US release: 8th January 2010
Canada release: 11th September 2009
Ireland release: 8th January 2010
£4.2 Million 
$30.1 Million 
$51.4 Million A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.
A year ago (2019) -
Making its debut at the top was Stan And Ollie starring John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.
The film with the longest run was A Star Is Born which had been on the box office for 12 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £49,958,709 after 12 weeks of release
Five years ago (2015) -Making its debut at the top was Tak3n starring Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker.
The film with the longest run was The Imitation Game which had been on the box office for 9 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £39,201,752 after 5 weeks of release
Ten years ago (2010) -The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40,991,797 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke and Isabel Lucas which entered the box office at number 3.
The film with the longest run was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which had been on the box office for 8 weeks .
Fifteen years ago (2005) -Making its debut at the top was White Noise starring Michael Keaton and Chandra West.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which had taken £35,612,127 over 9 weeks of release
Twenty years ago (2000) -Making its debut at the top was Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
The film with the longest run was Tarzan which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £25,453,243 after 7 weeks of release
Twenty five years ago (1995) -Making its debut at the top was Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,160,883 over 14 weeks of release
Thirty years ago (1990) -Making its debut at the top was Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen.
The film with the longest run was The Abyss which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,723,429 after 12 weeks of release
Like it's predecessor Taken 3, or Tak3n as it's known, debuts at the top of the box office on it's debut week of release.
Tak3n's debut in the UK makes an excellent £6.7 on it's debut weekend, it's predecessor, Taken 2, took £7.3 million on it's debut while Taken, a sleeper hit, took £1.1 million.
Tak3n knocks last week top film, The theory of Everything down to number 3 this week, the Stephen Hawkins bio-pic has now taken nearly £8 million.
Entering at 2 is Disney's latest film Into The Woods while The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Paddington finish of the top 5.
Historical box office
A year ago - 12 Years A Slave was the debut top film of the week among major Oscar buzz, it knocked American Hustle down to number 2.
Five years ago - Avatar spent yet another week at the top of the box office while the top new film of the week was Daybreakers at number 3.
Ten years ago - White Noise made it's debut at the top of the box office knocking The Incredibles from the top to number 4.
Fifteen years ago - Tim Burtons Sleepy Hollow made it's debut at the top of the box office, it finally knocked long running number 1 film The World Is Not Enough off the top spot, it was at number 2.