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Taken(2008)
Released
2008 · FILM

Taken

A retired CIA operative must track his daughter across Europe after discovering she's gone missing following a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger, forcing him to confront the dangers lurking beneath the surface of her seemingly innocent journey.

“They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.”

Directed by
Pierre Morel, Marion Angebaud
Written by
Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Rated
BBFC · 18
Runtime
90 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is attempting to rebuild a relationship with his teenage daughter, Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to allow Kim to travel to Paris on vacation with a friend, his fears are realized when, shortly after her arrival, she and her friend are kidnapped by a human trafficking gang. Using his extensive training and skills, Bryan works against the clock to track down the gang and launch a solo mission to rescue his daughter.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 267+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Frederic ThoravalShot by Michel AbramowiczScored by Nathaniel MechalyDesigned by Hugues TissandierSound by Alessandro CheccacciCostumes by Corinne Bruand

Box Office

2008 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$226.8M

Budget$25.0M
Worldwide gross$226.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $145.0M — 64% of worldwide · International: $81.8M (36%)

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • unrated· 93 min

Also known as

  • 96 Hoursde
  • 96 Hours - Takende
  • 96 Stundende
  • 96 Hoursen
  • Io vi troveròit
  • (English)Taken
  • (Bulgarian)Твърде лично
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • FranceFeb 16, 2008
  • IndiaFeb 27, 2008
  • IsraelMar 20, 2008
  • ChinaApr 9, 2008

Companies

ProductionEuropaCorp, M6 Films, Grive Productions

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