Paranormal activity 3d series#

At the time of its release, it set a new opening weekend record for a film released in the month of October as well as the fall season (later surpassed by Gravity in 2013 with a weekend gross of $55.8 million). Bringing its total to $52.6 million, it set a new record for the franchise, a horror film ( Paranormal Activity 2, $40.6 million). Its total Friday gross was an estimated $26.2 million, which was the best opening day gross for a 2011 film since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in July. The film performed even better than its predecessors, grossing $8 million from midnight showings, setting yet another record for a horror film. Once again using unique social media strategy after the success of the first two films, Paranormal Activity 3 created the 'Tweet Your Scream' campaign on Twitter in preparation for the release. In some of the trailers, many of the scenes weren't shown in the final cut, which angered many of the fans. With a script written by Christopher Landon, the prequel was released on October 21, 2011. Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider produced, along with Akiva Goldsman serving as executive producer. The film was directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (who both directed the documentary Catfish). At the time during production, the film was under the name 'Sports Camp'. Principal photography began on Jand ended on August 5. Before they head upstairs, Kristi calls for Tobi and growling sounds are heard upstairs until the camera cuts out and the film ends. Lois then beckons to Kristi and Katie and tells them to get ready. Katie and Lois, in the same room as Julie's body, kill Dennis. Dennis hides with Kristi in a closet before walking into the kitchen, where Dennis, from a window, sees the women circling around a bonfire outside. He flees back to the house, with the women in pursuit, and finds Julie's limp body levitating above the ground before it is thrown at Dennis. He finds occult imagery on the walls, including the symbol from the girls' room, and discovers several women, including Lois, dressed in black. When she fails to return, Dennis goes to look for her. At 1:00 AM in Moorpark, Julie and Dennis are awoken by loud disturbances and Julie goes to investigate. She asks her mother to take them to her grandmother Lois' house in Moorpark, California, and Julie agrees after encountering frightening activity herself. The demon harms Katie until Kristi agrees to do what it asks. When Julie and Dennis return home, he informs her that the symbol belonged to a witches' coven that brainwashed girls of child-bearing age into having sons, then forced them to give up their sons and forget everything afterward, but Julie dismisses his claim. When Katie is left home with Randy, they are attacked by a black figure which violently flings furniture across the room and scratches Randy on his torso. When Kristi becomes mysteriously ill, Julie and Dennis take her to the hospital. The following night, Kristi tells Tobi they're not friends anymore.ĭennis discovers a strange symbol in the girls' closet and finds the same symbol in a book about demonology. Dennis and Julie hire a babysitter named Lisa to watch the kids, but she becomes desperate to leave due to several terrifying incidents.

After filming an earthquake in the couple's bedroom and noticing an invisible figure in the footage, Dennis is advised by his friend Randy to place cameras throughout the house.

Dennis notices that since Kristi's imaginary friend 'Tobi' appeared, strange things have been happening around the house. The VHS footage, filmed in 1988, makes up the rest of the film.Ī young Katie and Kristi are living with their mother Julie and her boyfriend Dennis (as their biological father had left them for reasons unknown). A year later, Kristi and Daniel's house is ransacked and the tapes are missing. In March 2005, Katie delivers a box of old videotapes to her pregnant sister Kristi Rey and her husband Daniel, which holds footage of young Katie and Kristi with their mother, Julie, and her boyfriend Dennis. The film broke financial records upon release, setting a new record for a midnight opening for a horror film ($8 million) and the best opening day for a horror film in the United States ($26.2 million). Paranormal Activity 3 was also Joost and Schulman's first horror film. It was released in theaters on October 21, 2011.

Paranormal activity 3d series#

It is the third (chronologically, the first) installment of the Paranormal Activity series and serves as a prequel, mostly set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films. Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American found footage supernatural horror film, directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.