The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
“I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today.”
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Action
Studio
Escape Artists
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 performed
Budget
$100.0M
Worldwide Gross
$150.2M
Gross Profit
$50.2M
Return
1.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$25M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Walter Garber
Denzel Washington
Walter Garber
Ryder
John Travolta
Ryder
Lt. Camonetti
John Turturro
Lt. Camonetti
Phil Ramos
Luis Guzmán
Phil Ramos
Mayor
James Gandolfini
Mayor
John Johnson
Michael Rispoli
John Johnson
Jerry Pollard, motorman
Gary Basaraba
Jerry Pollard, motorman
George, teen hostage
Alex Kaluzhsky
George, teen hostage
George's Girlfriend
Alice Kremelberg
George's Girlfriend
Mother-hostage
Katherine Sigismund
Mother-hostage
Boy hostage
Jake Siciliano
Boy hostage
Wallace, hostage
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Wallace, hostage
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