| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Taken | $145,000,989 | 3,184 | $24,717,037 | 3,183 | Jan 30, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Ransom | $136,492,681 | 2,768 | $34,216,088 | 2,676 | Nov 8, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | Man on Fire | $77,911,774 | 2,986 | $22,751,490 | 2,980 | Apr 21, 2004 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | Along Came a Spider | $74,078,174 | 2,573 | $16,712,407 | 2,530 | Apr 6, 2001 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Misery | $61,276,872 | 1,370 | $10,076,834 | 1,244 | Nov 30, 1990 | Columbia Pictures |
| 6 | Prisoners | $61,002,302 | 3,290 | $20,817,053 | 3,260 | Sep 20, 2013 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Kiss the Girls | $60,527,873 | 2,406 | $13,215,167 | 2,271 | Oct 3, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Don't Say a Word | $55,001,642 | 2,842 | $17,090,474 | 2,802 | Sep 28, 2001 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | Breakdown | $50,159,144 | 2,348 | $12,307,128 | 2,108 | May 2, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Firewall | $48,751,189 | 2,840 | $13,635,463 | 2,840 | Feb 10, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Savages | $47,382,068 | 2,635 | $16,016,910 | 2,628 | Jul 6, 2012 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Commando | $35,100,000 | 1,504 | $7,700,015 | 1,495 | Oct 4, 1985 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | Proof of Life | $32,598,931 | 2,705 | $10,207,869 | 2,705 | Dec 8, 2000 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | A Perfect World | $31,130,999 | 1,964 | $8,075,582 | 1,964 | Nov 24, 1993 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | Kidnap | $30,971,040 | 2,418 | $10,016,323 | 2,378 | Aug 4, 2017 | Aviron Pictures |
| 16 | The Missing | $27,011,180 | 2,756 | $10,833,633 | 2,756 | Nov 26, 2003 | Revolution Studios |
| 17 | Gone Baby Gone | $20,300,218 | 1,713 | $2,299,000 | 1,713 | Oct 19, 2007 | Miramax |
| 18 | Frantic | $17,637,950 | 1,101 | $4,359,424 | 1,101 | Feb 26, 1988 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Not Without My Daughter | $14,789,113 | 1,141 | $3,804,055 | 1,137 | Jan 11, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 20 | The Deep End of the Ocean | $13,898,649 | 1,907 | $5,558,400 | 1,907 | Mar 12, 1999 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | Target | $9,023,199 | 1,085 | $2,670,522 | 1,085 | Nov 8, 1985 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Trapped | $7,073,251 | 2,227 | $3,210,765 | 2,227 | Sep 20, 2002 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | The Rescue | $5,855,392 | 1,275 | $2,194,037 | 1,275 | Aug 5, 1988 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | The Clearing | $5,763,875 | 449 | $472,781 | 56 | Jul 2, 2004 | - |
| 25 | Spartan | $4,434,432 | 832 | $2,011,435 | 832 | Mar 12, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | Man on Fire | $519,596 | 178 | $258,812 | 178 | Oct 9, 1987 | TriStar Pictures |
| 27 | Stolen | $304,318 | 141 | $183,125 | 141 | Sep 14, 2012 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 28 | The Silence | $100,214 | 11 | $7,992 | 2 | Mar 8, 2013 | Music Box Films |
| 29 | No One Lives | $74,918 | 53 | $47,800 | 53 | May 10, 2013 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 30 | Not Forgotten | $53,744 | 4 | $10,930 | 1 | May 1, 2009 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 31 | Keane | $33,256 | 5 | $6,151 | 1 | Sep 9, 2005 | Magnolia Pictures |
