Taken (2008)

Directed by
	Pierre Morel

Starring
	Liam Neeson
	Maggie Grace
	Leland Orser
	Jon Gries
	David Warshofsky
	Holly Valance
	Katie Cassidy
	Famke Janssen

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UK Box Office Info

Highest Place
2

Weeks top 15
6

Total weeks
6

Total UK Gross:

£6,277,639

UK Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

Taken

26 Sep 2008

£1,165,986

3 Oct 2008

2▲▼

£1,096,324

£3,104,042

10 Oct 2008

4▼

£790,670

£4,527,090

17 Oct 2008

6▼

£530,578

£5,525,386

24 Oct 2008

8▼

£260,342

£6,046,921

31 Oct 2008

13▼

£54,499

£6,277,639

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info

Highest Place
1

Weeks at No.1
1

Weeks top 15
11

Total Weeks
14

Total US Gross:

$145,000,989

North American Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

30 Jan 2009

$24,717,037

6 Feb 2009

2▼

$20,547,346

$53,610,944

13 Feb 2009

3▼

$18,985,260

$77,660,012

22 Feb 2009

3▼

$11,281,262

$95,034,161

27 Feb 2009

4▼

$9,864,197

$107,796,273

6 Mar 2009

3▲

$7,334,814

$117,933,922

13 Mar 2009

4▼

$6,568,651

$126,752,054

20 Mar 2009

7▼

$4,057,695

$133,096,403

27 Mar 2009

9▼

$2,695,342

$137,068,886

1 May 2009

13▼

$896,888

$143,623,907

8 May 2009

15▼

$448,375

$144,197,013

5 Jun 2009

41▼

$33,394

$144,924,285

12 Jun 2009

61▼

$15,297

$144,956,351

19 Jun 2009

66▼

$10,218

$144,977,147

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History

No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown

No global box office info

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Genres

Action

Thriller

Popular in these countries

Brazil
Vietnam
Germany
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Films in series

Taken / 2008

Directed By

Pierre Morel

Starring

Liam Neeson • Maggie Grace • Leland Orser

UK gross: £6,277,639
US gross: $145,000,989
Global gross: $226,830,568

Taken 2 / 2012

Directed By

Olivier Megaton

Starring

Liam Neeson • Maggie Grace • Famke Janssen

UK gross: £23,458,794
US gross: $139,854,287
Global gross: $373,952,971

Tak3n / 2015

Directed By

Olivier Megaton

Starring

Liam Neeson • Forest Whitaker • Famke Janssen

UK gross: £17,456,640
US gross: $89,256,424
Global gross: $325,771,424

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