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. 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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3 films
Cast
39 people
Liam Neeson
Bryan Mills
Known for
Schindler's List
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Maggie Grace
Kim Mills
Known for
Fear the Walking Dead
Lost
Famke Janssen
Lenore St. John
Known for
X-Men
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Olivier Rabourdin
Jean-Claude Pitrel
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
Black Box
Katie Cassidy
Amanda
Known for
Arrow
Monte Carlo
Nicolas Giraud
Peter
Known for
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
High Lane
Leland Orser
Sam Gilroy
Known for
The Guest
The Bone Collector
Jon Gries
Mark Casey
Known for
The White Lotus
Fallout
Holly Valance
Sheerah
Known for
DOA: Dead or Alive
Neighbours
David Warshofsky
Bernie Harris
Known for
Now You See Me
Captain Phillips
Gérard Watkins
Patrice Saint-Clair
Known for
Love Me If You Dare
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Arben Bajraktaraj
Marko Hoxha
Known for
Survive
Missions
Pierre Morel Director · Luc Besson Writer Robert Mark Kamen Writer
Worldwide gross $227M · Budget $25M · United States release January 30, 2009
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$226,830,568
Gross vs. budget
9.1×
Production
EuropaCorp
Production
M6 Films
Production
Grive Productions
Production
Seaside Film Taken
Production
All Pictures Media
Production
M6
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
TPS Star
Production
Wintergreen Productions
Production
France · United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Albanian · Arabic · English · French
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 2008
Theatrical
United States · January 30, 2009
Theatrical
Australia
August 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 19, 2008 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
September 26, 2008 · Theatrical
Canada
January 30, 2009 · Theatrical
Czechia
October 16, 2008 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 27, 2009 · Theatrical
Finland
January 9, 2009 · Theatrical
France
February 27, 2008 · Theatrical
November 26, 2008 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
July 27, 2020 · Digital · VOD
June 15, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
February 25, 2022 · Digital · Disney+
March 12, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
Greece
June 18, 2009 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 19, 2009 · Digital
Ireland
September 26, 2008 · Theatrical
Israel
September 29, 2013 · Theatrical
Italy
August 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
August 22, 2009 · Theatrical
Lithuania
April 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 16, 2008 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 3, 2008 · Theatrical
March 18, 2009 · Physical · DVD
January 12, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
February 25, 2011 · TV · RTL 5
Panama
September 19, 2008 · Theatrical
Poland
August 15, 2008 · Digital
Portugal
October 30, 2008 · Theatrical
Romania
May 16, 2008 · Digital
Slovakia
December 11, 2008 · Theatrical · English
May 1, 2010 · TV · Slovak · Markíza
June 14, 2023 · Digital · Slovak · VOYO
South Korea
April 9, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
August 8, 2008 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 18, 2008 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 26, 2008 · Theatrical
Vietnam
February 27, 2009 · Theatrical
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