Taken 3 storms box office in opening weekend as nine films break million-dollar mark

Miranda Ward

January 12, 2015 5:06

Liam Neeson’s latest movie Taken 3 stormed the box office in its opening weekend, pulling in $5.580m across 287 screens on a weekend where the top nine movies each broke the million-dollar mark at the box office.

Since its premiere on Thursday, the action thriller has made $5.687m.

Another newcomer to the box office was Disney’s musical Into the Woods which pulled in $3.572m across 276 screens pushing The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies into third place.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.