −43% +41% $138.9M 232 $167 88

Tue Jan 1 $65.4K +68% +50% $139.0M 232 $281 89

Wed Jan 2 $37.5K −43% −30% $139.0M 232 $161 90

Thu Jan 3 $37.7K +1% −37% $139.1M 232 $162 91

Fri Jan 4 $64.2K +70% −18% $139.1M 213 $301 92

Sat Jan 5 $91.3K +42% −6% $139.2M 213 $428 93

Sun Jan 6 $52.3K −43% −23% $139.3M 213 $245 94

Mon Jan 7 $16.8K −68% −57% $139.3M 213 $78 95

Tue Jan 8 $17.9K +7% −73% $139.3M 213 $84 96

Wed Jan 9 $16.6K −7% −56% $139.3M 213 $77 97

Thu Jan 10 $17.6K +6% −53% $139.4M 213 $82 98

Fri Jan 11 $42.5K +142% −34% $139.4M 190 $223 99

Sat Jan 12 $67.6K +59% −26% $139.5M 190 $355 100

Sun Jan 13 $36.3K −46% −31% $139.5M 190 $191 101

Mon Jan 14 $11.5K −68% −31% $139.5M 190 $60 102

Tue Jan 15 $12.6K +10% −30% $139.5M 190 $66 103

Wed Jan 16 $12.3K −3% −26% $139.5M 190 $64 104

Thu Jan 17 $12.1K −1% −31% $139.5M 190 $63 105

Fri Jan 18 $29.2K +141% −31% $139.6M 156 $187 106

Sat Jan 19 $47.5K +63% −30% $139.6M 156 $304 107

Sun Jan 20 $28.6K −40% −21% $139.7M 156 $183 108

Mon Jan 21 $20.2K −29% +76% $139.7M 156 $129 109

Tue Jan 22 $7.3K −64% −42% $139.7M 156 $47 110

Wed Jan 23 $6.6K −10% −46% $139.7M 156 $42 111

Thu Jan 24 $7.3K +11% −40% $139.7M 156 $46 112

Fri Jan 25 $15.6K +113% −47% $139.7M 124 $125 113

Sat Jan 26 $33.2K +114% −30% $139.7M 124 $267 114

Sun Jan 27 $17.2K −48% −40% $139.8M 124 $138 115

Mon Jan 28 $4.4K −75% −78% $139.8M 124 $35 116

Tue Jan 29 $4.7K +6% −37% $139.8M 124 $37 117

Wed Jan 30 $4.4K −6% −34% $139.8M 124 $35 118

Thu Jan 31 $4.6K +5% −37% $139.8M 124 $37 119

Fri Feb 1 $10.5K +128% −33% $139.8M 83 $126 120

Sat Feb 2 $18.2K +74% −45% $139.8M 83 $219 121

Sun Feb 3 $5.4K −70% −69% $139.8M 83 $64 122

Mon Feb 4 $3.0K −45% −32% $139.8M 83 $35 123

Tue Feb 5 $3.1K +4% −34% $139.8M 83 $37 124

Wed Feb 6 $3.1K +1% −29% $139.8M 83 $37 125

Thu Feb 7 $3.3K +5% −29% $139.8M 83 $39 126

Fri Feb 8 $4.1K +24% −61% $139.8M 35 $115 127

Sat Feb 9 $7.3K +81% −60% $139.8M 35 $209 128

Sun Feb 10 $3.7K −50% −32% $139.8M 35 $105 129

Mon Feb 11 $1.2K −68% −60% $139.8M 35 $33 130

Tue Feb 12 $1.3K +8% −59% $139.8M 35 $36 131

Wed Feb 13 $1.1K −17% −66% $139.8M 35 $30 132

Thu Feb 14 $1.7K +63% −47% $139.8M 35 $49 133

Fri Feb 15 $1.5K −11% −62% $139.8M 16 $96 134

Sat Feb 16 $2.5K +64% −65% $139.9M 16 $158 135

Sun Feb 17 $1.9K −23% −47% $139.9M 16 $121 136

Mon Feb 18 $856 −56% −28% $139.9M 16 $53 137

Tue Feb 19 $452 −47% −65% $139.9M 16 $28 138

Wed Feb 20 $361 −20% −66% $139.9M 16 $22 139

Thu Feb 21 $503 +39% −71% $139.9M 16 $31 140

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

Cumulative total$137.8M

Oct 4Oct 22Nov 8Nov 26Dec 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $387.2K

$49.5M

$21.9M

$13.3M

$7.7M

$5.9M

$4.0M

$2.1M

$950.0K

$468.0K

$387.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,706 → 430 −88.4%

3,661 open430 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.3%

−55.8%

W1→2

−39.4%

W2→3

−41.8%

W3→4

−23.3%

W4→5

−32.2%

W5→6

−47.0%

W6→7

−55.3%

W7→8

−50.7%

W8→9

−17.3%

W9→10

Steepest −55.8%Best hold −17.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 16 days

$100M

Day 16

Oct 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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