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2011 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Action, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Take Back Your Life

🍅 56% 55%

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2.97

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$63.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$136.10M

$72.40M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$40M

2011 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Collet-Serra filmography

Jaume Collet-Serra

Jaume Collet-Serra Director

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger Starring

January Jones

January Jones Starring

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn Starring

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz Starring

ScreenplayOliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell Based onthe novel by Didier van Cauwelaert Produced byJoel Silver, Leonard Goldberg, Andrew Rona CinematographyFlavio Labiano Music byJohn Ottman, Alexander Rudd StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 18-20 1 $21.9M — 3,043 $7,183 $21.9M

2 Feb 25-27 3 $12.6M −42.5% 3,043 $4,131 $43.0M

3 Mar 4-6 6 $6.5M −48.1% 2,913 $2,238 $53.0M

4 Mar 11-13 11 $3.4M −48.4% 2,303 $1,462 $58.4M

5 Mar 18-20 14 $1.3M −62.0% 1,401 $913 $61.1M

6 Mar 25-27 17 $646.3K −49.5% 688 $939 $62.2M

7 Apr 1-3 23 $228.5K −64.6% 325 $703 $62.7M

8 Apr 8-10 22 $276.0K +20.8% 365 $756 $63.1M

9 Apr 15-17 28 $170.9K −38.1% 275 $622 $63.4M

10 Apr 22-24 40 $91.0K −46.8% 162 $562 $63.6M

11 Apr 29-May 1 53 $45.2K −50.3% 101 $447 $63.6M

12 May 6-8 68 $19.7K −56.5% 49 $401 $63.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 18 #1 $6.7M — $6.7M 3,043 $2,215 1

Sat Feb 19 #1 $8.9M +31.6% $15.6M 3,043 $2,914 2

Sun Feb 20 #2 $6.2M −29.5% $21.9M 3,043 $2,053 3

Mon Feb 21 #2 $3.6M −42.4% $25.5M 3,043 $1,182 4

Tue Feb 22 #1 $2.0M −45.3% $27.4M 3,043 $646 5

Wed Feb 23 #1 $1.5M −24.7% $28.9M 3,043 $487 6

Thu Feb 24 #1 $1.5M +1.5% $30.4M 3,043 $494 7

Fri Feb 25 #2 $3.9M +156.5% −42.8% $34.3M 3,043 $1,267 8

Sat Feb 26 #2 $5.9M +52.7% −33.6% $40.2M 3,043 $1,935 9

Sun Feb 27 #3 $2.8M −52.0% −54.8% $43.0M 3,043 $929 10

Mon Feb 28 #2 $844.0K −70.1% −76.5% $43.8M 3,043 $277 11

Tue Mar 1 #2 $1.0M +23.9% −46.8% $44.9M 3,043 $344 12

Wed Mar 2 #2 $809.4K −22.6% −45.4% $45.7M 3,043 $266 13

Thu Mar 3 #2 $833.3K +2.9% −44.6% $46.5M 3,043 $274 14

Fri Mar 4 #6 $1.9M +122.3% −52.0% $48.4M 2,913 $636 15

Sat Mar 5 #6 $3.0M +61.5% −49.2% $51.4M 2,913 $1,027 16

Sun Mar 6 #7 $1.7M −44.0% −40.7% $53.0M 2,913 $575 17

Mon Mar 7 #5 $483.4K −71.2% −42.7% $53.5M 2,913 $166 18

Tue Mar 8 #5 $561.2K +16.1% −46.4% $54.1M 2,913 $193 19

Wed Mar 9 #4 $457.2K −18.5% −43.5% $54.5M 2,913 $157 20

Thu Mar 10 #5 $513.2K +12.3% −38.4% $55.0M 2,913 $176 21

Fri Mar 11 #9 $957.5K +86.6% −48.3% $56.0M 2,303 $416 22

Sat Mar 12 #11 $1.6M +62.5% −48.0% $57.6M 2,303 $676 23

Sun Mar 13 #11 $853.2K −45.2% −49.1% $58.4M 2,303 $370 24

Mon Mar 14 #11 $331.4K −61.2% −31.4% $58.7M 2,303 $144 25

Tue Mar 15 #11 $407.0K +22.8% −27.5% $59.1M 2,303 $177 26

Wed Mar 16 #11 $348.1K −14.5% −23.9% $59.5M 2,303 $151 27

Thu Mar 17 #10 $318.2K −8.6% −38.0% $59.8M 2,303 $138 28

Fri Mar 18 #14 $408.0K +28.2% −57.4% $60.2M 1,401 $291 29

Sat Mar 19 #14 $567.6K +39.1% −63.5% $60.8M 1,401 $405 30

Sun Mar 20 #14 $303.7K −46.5% −64.4% $61.1M 1,401 $217 31

Mon Mar 21 #14 $118.4K −61.0% −64.3% $61.2M 1,401 $85 32

Tue Mar 22 #14 $139.3K +17.7% −65.8% $61.4M 1,401 $99 33

Wed Mar 23 #14 $118.2K −15.2% −66.1% $61.5M 1,401 $84 34

Thu Mar 24 #14 $122.4K +3.6% −61.5% $61.6M 1,401 $87 35

Fri Mar 25 — $191.5K +56.4% −53.1% $61.8M 688 $278 36

Sat Mar 26 — $299.3K +56.3% −47.3% $62.1M 688 $435 37

Sun Mar 27 — $155.6K −48.0% −48.8% $62.2M 688 $226 38

Mon Mar 28 — $63.8K −59.0% −46.1% $62.3M 688 $93 39

Tue Mar 29 — $68.9K +8.0% −50.5% $62.4M 688 $100 40

Wed Mar 30 — $60.3K −12.5% −48.9% $62.4M 688 $88 41

Thu Mar 31 — $62.7K +4.0% −48.8% $62.5M 688 $91 42

Fri Apr 1 — $75.3K +20.0% −60.7% $62.6M 325 $232 43

Sat Apr 2 — $100.1K +32.9% −66.6% $62.7M 325 $308 44

Sun Apr 3 — $53.2K −46.9% −65.8% $62.7M 325 $164 45

Mon Apr 4 — $20.2K −62.0% −68.3% $62.7M 325 $62 46

Tue Apr 5 — $31.3K +55.0% −54.5% $62.8M 325 $96 47

Wed Apr 6 — $22.5K −28.0% −62.6% $62.8M 325 $69 48

Thu Apr 7 — $23.7K +5.0% −62.3% $62.8M 325 $73 49

Fri Apr 8 — $87.4K +269.2% +16.1% $62.9M 365 $239 50

Sat Apr 9 — $123.3K +41.0% +23.2% $63.0M 365 $338 51

Sun Apr 10 — $65.3K −47.0% +22.9% $63.1M 365 $179 52

Mon Apr 11 — $25.5K −61.0% +26.1% $63.1M 365 $70 53

Tue Apr 12 — $31.9K +25.1% +1.7% $63.2M 365 $87 54

Wed Apr 13 — $26.1K −18.0% +15.9% $63.2M 365 $72 55

Thu Apr 14 — $28.0K +7.0% +18.1% $63.2M 365 $77 56

Fri Apr 15 — $52.4K +87.3% −40.1% $63.3M 275 $190 57

Sat Apr 16 — $77.4K +47.7% −37.2% $63.3M 275 $281 58

Sun Apr 17 — $41.2K −46.7% −36.9% $63.4M 275 $150 59

Mon Apr 18 — $17.7K −57.0% −30.5% $63.4M 275 $64 60

Tue Apr 19 — $21.1K +19.0% −33.8% $63.4M 275 $77 61

Wed Apr 20 — $20.2K −3.9% −22.5% $63.4M 275 $74 62

Thu Apr 21 — $25.4K +25.5% −9.1% $63.5M 275 $92 63

Fri Apr 22 — $33.1K +30.4% −36.7% $63.5M 162 $205 64

Sat Apr 23 — $36.4K +9.9% −52.9% $63.5M 162 $225 65

Sun Apr 24 — $21.4K −41.3% −48.1% $63.6M 162 $132 66

Mon Apr 25 — $10.7K −49.9% −39.5% $63.6M 162 $66 67

Tue Apr 26 — $10.0K −6.4% −52.4% $63.6M 162 $62 68

Wed Apr 27 — $9.4K −6.0% −53.5% $63.6M 162 $58 69

Thu Apr 28 — $9.7K +3.0% −61.8% $63.6M 162 $60 70

Fri Apr 29 — $13.9K +43.6% −58.0% $63.6M 101 $138 71

Sat Apr 30 — $20.6K +47.8% −43.5% $63.6M 101 $204 72

Sun May 1 — $10.7K −48.3% −50.2% $63.6M 101 $105 73

Mon May 2 — $3.9K −63.0% −63.2% $63.6M 101 $39 74

Tue May 3 — $4.7K +20.5% −52.7% $63.6M 101 $47 75

Wed May 4 — $4.6K −3.1% −51.2% $63.7M 101 $46 76

Thu May 5 — $4.4K −4.0% −54.5% $63.7M 101 $44 77

Fri May 6 — $6.4K +45.3% −53.9% $63.7M 49 $131 78

Sat May 7 — $7.6K +18.2% −63.1% $63.7M 49 $155 79

Sun May 8 — $5.7K −25.4% −46.8% $63.7M 49 $116 80

Mon May 9 — $1.8K −68.0% −54.0% $63.7M 49 $37 81

Tue May 10 — $2.3K +26.0% −51.9% $63.7M 49 $47 82

Wed May 11 — $2.2K −2.0% −51.4% $63.7M 49 $46 83

Thu May 12 — $2.3K +4.0% −47.3% $63.7M 49 $47 84

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

Cumulative total$63.6M

Feb 18Mar 7Mar 25Apr 11Apr 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $91.0K

$21.9M

$12.6M

$6.5M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$646.3K

$228.5K

$276.0K

$170.9K

$91.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,043 → 162 −94.7%

3,043 open162 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.8%

−42.5%

W1→2

−48.1%

W2→3

−48.4%

W3→4

−62.0%

W4→5

−49.5%

W5→6

−64.6%

W6→7

+20.8%

W7→8

−38.1%

W8→9

−46.8%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +20.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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