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

Taken 2

Name: Taken 2
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2012-09-27
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, D. B. Sweeney

Hollywood20121h 31mEnglishTop 56% of Hollywood budgets

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380th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 76
Return on budget: 88
Audience rating: 22
Momentum: 46

Out-grossed 76% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($376M).
Returned 8.4× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 46th percentile.
Audience rating 6.4 from 7,302 votes, the 22nd percentile.

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Cost: $45M
Took: $376M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 2.7 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Released: 27 September 2012
Runtime: 1h 31m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 23 credits

Liam NeesonBryan Mills
Maggie GraceKim Mills
Famke JanssenLenore St. John
Leland OrserSam Gilroy
D. B. SweeneyBernie Harris
Jon GriesMark Casey

Made by

Director: Olivier Megaton
Screenplay: Robert Mark Kamen, Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Original Music Composer: Nathaniel Méchaly
Director of Photography: Romain Lacourbas
Producer: Luc Besson

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