Thriller "Taken 2" grabs movie box office crown
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Liam Neeson thriller "Taken 2" captured the No. 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with a brawny $50 million take from theaters in the United States and Canada.www.reuters.com
'Taken 2' nabs $50 mil to double predecessor's debut take
Not that there was ever much doubt of Liam Neeson being a box office badass, but this weekend's estimated $105 million global gross for Fox's "Taken 2," including a powerful $50 million Stateside debut, should more than silence any lagging doubters.www.variety.com
'Taken 2' is mistaken sequel, film reviewer says
"Taken 2" is so bad it feels as though producer and co-writer Luc Besson swept up odds and ends cut from the first movie and slapped them together between a few new scenes shot with Neeson's retired CIA guy Bryan Mills, his daughter (Maggie Grace) and ...www.dailyfreeman.com
'Taken 2' Tops Box Office With $50 Million Opening Weekend
'Taken 2'. Sitting through the film was torturous for Alonso Duralde: <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/taken-2-review-shoddy-sequel-has-particular-set-stupid-59121">"Less a movie than it is a cinematic waterboarding." </a> ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Foreign Box Office: 'Taken 2' Takes Top Spot Overseas, Grossing $55.2 Million ...
Taken 2 opened No. 1 in at least a dozen foreign territories including the U.K. ($12.1 million including previews at 807 sites), Australia ($8.2 million at 365 locales, Fox's biggest market opening of 2012) and Mexico ($2.55 million at 761 situations ...www.hollywoodreporter.com
Neeson Gets Revenge Again as Fox's 'Taken 2' Leads Weekend
"Taken 2" is the third Fox film to open in first place this year, following the science-fiction tale "Chronicle" and the animated "Ice Age: Continental Drift.www.businessweek.com
Box Office: 'Taken 2' has a monster $50 million weekend
"Taken 2" is the sequel to the January 2009 surprise hit that grossed a shocking $145 million domestically. Critics were actually less kind to "Taken 2" than the original, but audiences didn't seem to care. The tease of watching Liam Neeson go after ...www.hitfix.com
Box Office: 'Taken 2' Takes Top Spot
Box Office: 'Taken 2' Takes Top Spot. October 07, 2012 Movies. "Taken 2," the kidnapping thriller starring Liam Neeson, nabbed the top spot at the box office, earning $50 million in the U.S.www.extratv.com
'Taken 2,' 'Frankenweenie,' 'Pitch Perfect' (Review Revue)
This week at the multiplex, we've got a kidnapping plot ("Taken 2," starring Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen), a reanimated pooch (Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie," with voice work from Winona Ryder and Martin Landau), and a cappella all-stars ("Pitch ...blogs.wsj.com
Weekend Box Office: 'Taken 2' Tops the Weekend
Liam Neeson returned as kick ass, take no prisoners mega-dad Bryan Mills who wreaked havoc on his adversaries both on screen and in theaters with Twentieth Century Fox's Taken 2. This PG-13 action crime drama turns the tables as Mills and his wife are ...www.hollywood.com
'Taken 2' rakes in the dough to win the weekend box office
According to ComingSoon.net, Taken 2 became the third best opening weekend ever in October, coming just short of last year's Paranormal Activity 3 and Jackass 3D.thecelebritycafe.com
'Taken 2' Takes Early Weekend Box Office Lead
Coming up behind "Taken 2" was last weekend's box office winner "Hotel Transylvania," which generated $6.5 million in ticket sales, with college musical "Pitch Perfect" pacing in third with $4.9 million.www.huffingtonpost.com
'Taken 2' Blows Away Box-Office And Critics With $50M
"Taken 2" was the biggest reason the overall box office was up more than 40 percent over the same weekend last year, the second week in a row it's been in positive territory.www.thewrap.com
"Taken 2" reviews are uniformly critical
"Taken 2," the sequel to the 2008 action thriller starring Liam Neeson, his theaters today and critics are panning the film for not being different from its predecessor.www.cbsnews.com
'Taken 2′ Review: Unoriginal and Filled with Holes
To quote Liam Neeson's now-famous line from "Taken," "Taken 2″ has a particular set of skills. And it's no good at any of them.abcnews.go.com
Taken 2, Frankenweenie, Pitch Perfect New in Theaters This Weekend
Of the new releases, I highly recommend the anti-Glee movie and I recommend the reanimated dog movie (although I think it's both too sad and too scary for the little ones).movies.about.com
'Taken 2' takes audiences hostage
Now that he knows the man behind their kidnapping is the father of the villain who took Kim, he chooses to rescue his daughter first.theclackamasprint.net
Liam Neeson's 'Taken 2' opens with big weekend - VIDEO
On Friday, the film's opening day in the US, 'Taken 2' took in an estimated $17.3 million, nearly securing its place as top spot for the weekend.www.irishcentral.com
"Taken 2" and the spy-movie problem
Luc Besson and Liam Neeson and the rest of the furriners who made the inept and offensive "Taken 2" don't seem to have gotten the memo from Jason Bourne: Americans don't think our spooks are good guys anymore.www.salon.com
Taken 2 – Review
Someone at Fox must've thought this was the unhappy ending and wanted to let the former CIA operative walk away with everything; thus comes Taken 2. It really should've been called Taken 2: The Search For More Money to use an old Spaceballs gag.insidepulse.com
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