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Taking Lives

Taking Lives
2004
 103 minutes (1 hrs 43 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Angelina Jolie · Ethan Hawke · Kiefer Sutherland · Gena Rowlands · Olivier Martinez · Tcheky Karyo

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 19th March 2004
Greece release date Greece release: 19th March 2004
Hong Kong release date Hong Kong release: 25th March 2004

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 23rd Apr '04
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £317.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 19th Mar '04
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: $11.5 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 10

Chart position history

UK box office

23 Apr, 2004
5
30 Apr, 2004
10

US box office

19 Mar, 2004
3
26 Mar, 2004
6
2 Apr, 2004
10

Global box office

Certificates

US
Unrated

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £723.1 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $32.7 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Taking Lives Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

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Ethan Hawke's Best Ever Horror Movies  Screen Rant Thu, 4th September 2025

Taking Lives : An Interview with Ethan Hawke  Blackfilm.com Fri, 9th November 2012

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 24th October 2025, there are 8 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Black Phone 2 from the top of the North American box office.

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
  • Queens of the Dead
  • Regretting You
  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
  • Shelby Oaks
  • Hedda
  • Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
  • Blue Moon

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

  • The movie is directed by Scott Cooper, it is the directors 7th movie.
  • Scott Cooper also directed Out of the Furnace in 2013 and grossed $15.7 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Jeremy Allen White who also starred in Viena and the Fantomes (2020).
  • The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was The Apprentice (2024).
  • Scott Cooper directed Jeremy Strong in and Black Mass
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Queens of the Dead

  • The movie is from director Tina Romero.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Jaquel Spivey who also starred in Mean Girls (2024).
  • The film also stars Katy O'Brian who's last movie was Mission:Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

Regretting You

  • The movie is directed by Josh Boone, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Josh Boone also directed Stuck In Love in 2013.
  • It stars Mason Thames who also starred in Incoming (2024).
  • The film also stars Mckenna Grace who's last movie was Anniversary (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

  • The movie is from director Michelle Garza Cervera.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead who also starred in Kate (2021).
  • The film also stars Maika Monroe who's last movie was Longlegs (2024).
  • This movie is released on streaming platforms.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Shelby Oaks

  • The movie is from director Chris Stuckmann.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Sarah Durn who also starred in Renfield (2023).
  • The film also stars Mason Heidger who's last movie was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Hedda

  • The movie is directed by Nia DaCosta, it is the directors 5th movie.
  • Nia DaCosta also directed The Marvels in 2023 which grossed $84.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $206.1 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Tessa Thompson who also starred in Janelle Monae Dirty Computer (2018).
  • The film also stars Nina Hoss who's last movie was Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2023).
  • Nia DaCosta directed Tessa Thompson in Little Woods, and The Marvels
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

  • The movie is from director Tatsuya Yoshihara.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Kikunosuke Toya who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Tomori Kusunoki who's last movie was Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

Blue Moon

  • The movie is directed by Richard Linklater, it is the directors 26th movie.
  • Richard Linklater also directed Where'd You Go, Bernadette in 2019 which grossed $9.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $11 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Ethan Hawke who also starred in Taking Lives (2004).
  • The film also stars Margaret Qualley who's last movie was Honey Don't! (2025).
  • Richard Linklater directed Ethan Hawke in Fast Food Nation, Tape, Before Midnight, Before Sunset, Boyhood, Waking Life, The Newton Boys, and Before Sunrise
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 3 new movies released

  • Stitch Head - Wednesday, 29th October
  • Anniversary - Wednesday, 29th October
  • Bugonia - Friday, 31st October