Title The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Overview Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime. Tagline I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today. Genres Thriller, Drama, Crime Keywords hostage, new york city, new york subway, subway train, stock market, motorcycle crash, subway tunnel, aftercreditsstinger Production Companies Columbia Pictures, Escape Artists, Scott Free Productions, Relativity Media, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 106 Release Year 2009
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 150 million USD