Saw III

2006 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Serial Killer, Torture

Synopsis

Jigsaw abducts a doctor in order to keep himself alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen named Jeff through a brutal test.

Scores

Overall Score
86.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
94.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
95.6%
Review Aggregate
51.5

Critic Consensus

28.4% Fresh • 88 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 28% of 88 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, visually striking, macabre. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotvisually strikingmacabrescarydarksuspensefulupliftingstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Tobin Bell2006$719,000$1,119,000(est)
Shawnee Smith2006$443,000$689,000(est)
Angus Macfadyen2006$333,000$518,000(est)
Bahar Soomekh2006$272,000$424,000(est)
Dina Meyer2006$233,000$363,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count92
Rotten Tomatoes audience score71.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes223,609

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2006$80,238,720$124,855,593
International2006$84,635,550$131,697,287
Worldwide2006$164,874,270$256,552,880

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2006$73,973,580$115,106,711
Digital Rentals ?2006$567,000$882,281
Digital Purchases ?2006$175,000$272,309
Physical Rentals ?2006$17,929,000$27,898,450
Physical Purchases ?2006$42,290,000$65,805,424
TV & Streaming Revenue2006$20,059,680$31,213,898
Total Revenues2006$154,994,260$241,179,074
Expenses
Budget ?2006$10,000,000$15,560,517
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2006$12,500,000 (est)$19,450,646 (est)
Participations2006$23,249,000$36,176,645
Residuals ?2006$5,440,000$8,464,921
Interest & Overhead2006$2,000,000$3,112,103
Total Expenses2006$53,189,000$82,764,831
Movie Net Profit or Loss2006$101,805,260$158,414,243

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