The 20thCentury Fox film "Taken 3" starring Liam Neeson is now on its third movie release. The movie gathered a total of $1.6 million on its premiere night on Jan. 8, Thursday on over 2,499 theaters in the United States.
In 2012, "Taken 2" only gathered $1.5 million outperformed by the movie, "Lone Survivor" that has a record of $37.8 million over the weekend and a total of $145 million on its opening week.
Financed by EuropaCorp amounting $48 million, "Taken 3" earned almost $30 million from over 3,593 cinemas on its first week.
On the other hand, the film "Selma" starring Oprah Winfrey and Cuba Gooding JR. pertains to the history of the Black Americans. It has earned $15 million within the second week that started to show from 22 to 2,179 cinemas since Christmas.
Moreover, the movie "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" gained the third place at the box office having earned $13 million within the weekend. Since the picture was released, it gained $1.4 million. However, on Jan. 8, Thursday, in just 23 days it grossed $227.1 million. The movie was about the journeys of the class who wants to protect the forbidden and the most powerful ring, which made the race of Humans, Elves, Dwarfs, Goblins, Orcs, Witches and Wizards, have a war. Now, those races were divided into two, the good and the evil.
Apparently, the third installment of the film franchise "Taken" managed to beat the third and final trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy "The Hobbit."