G321 - Taken Research

Taken was an action thriller whose narrative focused on a retired CIA agent who travels across Europe to save his daughter, who was kidnapped during a holiday to Paris. The cast was relatively unknown at the time of filming, par main protagonist Liam Neeson. However, with a $25,000,000 budget from EuropaCorp, M6 Films and Grive Productions, Taken seemed like it would do pretty well at the box office. Unfortunately, Taken did not do as well as Se7en at, receiving a mere £1,165,986 in it's opening weekend in the UK and only grossing £6,277,639 in the UK. Taken only won 1 award and was nominated for just 1 other. However, it lead on to a franchise which has grossed $894,535,633 worldwide so far.

This has helped me to realise that a film can benefit more from sequels than a singular film, however the first film must be good enough to generate an initial fan base.