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In North America, the film made $1.6 million from its early Thursday night showings from 2,150 theaters<ref name="TT">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/06/insidious-chapter-3-entourage-spy-box-office-1201438262/|title=‘Insidious: Chapter 3′ Scares Up Bucks In Thursday Night Previews – Box Office|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=''[[Deadline.com]]''|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=June 5, 2015|accessdate=June 5, 2015}}</ref> and $10.4 million on its opening day from 3,003 theaters.<ref name="THROP">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-spy-laughs-past-800188|title=Box Office: 'Spy' Laughs Past Rival Comedy 'Entourage,' Horror Film 'Insidious 3'|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=June 6, 2015|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref> It finished at third place in its opening weekend earning $23 million behind fellow competitor ''[[Spy (2015 film)|Spy]]'' and holdover ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-spy-wins-crowded-800654|title=Box Office: 'Spy' Wins Crowded Race With $30M; 'Entourage' Stalls|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=June 7, 2015|accessdate=June 7, 2015}}</ref>
In North America, the film made $1.6 million from its early Thursday night showings from 2,150 theaters<ref name="TT">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/06/insidious-chapter-3-entourage-spy-box-office-1201438262/|title=‘Insidious: Chapter 3′ Scares Up Bucks In Thursday Night Previews – Box Office|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=''[[Deadline.com]]''|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=June 5, 2015|accessdate=June 5, 2015}}</ref> and $10.4 million on its opening day from 3,003 theaters.<ref name="THROP">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-spy-laughs-past-800188|title=Box Office: 'Spy' Laughs Past Rival Comedy 'Entourage,' Horror Film 'Insidious 3'|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=June 6, 2015|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}</ref> It finished at third place in its opening weekend earning $23 million behind fellow competitor ''[[Spy (2015 film)|Spy]]'' and holdover ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-spy-wins-crowded-800654|title=Box Office: 'Spy' Wins Crowded Race With $30M; 'Entourage' Stalls|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=June 7, 2015|accessdate=June 7, 2015}}</ref>

Outside North America, ''Insidious: Chapter 3'' grossed $14.3 million in its opening weekend from 42 countries on 2,989 screens. Its largest openings occured in Russia and the CIS ($2.7 million), Malaysia ($1.6 million), the Philippines ($1.5 million),


=== Critical response ===
=== Critical response ===

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Insidious: Chapter 3
File:Insidious – Chapter 3 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLeigh Whannell
Screenplay byLeigh Whannell
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBrian Pearson
Edited byTimothy Alverson
Music byJoseph Bishara
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)
Running time
97 minutes[2]
LandVereinigte Staaten
SpracheEnglisch
Budget$10 million[3]
Box office$37.4 million[4]

Insidious: Chapter 3 is a 2015 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Leigh Whannell in his directorial debut. It is a prequel to the first two films and the third installment in the Insidious film series. The film stars Dermot Mulroney and Stefanie Scott, with Angus Sampson, Whannell, and Lin Shaye reprising their roles from the previous films.

The film was released on June 5, 2015, by Focus Features under their recently revived Gramercy Pictures label and Stage 6 Films.

Plot

A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family. Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her spiritual ability to contact the dead in order to help Quinn Brenner, a teenage girl whose mother Lillith has recently passed. Quinn believes that Lillith has been attempting to reach out to her through the spirit world, so she visits Elise for a reading. Elise is unable to complete the reading, she stops after hearing a demonic presence who threatens to kill her. She warns Quinn that if, "you call out to one of the dead, all of them can hear you."

Soon after the reading, Quinn begins to hear noises at night and notices more and more supernatural events occuring. She skips school to audition for a theater academy in New York. Before going onstage, she notices a figure waving to her from the offstage. This throws her audition off, and she stumbles through her lines. Later that night, Quinn meets with her friend Maggie. Maggie complains of her blown audition, and after they have a short conversation, both start feeling better. As they are crossing the street, Quinn sees the same figure waving down the street and stops to look. She is then hit by a car. The car accident leaves Quinn with two broken legs in casts. She is bound to a wheelchair. Her father, Sean, puts her in bed, with a bell to ring if she need him. Later in the night, she hears a knock on her wall. Assuming it is her next door neighbor Hector, she knocks twice. He copies her, and she knocks the "Shave and a Haircut" pattern. He finishes it. Quinn texts Hector, when he reveals that he isn't home. Fearing it was someone else next door, she turns the light off to go to bed. The bell rings itself, scaring her, and her dad comes in.

These paranormal occurances become more and more frequent, each time Sean comes in and saves her. The demon is seen more and more frequently: a demonic corpse with a breathing mask, making a deathly rattling noise. Sean finds her thrown from her bed, on an entirely different floor, etc. Eventually, a version of Quinn without a face, hands or feet, is seen following under the demon's command. The odd version of Quinn is found by Sean on the ground outside of a broken window. When Quinn attempts to look over the edge of the window to see, the demon grabs her and tries to pull her down. Sean saves her, but her neck is injured in the process. Sean attempts to get in contact with Elise. She reluctantly comes, but as she enters the spiritual realm she finds herself afraid, and the demon very nearly kills her. She is brought back to living world, terrified, and refuses to continue. Sean has no choice but to call in someone else, a pair of bloggers: Specs and Tucker. Meanwhile, Elise seeks solace from her friend Carl with her same "gift". Carl reassures her that she is much stronger than she believes.

After a terrifying experience with Quinn and her demon, the three men admit that there is no doing this without Elise. Elise is now willing to help, this time she is much more powerful and confident. She is easily able to defeat the demon, but as they are escaping, it grabs a hold of Quinn's limbless version. This version of Quinn is revealed to be the half of Quinn's soul that the demon controls. Elise returns to the living world, and tells the group that this part of the battle must be fought by Quinn alone. They all grab ahold of her, but it is shown that she is losing the battle against the demon, as her alternate version gains more of her features. Elise begins to hear a voice in the living world, leading her to Quinn's diary, revealing a letter that Lillith wanted her to see before she graduated. The power from this letter helps guide Lillith to save Quinn and banish the demon, returning her to the living world. Lillith leaves her with some parting words, and the family is finally back together, as Specs and Tucker join Elise to deal with other supernatural disturbances.

Elise heads home to find that her husband's spirit has left his sweater on the bed. Overwhelmed with emotion, she holds his sweater close. Her dog then begins barking into the darkness. Elise approaches the area he's barking at, where she discovers the presence of two supernatural entities.

Cast

Production

Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood (June 4th 2015)

On September 15, 2013, a third installment was announced with Leigh Whannell signed on to return as writer while Jason Blum and Oren Peli are also set to produce.[5] When asked about returning for another sequel, actor Patrick Wilson went on to say that he "[doesn't] know where else it could go", and that "[Josh Lambert has] been through the wringer, and I think the movie sets it up well at the end [...] And that's great, that's how it should end."[6] On November 13, 2013, it was announced Focus Features and Stage 6 Films would release the film on May 29, 2015.[7][8]

On March 11, 2014, Screen Rant reported that the third film won't focus on the Lambert family, but will focus on a new family and story, and won't connect to the last scene in the second film and both Whannell and Angus Sampson will return as ghost hunters Specs and Tucker along with Lin Shaye as Elise.[9] On May 7, 2014, Wan tweeted that Whannell will be directing the third film, which will mark his directorial debut.[10] In June 2014, Stefanie Scott and Dermot Mulroney were cast in the film.[11][12] On September 22, 2014, during the Cinema Diverse Film Festival in Palm Springs, actress Ele Keats said she had recently wrapped an undisclosed supporting role in the film.[13]

Filming

Principal photography began on July 9, 2014,[14] in Los Angeles under the title "Into The Further", on a scheduled 29 day shoot.[15] Several scenes were shot in the San Fernando Valley at the Delfino Studios in Sylmar, where the Brenners apartment's interiors were built.[15]

A first look image was released on July 22, 2014.[16] Filming wrapped on August 18, 2014.[17]

Music

The musical score for Insidious: Chapter 3 is composed by Joseph Bishara, who composed the music for the previous installments.[18] A soundtrack album for the film is scheduled to be released digitally on June 5, 2015 by Void Recordings.[19]

Marketing and promotion

A first teaser poster was released on line on September 18, 2014, featuring a grey wall with a vent and the red text "The man who can't breathe, the man who lives in the vents, I heard him saying your name last night, I heard him in your room while you were gone, he's in there right now, standing in your room."[20] The first teaser trailer for the film was released by Focus Features on October 23, 2014.[21] The same day director Leigh Whannell invited fans to join him for a live Q&A session on the movie's official Facebook page.[22] A few days later, on October 28, 2014 the same Facebook page reached 4 million fans.[23] On December 17, 2014 fans were invited to connect with Insidious on Kik Messenger for exclusive content.[24]

On March 16, 2015, Focus Features debuted a teaser for the full official trailer that was eventually released the following day, on March 17, 2015 during a series of launch events in selected cities, including Miami (where lead star Stefanie Scott held a Q&A session), Chicago (with supporting actress Hayley Kiyoko in attendance) and New York City (where Fangoria Magazine hosted a Q&A session with Lin Shaye).[25] A new poster featuring Stefanie Scott was also released the same day.[26] On July 3, 2014 Focus Features moved the already announced US theatrical release date from April 3 to May 29, 2015.[27] On December 10, 2014 the distribution company announced that the theatrical release date had been moved back again from May 29 to June 5, 2015.[28]

On May 20, 2015, Focus Features relaunched their Gramercy Pictures label for action, horror, and science-fiction movies. Insidious: Chapter 3 was the first release from the revived Gramercy.[1]

Reception

Box office

As of June 7, 2015, Insidious: Chapter 3 has grossed $23 million in North America and $14.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $37.3 million, against a budget of $10 million.[4]

In North America, the film made $1.6 million from its early Thursday night showings from 2,150 theaters[3] and $10.4 million on its opening day from 3,003 theaters.[29] It finished at third place in its opening weekend earning $23 million behind fellow competitor Spy and holdover San Andreas.[30]

Outside North America, Insidious: Chapter 3 grossed $14.3 million in its opening weekend from 42 countries on 2,989 screens. Its largest openings occured in Russia and the CIS ($2.7 million), Malaysia ($1.6 million), the Philippines ($1.5 million),

Critical response

Insidious: Chapter 3 has received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes lists a 60% approval rating, based on 65 reviews, with a rating average of 5.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Insidious: Chapter 3 isn't as terrifying as the original, although it boasts surprising thematic depth and is enlivened by another fine performance from Lin Shaye."[31] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 53 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[32] In CinemaScore polls, cinema audiences gave the film an average score of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[29]

Daniel Krupa of IGN awarded it a score of 7.1 out of 10, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 is the most focussed, dark, and creepy installment of the series to date."[33] Scott Foundas of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying "Chief among things that go bump in the night in Insidious: Chapter 3 is the movie itself - a thuddingly dull prequel to James Wan's very enjoyable (and highly profitable) demonic-possession horror franchise."[34] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 offers a relatable young protagonist and several key supporting players from the prior films in a nimble setup to the series."[35] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+, saying "Insidious Chapter 3 is the worst kind of sequel: Not terrible, but also cartoonishly unnecessary."[36] Michael Ordoña of the San Francisco Chronicle zero out of four stars, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 is simply not scary. Not a bit, not a whit. Except that the audience will be terrified of the next stabbing of their eardrums, at generally predictable intervals."[37] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "The Insidious franchise, after three attempts to exorcise its real demons, still can't seem to shake what really haunts it: the ghost of B-movies past."[38] Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "This prequel to the shriek hell, directed and scripted by series writer/actor Leigh Whannell, manages to avoid the Curse of the Triple Cash Grab."[39]

Kerry Lengel of The Arizona Republic gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Insidious: Chapter 3 is almost more a spoof of a classic like The Exorcist than it is an homage. It's not scary horror, it's silly horror, and the audience is in on the joke."[40] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two and a half stars, saying "You need more than a few sudden noises and scary shocks to make a good horror movie. But Insidious: Chapter Three is at least an OK horror movie."[41] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film two and a half stars out of four stars, saying " They say the third time's the charm. Not with the Insidious series, it isn't. Admittedly, installment #3 is an improvement over #2, but it fails to reach the highs of the chilling-but-uneven original."[42] Tim Robey of The Telegraph gave the film four out of five stars, saying "It manages the all-important jump scares with the finesse of a skilled stage illusionist, but it’s the surprisingly sincere emotional core that makes it the pick of the series."[43] Katie Rife of The A.V. Club gave the film a B-, saying "The motif of grief runs throughout Insidious: Chapter 3, which is surprisingly thematically rich for the third installment of a horror franchise. This emotional undercurrent informs the fright scenes, which otherwise lean rather heavily on jump scares."[44] Bilge Ebiri of New York Magazine gave the film a negative review, saying "This is so often the problem with this genre — scary setups, followed by dopey resolutions — that you sort of want to give the movie a pass. But given its distinguished forebears, Insidious: Chapter 3 doesn’t quite live up to expectations."[45]

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