Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American found footage supernatural horror film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and written by Christopher Landon. It is the third in the Paranormal Activity film series. The film stars Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, and Katie Featherston. The film follows young sisters Katie and Kristi as their family begins experiencing escalating paranormal activity linked to an entity known as "Tobi", prompting their mother’s boyfriend to install home video cameras that capture the disturbances and uncover connections to a wider coven. Paranormal Activity 3 premiered at Festival do Rio on October 14, 2011, and was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on October 21. Made on a budget of $5 million, the film was a major commercial success, grossing $207 million and setting then-record opening figures for a horror film in U.S. It received mixed reviews from critics and was followed by Paranormal Activity 4 (2012).