Taking Lives

2004 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Serial Killer

Synopsis

A murder spree in Montreal, with the killer embracing his victims' identities, leads to an investigation by the FBI agent Illeana Scott. Her bond with an art dealer is crucial to solving the case.

Scores

Overall Score
74.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
80.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
85.3%
Review Aggregate
42.8

Critic Consensus

20.4% Fresh • 142 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 20% of 142 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, suspenseful, stylized. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotsuspensefulstylizeddarkfunnycharacter-drivenpsychologicalgrittyfamily-friendlypolitical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Angelina Jolie2004$3,250,000$5,396,000(est)
Ethan Hawke2004$2,000,000$3,322,000(est)
Kiefer Sutherland2004$1,506,000$2,501,000(est)
Olivier Martinez2004$1,231,000$2,045,000(est)
Tchéky Karyo2004$1,053,000$1,749,000(est)
Jean-Hugues Anglade2004$927,000$1,540,000(est)
Gena Rowlands2004$832,000$1,382,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score21.0
RT critic review count157
Rotten Tomatoes audience score54.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes99,741

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$32,682,342$54,274,489
International2004$32,788,188$54,450,264
Worldwide2004$65,470,528$108,724,750

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2004$29,456,446$48,917,350
Digital Rentals ?2004$170,000$282,313
Digital Purchases ?2004$5,000$8,303
Physical Rentals ?2004$17,883,000$29,697,709
Physical Purchases ?2004$37,417,000$62,137,180
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$8,170,586$13,568,622
Total Revenues2004$93,102,032$154,611,478
Expenses
Budget ?2004$45,000,000$74,730,018
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$19,436,000 (est)$32,276,725 (est)
Participations2004$3,724,000$6,184,324
Residuals ?2004$4,484,000$7,446,431
Interest & Overhead2004$7,650,000$12,704,103
Total Expenses2004$80,294,000$133,341,602
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$12,808,032$21,269,876

Similar Movies

Related titles based on shared genres and franchise overlap. View all similar movies
PosterMovieYearMatchOverallEst. Profit
Seven posterSeven1995Shared genres: 492.9$148,547,999
Zodiac posterZodiac2007Shared genres: 492.2$-17,361,604
Mr. Brooks posterMr. Brooks2007Shared genres: 484.0$19,495,748
The Bone Collector posterThe Bone Collector1999Shared genres: 482.8$13,302,992
The Little Things posterThe Little Things2021Shared genres: 481.0$-3,805,368