“Taken” has overtaken the box office crown and swiped the weekend sales away from “Paul Blart: Mall Cop“.
“Taken” drew in $24,65,000 in this weekend’s box office, leaving the second spot for Paul Blart. Also new in the theaters is “The Uninvited“, which took third place in it’s first week. “Hotel For Dogs” is in it’s third week and landed the fourth spot, leaving the fifth spot for Clint Eastwood’s flick, “Gran Torino“.
“Taken” stars Liam Neeson as Bryan, an ex-CIA spy and father of kidnapping victim, Kim. Kim and her friend Amanda take a trip to Europe where Amanda gets kidnapped, and subsequently, so does Kim. Amanda dies from a heroin overdose and Kim gets sold into sex slavery.
Bryan tells the kidnappers that if they let his daughter go, he won’t track them down and kill them. Things apparently don’t go as planned, and you can see where this is going.
The funny movie took over the box office and knocked out Clint Eastwood’s movie, “Gran Torino” from the top slot.
Paul Blart works as a security guard at a New Jersey mall and has applied for years to become a cop, but was denied due to his weight. One day, a gang of organized criminals take hostages in the mall and he becomes the eyes and ears of the police force, inside the mall.
So he basically has to pull a “Die Hard” and take out the criminals on his own.
Clint Eastwood’s rumored last movie, “Gran Torino” has taken charge of the box office this past weekend with $29,025,000 in profits.
The movie has taken down the two-week strong hold that “Marley & Me” had over the holidays and has a nice steady lead over “Bride Wars” and “The Unborn (2009)“.
“Gran Torino” stars Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran, a widower, and an anti-hero. He takes on the neighborhood gangs, but shuns being called a hero. He’s a gun-toting racist with thoughtless children who want to put him a nursing home on his birthday. My favorite part of the trailer is him yelling at the thugs to “get off of my lawn.”
Here’s the recap of the weekend box office chart:
This looks like a really good movie and people came out in droves to see it. I’m going to put this on my list of must-see movies.
