'Taken' takes first place at weekend b.o.

February 01, 2009 Fox's Liam Neeson starrer "Taken" took in an impressive $24.6 million in estimated opening grosses to top domestic rankings over a weekend weakened less than expected by preoccupation with the Super Bowl. The frame's $129 million in industry coin represented a 1% improvement over last year's record Super Bowl frame, according to Nielsen. Essentially, distributors enjoyed big enough boxoffice receipts on Friday and Saturday to compensate for a football-slackened Sunday.

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