Name: Paranormal Activity 3
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2011
Cast: Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Oct 20		$8.00M			$8.00M	2,200	$3.6K	-1
Fri Oct 21	#1	$26.31M		—	$26.31M	3,321	$7.9K	1
Sat Oct 22	#1	$17.20M	-35%	—	$43.51M	3,321	$5.2K	2
Sun Oct 23	#1	$9.06M	-47%	—	$52.57M	3,321	$2.7K	3
Mon Oct 24	#1	$2.88M	-68%	—	$55.45M	3,321	$867	4
Tue Oct 25	#1	$2.87M	n/c	—	$58.32M	3,321	$863	5
Wed Oct 26	#1	$2.14M	-25%	—	$60.46M	3,321	$644	6
Thu Oct 27	#1	$2.32M	+8%	—	$62.77M	3,321	$697	7
Fri Oct 28	#2	$6.44M	+178%	-76%	$69.22M	3,329	$1.9K	8
Sat Oct 29	#2	$7.29M	+13%	-58%	$76.51M	3,329	$2.2K	9
Sun Oct 30	#2	$4.41M	-40%	-51%	$80.92M	3,329	$1.3K	10
Mon Oct 31	#1	$2.53M	-43%	-12%	$83.45M	3,329	$760	11
Tue Nov 1	#3	$1.33M	-48%	-54%	$84.78M	3,329	$398	12
Wed Nov 2	#3	$989K	-26%	-54%	$85.77M	3,329	$297	13
Thu Nov 3	#2	$1.02M	+3%	-56%	$86.78M	3,329	$305	14
Fri Nov 4	#4	$2.94M	+189%	-54%	$89.72M	3,286	$894	15
Sat Nov 5	#4	$3.72M	+27%	-49%	$93.45M	3,286	$1.1K	16
Sun Nov 6	#5	$1.67M	-55%	-62%	$95.12M	3,286	$508	17
Mon Nov 7	#5	$506K	-70%	-80%	$95.62M	3,286	$153	18
Tue Nov 8	#5	$537K	+6%	-60%	$96.16M	3,286	$163	19
Wed Nov 9	#5	$418K	-22%	-58%	$96.58M	3,286	$127	20
Thu Nov 10	#5	$619K	+48%	-39%	$97.20M	3,286	$188	21
Fri Nov 11	#8	$1.38M	+123%	-53%	$98.58M	2,776	$498	22
Sat Nov 12	#8	$1.53M	+11%	-59%	$100.12M	2,776	$552	23
Sun Nov 13	#8	$694K	-55%	-58%	$100.81M	2,776	$249	24
Mon Nov 14	#8	$209K	-70%	-59%	$101.02M	2,776	$75	25
Tue Nov 15	#8	$232K	+11%	-57%	$101.25M	2,776	$83	26
Wed Nov 16	#8	$194K	-16%	-54%	$101.44M	2,776	$69	27
Thu Nov 17	#8	$175K	-10%	-72%	$101.62M	2,776	$63	28
Fri Nov 18	#10	$333K	+91%	-76%	$101.95M	2,776	$120	29
Sat Nov 19	#11	$444K	+33%	-71%	$102.40M	2,776	$159	30
Sun Nov 20	#11	$223K	-50%	-68%	$102.62M	2,776	$80	31
Mon Nov 21	#11	$106K	-52%	-49%	$102.73M	2,776	$38	32
Tue Nov 22	#11	$139K	+31%	-40%	$102.86M	2,776	$50	33
Wed Nov 23		$55K	-60%	-72%	$102.92M	355	$155	34
Thu Nov 24		$51K	-8%	-71%	$102.97M	355	$142	35
Fri Nov 25		$113K	+122%	-66%	$103.08M	355	$317	36
Sat Nov 26		$117K	+4%	-74%	$103.20M	355	$329	37
Sun Nov 27		$46K	-61%	-79%	$103.25M	355	$129	38
Mon Nov 28		$17K	-64%	-84%	$103.26M	355	$46	39
Tue Nov 29		$18K	+5%	-87%	$103.28M	355	$49	40
Wed Nov 30		$15K	-13%	-72%	$103.30M	355	$42	41
Thu Dec 1		$16K	+8%	-68%	$103.31M	355	$46	42
Fri Dec 2		$41K	+151%	-63%	$103.35M	255	$161	43
Sat Dec 3		$61K	+47%	-48%	$103.41M	255	$238	44
Sun Dec 4		$29K	-53%	-37%	$103.44M	255	$113	45
Mon Dec 5		$11K	-61%	-33%	$103.45M	255	$43	46
Tue Dec 6		$11K	-3%	-38%	$103.46M	255	$42	47
Wed Dec 7		$11K	-3%	-31%	$103.48M	255	$41	48
Thu Dec 8		$11K	+7%	-31%	$103.49M	255	$44	49
Fri Dec 9		$41K	+263%	-1%	$103.53M	302	$135	50
Sat Dec 10		$64K	+57%	+6%	$103.59M	302	$212	51
Sun Dec 11		$37K	-42%	+30%	$103.63M	302	$123	52
Mon Dec 12		$15K	-59%	+36%	$103.64M	302	$50	53
Tue Dec 13		$16K	+6%	+49%	$103.66M	302	$53	54
Wed Dec 14		$15K	-6%	+43%	$103.68M	302	$50	55
Thu Dec 15		$16K	+8%	+45%	$103.69M	302	$54	56
Fri Dec 16		$25K	+54%	-39%	$103.72M	206	$122	57
Sat Dec 17		$37K	+48%	-42%	$103.75M	206	$180	58
Sun Dec 18		$29K	-21%	-22%	$103.78M	206	$141	59
Mon Dec 19		$16K	-46%	+4%	$103.80M	206	$77	60
Tue Dec 20		$18K	+11%	+9%	$103.82M	206	$85	61
Wed Dec 21		$15K	-16%	-3%	$103.83M	206	$71	62
Thu Dec 22		$16K	+11%	n/c	$103.85M	206	$79	63
Fri Dec 23		$12K	-24%	-51%	$103.86M	124	$99	64
Sat Dec 24		$4K	-68%	-89%	$103.86M	124	$32	65
Sun Dec 25		$14K	+244%	-53%	$103.88M	124	$110	66
Mon Dec 26		$16K	+17%	+1%	$103.89M	124	$129	67
Tue Dec 27		$14K	-13%	-21%	$103.91M	124	$112	68
Wed Dec 28		$15K	+11%	+5%	$103.92M	124	$124	69
Thu Dec 29		$16K	+5%	n/c	$103.94M	124	$131	70
Fri Dec 30		$21K	+32%	+73%	$103.96M	124	$173	71
Sat Dec 31		$10K	-52%	+157%	$103.97M	124	$82	72
Sun Jan 1		$22K	+114%	+59%	$103.99M	124	$176	73
Mon Jan 2		$15K	-33%	-9%	$104.01M	124	$117	74
Tue Jan 3		$7K	-51%	-49%	$104.01M	124	$57	75
Wed Jan 4		$7K	+2%	-53%	$104.02M	124	$58	76
Thu Jan 5		$7K	-10%	-60%	$104.03M	124	$52	77

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 21-23	1	$52.57M	—	$52.57M	3,321	$15.8K	1
Oct 28-30	2	$18.14M	-65.5%	$80.92M	3,329	$5.5K	2
Nov 4-6	4	$8.33M	-54.1%	$95.12M	3,286	$2.5K	3
Nov 11-13	8	$3.61M	-56.7%	$100.81M	2,776	$1.3K	4
Nov 18-20	11	$1.00M	-72.3%	$102.62M	1,402	$713	5
Nov 25-27	24	$275K	-72.5%	$103.25M	355	$775	6
Dec 2-4	33	$131K	-52.5%	$103.44M	255	$513	7
Dec 9-11	27	$143K	+9.0%	$103.63M	302	$472	8
Dec 16-18	31	$92K	-35.8%	$103.78M	206	$444	9
Dec 23-25	43	$30K	-67.2%	$103.88M	124	$242	10
Dec 30-Jan 1	46	$54K	+78.1%	$103.99M	124	$431	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byHenry Joost, Ariel Schulman

ScreenplayChristopher Landon

Produced byJason Blum, Oren Peli, Steven Schneider

CinematographyMagdalena Górka

StarringKatie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown

StudioParamount Pictures

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