The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today.
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Worldwide
- $150M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
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Box Office & Release
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $100M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $150M
- Release date
- Jun 10, 2009
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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