Taken
They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim.After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true.While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers.
- Director
- Pierre Morel
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $227M
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Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
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Box Office & Release
Taken returned 9.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $227M
- Release date
- Feb 18, 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- France, United States of America
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