<P> The film debuted in the number three spot with approximately US $25 million at the box office in the United States in its opening weekend, in what The New York Times called "an unusually quiet weekend at the box office because of soft ticket sales for The Taking of Pelham 123". The film was beaten out by The Hangover and Up for the number one and number two spots . The Taking of Pelham 123 had a production budget of $100 million, and was co--financed with Relativity Media and Sony Pictures . Ben Fritz of the Los Angeles Times commented on the box office results of the film's opening weekend ($23,373,102): "Although far from disastrous, that's a soft start for a film budgeted at more than $100 million ." As of September 2011, the film has managed to earn $150,166,126 worldwide . </P> <Ul> <Li> Film portal </Li> </Ul> <P> DVD and Blu - ray versions of the movie with bonus features were released on November 3, 2009 . The film opened up at #3 at the DVD sales chart, making $14.1 m off 919,000 DVD units in the first week of release . These features included commentaries and behind - the - scenes featurettes . In South Korea, DVD, and Blu - ray were released on October 23, 2009 . </P>

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