Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $104,028,807Details
International Box Office $103,011,037
Worldwide Box Office $207,039,844
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $3,581,883
Total $3,581,883
Further financial details...

Synopsis

A prequel to the first two films in the series, mostly set 18 years earlier.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$52,568,183 (50.5% of total gross)
Legs:1.98 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:50.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$5,000,000 (worldwide box office is 41.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,321 opening theaters/3,329 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $156,895,789

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 21st, 2011 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: October 21st, 2011 (Wide) (Brazil)
January 18th, 2012 (Wide) (Indonesia)
Video Release: February 14th, 2012 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: R for some violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2193, 10/12/2011)
Running Time: 81 minutes
Franchise: Paranormal Activity
Cast, crew, or production detail: Found Footage, Prequel, Prologue, Same Role, Multiple Actors
Plot point: Demons, Haunting, Non-Chronological
Social setting: Supernatural
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Blumhouse, Solana Films, Room 101
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 21, 2011 1 $52,568,183   3,321 $15,829   $52,568,183 1
Oct 28, 2011 2 $18,144,516 -65% 3,329 $5,450   $80,919,170 2
Nov 4, 2011 4 $8,333,691 -54% 3,286 $2,536   $95,116,745 3
Nov 11, 2011 8 $3,611,283 -57% 2,776 $1,301   $100,808,835 4
Nov 18, 2011 11 $1,000,518 -72% 1,402 $714   $102,619,195 5
Nov 25, 2011 23 $275,373 -72% 355 $776   $103,245,770 6
Dec 2, 2011 33 $130,883 -52% 255 $513   $103,442,444 7
Dec 9, 2011 27 $142,652 +9% 302 $472   $103,629,004 8
Dec 16, 2011 31 $91,616 -36% 206 $445   $103,783,478 9
Dec 23, 2011 42 $30,058 -67% 124 $242   $103,878,057 10
Dec 30, 2011 46 $53,544 +78% 124 $432   $103,993,239 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 20, 2011 P $8,000,000     2,200 $3,636   $8,000,000  
Oct 21, 2011 1 $26,305,745     3,321 $7,921   $26,305,745 1
Oct 22, 2011 1 $17,203,500 -35%   3,321 $5,180   $43,509,245 2
Oct 23, 2011 1 $9,058,938 -47%   3,321 $2,728   $52,568,183 3
Oct 24, 2011 1 $2,882,100 -68%   3,321 $868   $55,450,283 4
Oct 25, 2011 1 $2,868,765 n/c   3,321 $864   $58,319,048 5
Oct 26, 2011 1 $2,140,394 -25%   3,321 $645   $60,459,442 6
Oct 27, 2011 1 $2,315,212 +8%   3,321 $697   $62,774,654 7
Oct 28, 2011 2 $6,444,371 +178% -76% 3,329 $1,936   $69,219,025 8
Oct 29, 2011 2 $7,289,921 +13% -58% 3,329 $2,190   $76,508,946 9
Oct 30, 2011 2 $4,410,224 -40% -51% 3,329 $1,325   $80,919,170 10
Oct 31, 2011 1 $2,531,585 -43% -12% 3,329 $760   $83,450,755 11
Nov 1, 2011 3 $1,328,012 -48% -54% 3,329 $399   $84,778,767 12
Nov 2, 2011 3 $988,773 -26% -54% 3,329 $297   $85,767,540 13
Nov 3, 2011 2 $1,015,514 +3% -56% 3,329 $305   $86,783,054 14
Nov 4, 2011 4 $2,938,821 +189% -54% 3,286 $894   $89,721,875 15
Nov 5, 2011 4 $3,724,675 +27% -49% 3,286 $1,133   $93,446,550 16
Nov 6, 2011 5 $1,670,195 -55% -62% 3,286 $508   $95,116,745 17
Nov 7, 2011 5 $505,874 -70% -80% 3,286 $154   $95,622,619 18
Nov 8, 2011 5 $537,381 +6% -60% 3,286 $164   $96,160,000 19
Nov 9, 2011 5 $418,198 -22% -58% 3,286 $127   $96,578,198 20
Nov 10, 2011 5 $619,354 +48% -39% 3,286 $188   $97,197,552 21
Nov 11, 2011 8 $1,383,951 +123% -53% 2,776 $499   $98,581,503 22
Nov 12, 2011 8 $1,533,769 +11% -59% 2,776 $553   $100,115,272 23
Nov 13, 2011 8 $693,563 -55% -58% 2,776 $250   $100,808,835 24
Nov 14, 2011 8 $209,403 -70% -59% 2,776 $75   $101,018,238 25
Nov 15, 2011 8 $231,869 +11% -57% 2,776 $84   $101,250,107 26
Nov 16, 2011 8 $193,656 -16% -54% 2,776 $70   $101,443,763 27
Nov 17, 2011 8 $174,914 -10% -72% 2,776 $63   $101,618,677 28
Nov 18, 2011 10 $333,285 +91% -76% 2,776 $120   $101,951,962 29
Nov 19, 2011 11 $444,008 +33% -71% 2,776 $160   $102,395,970 30
Nov 20, 2011 11 $223,225 -50% -68% 2,776 $80   $102,619,195 31
Nov 21, 2011 11 $106,055 -52% -49% 2,776 $38   $102,725,250 32
Nov 22, 2011 11 $139,353 +31% -40% 2,776 $50   $102,864,603 33
Nov 23, 2011 - $55,064 -60% -72% 355 $155   $102,919,667 34
Nov 24, 2011 - $50,730 -8% -71% 355 $143   $102,970,397 35
Nov 25, 2011 - $112,722 +122% -66% 355 $318   $103,083,119 36
Nov 26, 2011 - $116,847 +4% -74% 355 $329   $103,199,966 37
Nov 27, 2011 - $45,804 -61% -79% 355 $129   $103,245,770 38
Nov 28, 2011 - $16,615 -64% -84% 355 $47   $103,262,385 39
Nov 29, 2011 - $17,500 +5% -87% 355 $49   $103,279,885 40
Nov 30, 2011 - $15,255 -13% -72% 355 $43   $103,295,140 41
Dec 1, 2011 - $16,421 +8% -68% 355 $46   $103,311,561 42
Dec 2, 2011 - $41,279 +151% -63% 255 $162   $103,352,840 43
Dec 3, 2011 - $60,765 +47% -48% 255 $238   $103,413,605 44
Dec 4, 2011 - $28,839 -53% -37% 255 $113   $103,442,444 45
Dec 5, 2011 - $11,192 -61% -33% 255 $44   $103,453,636 46
Dec 6, 2011 - $10,875 -3% -38% 255 $43   $103,464,511 47
Dec 7, 2011 - $10,540 -3% -31% 255 $41   $103,475,051 48
Dec 8, 2011 - $11,301 +7% -31% 255 $44   $103,486,352 49
Dec 9, 2011 - $41,000 +263% -1% 302 $136   $103,527,352 50
Dec 10, 2011 - $64,265 +57% +6% 302 $213   $103,591,617 51
Dec 11, 2011 - $37,387 -42% +30% 302 $124   $103,629,004 52
Dec 12, 2011 - $15,235 -59% +36% 302 $50   $103,644,239 53
Dec 13, 2011 - $16,154 +6% +49% 302 $53   $103,660,393 54
Dec 14, 2011 - $15,115 -6% +43% 302 $50   $103,675,508 55
Dec 15, 2011 - $16,354 +8% +45% 302 $54   $103,691,862 56
Dec 16, 2011 - $25,181 +54% -39% 206 $122   $103,717,043 57
Dec 17, 2011 - $37,218 +48% -42% 206 $181   $103,754,261 58
Dec 18, 2011 - $29,217 -21% -22% 206 $142   $103,783,478 59
Dec 19, 2011 - $15,899 -46% +4% 206 $77   $103,799,377 60
Dec 20, 2011 - $17,603 +11% +9% 206 $85   $103,816,980 61
Dec 21, 2011 - $14,702 -16% -3% 206 $71   $103,831,682 62
Dec 22, 2011 - $16,317 +11% n/c 206 $79   $103,847,999 63
Dec 23, 2011 - $12,376 -24% -51% 124 $100   $103,860,375 64
Dec 24, 2011 - $3,978 -68% -89% 124 $32   $103,864,353 65
Dec 25, 2011 - $13,704 +244% -53% 124 $111   $103,878,057 66
Dec 26, 2011 - $16,059 +17% +1% 124 $130   $103,894,116 67
Dec 27, 2011 - $13,896 -13% -21% 124 $112   $103,908,012 68
Dec 28, 2011 - $15,418 +11% +5% 124 $124   $103,923,430 69
Dec 29, 2011 - $16,265 +5% n/c 124 $131   $103,939,695 70
Dec 30, 2011 - $21,472 +32% +73% 124 $173   $103,961,167 71
Dec 31, 2011 - $10,216 -52% +157% 124 $82   $103,971,383 72
Jan 1, 2012 - $21,856 +114% +59% 124 $176   $103,993,239 73
Jan 2, 2012 - $14,589 -33% -9% 124 $118   $104,007,828 74
Jan 3, 2012 - $7,143 -51% -49% 124 $58   $104,014,971 75
Jan 4, 2012 - $7,266 +2% -53% 124 $59   $104,022,237 76
Jan 5, 2012 - $6,570 -10% -60% 124 $53   $104,028,807 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 21, 2011 1 $62,774,654   3,321 $18,902   $62,774,654 1
Oct 28, 2011 2 $24,008,400 -62% 3,329 $7,212   $86,783,054 2
Nov 4, 2011 4 $10,414,498 -57% 3,286 $3,169   $97,197,552 3
Nov 11, 2011 8 $4,421,125 -58% 2,776 $1,593   $101,618,677 4
Nov 18, 2011 14 $1,351,720 -69% 1,402 $964   $102,970,397 5
Nov 25, 2011 23 $341,164 -75% 355 $961   $103,311,561 6
Dec 2, 2011 31 $174,791 -49% 255 $685   $103,486,352 7
Dec 9, 2011 28 $205,510 +18% 302 $680   $103,691,862 8
Dec 16, 2011 33 $156,137 -24% 206 $758   $103,847,999 9
Dec 23, 2011 43 $91,696 -41% 124 $739   $103,939,695 10
Dec 30, 2011 45 $89,112 -3% 124 $719   $104,028,807 11

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Synopsis

A prequel to the first two films in the series, mostly set 18 years earlier.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$52,568,183 (50.5% of total gross)
Legs:1.98 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:50.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$5,000,000 (worldwide box office is 41.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,321 opening theaters/3,329 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $156,895,789

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 21st, 2011 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
International Releases: October 21st, 2011 (Wide) (Brazil)
January 18th, 2012 (Wide) (Indonesia)
Video Release: February 14th, 2012 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: R for some violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2193, 10/12/2011)
Running Time: 81 minutes
Franchise: Paranormal Activity
Cast, crew, or production detail: Found Footage, Prequel, Prologue, Same Role, Multiple Actors
Plot point: Demons, Haunting, Non-Chronological
Social setting: Supernatural
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Blumhouse, Solana Films, Room 101
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 21, 2011 1 $52,568,183   3,321 $15,829   $52,568,183 1
Oct 28, 2011 2 $18,144,516 -65% 3,329 $5,450   $80,919,170 2
Nov 4, 2011 4 $8,333,691 -54% 3,286 $2,536   $95,116,745 3
Nov 11, 2011 8 $3,611,283 -57% 2,776 $1,301   $100,808,835 4
Nov 18, 2011 11 $1,000,518 -72% 1,402 $714   $102,619,195 5
Nov 25, 2011 23 $275,373 -72% 355 $776   $103,245,770 6
Dec 2, 2011 33 $130,883 -52% 255 $513   $103,442,444 7
Dec 9, 2011 27 $142,652 +9% 302 $472   $103,629,004 8
Dec 16, 2011 31 $91,616 -36% 206 $445   $103,783,478 9
Dec 23, 2011 42 $30,058 -67% 124 $242   $103,878,057 10
Dec 30, 2011 46 $53,544 +78% 124 $432   $103,993,239 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 20, 2011 P $8,000,000     2,200 $3,636   $8,000,000  
Oct 21, 2011 1 $26,305,745     3,321 $7,921   $26,305,745 1
Oct 22, 2011 1 $17,203,500 -35%   3,321 $5,180   $43,509,245 2
Oct 23, 2011 1 $9,058,938 -47%   3,321 $2,728   $52,568,183 3
Oct 24, 2011 1 $2,882,100 -68%   3,321 $868   $55,450,283 4
Oct 25, 2011 1 $2,868,765 n/c   3,321 $864   $58,319,048 5
Oct 26, 2011 1 $2,140,394 -25%   3,321 $645   $60,459,442 6
Oct 27, 2011 1 $2,315,212 +8%   3,321 $697   $62,774,654 7
Oct 28, 2011 2 $6,444,371 +178% -76% 3,329 $1,936   $69,219,025 8
Oct 29, 2011 2 $7,289,921 +13% -58% 3,329 $2,190   $76,508,946 9
Oct 30, 2011 2 $4,410,224 -40% -51% 3,329 $1,325   $80,919,170 10
Oct 31, 2011 1 $2,531,585 -43% -12% 3,329 $760   $83,450,755 11
Nov 1, 2011 3 $1,328,012 -48% -54% 3,329 $399   $84,778,767 12
Nov 2, 2011 3 $988,773 -26% -54% 3,329 $297   $85,767,540 13
Nov 3, 2011 2 $1,015,514 +3% -56% 3,329 $305   $86,783,054 14
Nov 4, 2011 4 $2,938,821 +189% -54% 3,286 $894   $89,721,875 15
Nov 5, 2011 4 $3,724,675 +27% -49% 3,286 $1,133   $93,446,550 16
Nov 6, 2011 5 $1,670,195 -55% -62% 3,286 $508   $95,116,745 17
Nov 7, 2011 5 $505,874 -70% -80% 3,286 $154   $95,622,619 18
Nov 8, 2011 5 $537,381 +6% -60% 3,286 $164   $96,160,000 19
Nov 9, 2011 5 $418,198 -22% -58% 3,286 $127   $96,578,198 20
Nov 10, 2011 5 $619,354 +48% -39% 3,286 $188   $97,197,552 21
Nov 11, 2011 8 $1,383,951 +123% -53% 2,776 $499   $98,581,503 22
Nov 12, 2011 8 $1,533,769 +11% -59% 2,776 $553   $100,115,272 23
Nov 13, 2011 8 $693,563 -55% -58% 2,776 $250   $100,808,835 24
Nov 14, 2011 8 $209,403 -70% -59% 2,776 $75   $101,018,238 25
Nov 15, 2011 8 $231,869 +11% -57% 2,776 $84   $101,250,107 26
Nov 16, 2011 8 $193,656 -16% -54% 2,776 $70   $101,443,763 27
Nov 17, 2011 8 $174,914 -10% -72% 2,776 $63   $101,618,677 28
Nov 18, 2011 10 $333,285 +91% -76% 2,776 $120   $101,951,962 29
Nov 19, 2011 11 $444,008 +33% -71% 2,776 $160   $102,395,970 30
Nov 20, 2011 11 $223,225 -50% -68% 2,776 $80   $102,619,195 31
Nov 21, 2011 11 $106,055 -52% -49% 2,776 $38   $102,725,250 32
Nov 22, 2011 11 $139,353 +31% -40% 2,776 $50   $102,864,603 33
Nov 23, 2011 - $55,064 -60% -72% 355 $155   $102,919,667 34
Nov 24, 2011 - $50,730 -8% -71% 355 $143   $102,970,397 35
Nov 25, 2011 - $112,722 +122% -66% 355 $318   $103,083,119 36
Nov 26, 2011 - $116,847 +4% -74% 355 $329   $103,199,966 37
Nov 27, 2011 - $45,804 -61% -79% 355 $129   $103,245,770 38
Nov 28, 2011 - $16,615 -64% -84% 355 $47   $103,262,385 39
Nov 29, 2011 - $17,500 +5% -87% 355 $49   $103,279,885 40
Nov 30, 2011 - $15,255 -13% -72% 355 $43   $103,295,140 41
Dec 1, 2011 - $16,421 +8% -68% 355 $46   $103,311,561 42
Dec 2, 2011 - $41,279 +151% -63% 255 $162   $103,352,840 43
Dec 3, 2011 - $60,765 +47% -48% 255 $238   $103,413,605 44
Dec 4, 2011 - $28,839 -53% -37% 255 $113   $103,442,444 45
Dec 5, 2011 - $11,192 -61% -33% 255 $44   $103,453,636 46
Dec 6, 2011 - $10,875 -3% -38% 255 $43   $103,464,511 47
Dec 7, 2011 - $10,540 -3% -31% 255 $41   $103,475,051 48
Dec 8, 2011 - $11,301 +7% -31% 255 $44   $103,486,352 49
Dec 9, 2011 - $41,000 +263% -1% 302 $136   $103,527,352 50
Dec 10, 2011 - $64,265 +57% +6% 302 $213   $103,591,617 51
Dec 11, 2011 - $37,387 -42% +30% 302 $124   $103,629,004 52
Dec 12, 2011 - $15,235 -59% +36% 302 $50   $103,644,239 53
Dec 13, 2011 - $16,154 +6% +49% 302 $53   $103,660,393 54
Dec 14, 2011 - $15,115 -6% +43% 302 $50   $103,675,508 55
Dec 15, 2011 - $16,354 +8% +45% 302 $54   $103,691,862 56
Dec 16, 2011 - $25,181 +54% -39% 206 $122   $103,717,043 57
Dec 17, 2011 - $37,218 +48% -42% 206 $181   $103,754,261 58
Dec 18, 2011 - $29,217 -21% -22% 206 $142   $103,783,478 59
Dec 19, 2011 - $15,899 -46% +4% 206 $77   $103,799,377 60
Dec 20, 2011 - $17,603 +11% +9% 206 $85   $103,816,980 61
Dec 21, 2011 - $14,702 -16% -3% 206 $71   $103,831,682 62
Dec 22, 2011 - $16,317 +11% n/c 206 $79   $103,847,999 63
Dec 23, 2011 - $12,376 -24% -51% 124 $100   $103,860,375 64
Dec 24, 2011 - $3,978 -68% -89% 124 $32   $103,864,353 65
Dec 25, 2011 - $13,704 +244% -53% 124 $111   $103,878,057 66
Dec 26, 2011 - $16,059 +17% +1% 124 $130   $103,894,116 67
Dec 27, 2011 - $13,896 -13% -21% 124 $112   $103,908,012 68
Dec 28, 2011 - $15,418 +11% +5% 124 $124   $103,923,430 69
Dec 29, 2011 - $16,265 +5% n/c 124 $131   $103,939,695 70
Dec 30, 2011 - $21,472 +32% +73% 124 $173   $103,961,167 71
Dec 31, 2011 - $10,216 -52% +157% 124 $82   $103,971,383 72
Jan 1, 2012 - $21,856 +114% +59% 124 $176   $103,993,239 73
Jan 2, 2012 - $14,589 -33% -9% 124 $118   $104,007,828 74
Jan 3, 2012 - $7,143 -51% -49% 124 $58   $104,014,971 75
Jan 4, 2012 - $7,266 +2% -53% 124 $59   $104,022,237 76
Jan 5, 2012 - $6,570 -10% -60% 124 $53   $104,028,807 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 21, 2011 1 $62,774,654   3,321 $18,902   $62,774,654 1
Oct 28, 2011 2 $24,008,400 -62% 3,329 $7,212   $86,783,054 2
Nov 4, 2011 4 $10,414,498 -57% 3,286 $3,169   $97,197,552 3
Nov 11, 2011 8 $4,421,125 -58% 2,776 $1,593   $101,618,677 4
Nov 18, 2011 14 $1,351,720 -69% 1,402 $964   $102,970,397 5
Nov 25, 2011 23 $341,164 -75% 355 $961   $103,311,561 6
Dec 2, 2011 31 $174,791 -49% 255 $685   $103,486,352 7
Dec 9, 2011 28 $205,510 +18% 302 $680   $103,691,862 8
Dec 16, 2011 33 $156,137 -24% 206 $758   $103,847,999 9
Dec 23, 2011 43 $91,696 -41% 124 $739   $103,939,695 10
Dec 30, 2011 45 $89,112 -3% 124 $719   $104,028,807 11

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.