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.
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Cast
64 people
Denzel Washington
Walter Garber
Known for
The Equalizer
Training Day
John Travolta
Ryder
Known for
Pulp Fiction
Bolt
John Turturro
Lt. Camonetti
Known for
Severance
The Night Of
Luis Guzmán
Phil Ramos
Known for
Wednesday
Narcos
James Gandolfini
Mayor
Known for
The Sopranos
The Drop
Michael Rispoli
John Johnson
Known for
The Deuce
Cherry
Gary Basaraba
Jerry Pollard, motorman
Known for
Unfaithful
The Irishman
Alex Kaluzhsky
George, teen hostage
Known for
Solitary Man
Alice Kremelberg
George's Girlfriend
Known for
The Sinner
The Boroughs
Katherine Sigismund
Mother-hostage
Known for
Alien Abduction
Jake Siciliano
Boy hostage
Known for
The Affair
Shame
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Wallace, hostage
Known for
The Wire
The Old Man
Tony Scott Director · Brian Helgeland Screenplay John Godey Author
Worldwide gross $150M · Budget $100M · United States release June 11, 2009
Box office
Budget
$100,000,000
Worldwide gross
$150,166,126
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Escape Artists
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production
Relativity Media
Production · Studio
Scott Free Productions
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 4, 2009
Premiere · Westwood, California
United States · June 11, 2009
Theatrical
Argentina
July 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Australia
August 27, 2009 · Theatrical
Austria
September 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 29, 2009 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
September 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Canada
June 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Chile
September 11, 2009 · Theatrical
China
October 15, 2009 · Theatrical
Colombia
September 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Croatia
August 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Cyprus
September 17, 2009 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 13, 2009 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Egypt
June 10, 2009 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
Finland
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
France
July 29, 2009 · Theatrical
October 9, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
Germany
September 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Greece
July 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Iceland
August 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Indonesia
August 12, 2009 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
Israel
July 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Italy
September 18, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
August 20, 2009 · Premiere · Tokyo
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Kuwait
June 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Latvia
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Lebanon
June 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Lithuania
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
Malaysia
July 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Morocco
July 29, 2009 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 6, 2009 · Theatrical
January 7, 2010 · Physical · DVd, Blu ray
April 1, 2011 · TV · RTL 5
New Zealand
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Norway
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Panama
August 28, 2009 · Theatrical
Peru
August 27, 2009 · Theatrical
Philippines
June 12, 2009 · Theatrical
Poland
August 21, 2009 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Romania
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Russia
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Singapore
June 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Slovakia
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Slovenia
October 3, 2009 · Theatrical
South Africa
September 23, 2009 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 11, 2009 · Theatrical
Spain
July 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 5, 2009 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 29, 2009 · Theatrical · French
September 18, 2009 · Theatrical · Italian
September 24, 2009 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
June 12, 2009 · Theatrical
Türkiye
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
Ukraine
August 27, 2009 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
June 11, 2009 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 31, 2009 · Theatrical
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