Taken Articles

Liam Neeson in Pierre Morel's Taken (top); John Travolta, Melissa Mars, Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Morel's From Paris with Love (bottom) French productions and co-productions sold 17.9% fewer tickets abroad in 2010 when compared to 2009, according to uniFrance, which promotes French cinema around the world. French films sold an estimated 57.2m tickets internationally in 2010. Of those, 13m were sold in the United States [...]

Monsters vs. Aliens easily destroyed its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a whopping $58.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. DreamWorks Animation’s latest 3D-animated adventure follows a group of monsters assisting the U.S. government in the destruction of a ruthless alien leader. The film’s voice cast includes Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen and Hugh Laurie. Debuting at No. [...]

Knowing emerged as the champion at the North American box office this weekend with $24.8 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Alex Proyas’ apocalyptic thriller celebrated the widest release this week at 3,332 locations, taking the No. 1 spot as early as Friday. In the film, Nicolas Cage tries to prevent a series of global disasters.  Debuting in second place was John [...]

Taken (2008) Direction: Pierre Morel Screenplay: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Katie Cassidy, Olivier Rabourdin     Taken, directed by Pierre Morel and written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, is a remarkably effective action thriller. Liam Neeson stars as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA agent who quit his job so as to salvage his [...]