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Genres

Hostage

1980-Present
Movies about the interaction between hostage and captor.



RowRankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 2 Argo WB $136,024,128 3,247 $19,458,109 3,232 10/12/12
2 4 Collateral DW $101,005,703 3,205 $24,701,458 3,188 8/6/04
3 5 Olympus Has Fallen FD $96,902,681 3,106 $30,373,794 3,098 3/22/13
4 8 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Sony $65,452,312 3,077 $23,373,102 3,074 6/12/09
5 1 Air Force One Sony $172,956,409 2,981 $37,132,505 2,919 7/25/97
6 7 John Q. NL $71,756,802 2,505 $20,275,194 2,466 2/15/02
7 11 Phone Booth Fox $46,566,212 2,489 $15,021,088 2,481 4/4/03
8 17 Saving Silverman Sony $19,402,030 2,467 $7,411,852 2,467 2/9/01
9 12 The Negotiator WB $44,547,681 2,436 $10,218,831 2,436 7/31/98
10 20 Lockout FD $14,326,864 2,335 $6,231,836 2,308 4/13/12
11 19 Excess Baggage Sony $14,515,490 2,211 $6,309,583 2,211 8/29/97
12 22 Mad City WB $10,541,523 2,194 $4,649,742 2,194 11/7/97
13 14 Hostage Mira. $34,639,939 2,183 $10,214,734 2,123 3/11/05
14 3 Speed Fox $121,248,145 2,169 $14,456,194 2,138 6/10/94
15 10 The River Wild Uni. $46,816,343 2,153 $10,214,450 2,074 9/30/94
16 16 From Dusk Till Dawn Mira. $25,836,616 2,007 $10,240,805 2,004 1/19/96
17 13 Nothing to Lose BV $44,480,039 1,888 $11,617,767 1,862 7/18/97
18 15 Cadillac Man Orion $27,627,310 1,878 $6,712,079 1,826 5/18/90
19 23 Celtic Pride BV $9,255,027 1,836 $3,809,248 1,832 4/19/96
20 6 Die Hard Fox $83,008,852 1,713 $601,851 21 7/15/88
21 25 House Arrest MGM $7,032,782 1,623 $2,275,808 1,623 8/16/96
22 9 Misery Col. $61,276,872 1,370 $10,076,834 1,244 11/30/90
23 18 Toy Soldiers TriS $15,073,942 1,358 $4,182,300 1,350 4/26/91
24 27 Airheads Fox $5,751,882 1,229 $1,911,739 1,228 8/5/94
25 30 A Life Less Ordinary Fox $4,366,722 1,208 $2,007,279 1,207 10/24/97
26 31 Desperate Hours (1990) MGM $2,742,912 1,033 $1,367,657 1,033 10/5/90
27 28 Birthday Girl Mira. $5,142,576 1,000 $2,370,809 1,000 2/1/02
28 24 Runaway Train Can. $7,683,620 965 $2,601,480 965 12/6/85
29 21 The Ref BV $11,439,193 861 $3,044,097 701 3/9/94
30 32 Faithful NL $2,104,439 803 $967,956 803 4/5/96
31 29 Held Up Trim. $4,705,631 688 $1,911,007 688 5/12/00
32 26 The Clearing FoxS $5,763,875 449 $472,781 56 7/2/04
33 33 Suicide Kings Art. $1,740,156 152 $558,081 135 4/17/98
34 38 S.F.W. Gram. $63,513 44 $44,227 44 1/20/95
35 36 Secuestro Express Mira. $307,208 34 $45,928 8 8/5/05
36 34 Swimming with Sharks Trim. $382,928 13 $34,703 4 4/21/95
37 35 Albino Alligator Mira. $339,379 12 $101,176 12 1/17/97
38 37 Malevolence PZR $127,287 10 $13,445 2 9/10/04
39 39 Trespass (2011) MNE $24,094 10 $16,816 10 10/14/11
40 41 ATM IFC $3,010 2 $2,034 2 4/6/12
41 40 The 24th Day Scre. $14,460 1 $2,001 1 5/14/04
42 42 The Dark Hours N/A $423 1 $338 1 10/13/05
TOTAL (All Movies):$1,322,997,010----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$31,499,9291,451$7,310,3031,383-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$1,314,230,677----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$42,394,5381,943$10,171,3111,926-



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UPCOMING RELEASES
Title (click to view)StudioRelease Date
White House Down Sony 6/28/13