The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Seth Grossman directs. Dan Stoloff behind the camera. Adam Balazs scores. Ed Marx cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 17 years ago.
• 3Part of the "The Butterfly Effect Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 4Directed by Seth Grossman, shot by Dan Stoloff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Original score by Adam Balazs. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 6Editor Ed Marx shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Mia Serafino and Rachel Miner and Chris Carmack carry the top of the cast.
• 8Marketing tagline: "Death repeats itself.".
• 9IMDB entry: tt1234541 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 10Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography

Dan Stoloff

Original score

Adam Balazs

Editing

Ed Marx

Production design

Patrick Banister

Makeup / hair

Joseph Farulla

Sound

James Fonnyadt

Stunt coordinator

Peter Malota

Runtime

90 min · 1h 30m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009) ↗

IMDB rating

5.6/10 · 21,613 votes

MPAA

R

Part of

The Butterfly Effect Collection

The Butterfly Effect movies are about an individual who travels through time, and then has to deal with unexpected consequences. The title refers to the butterfly effect, a popular hypothetical example of chaos theory which illustrates how small initial differences may lead to large unforeseen consequences over time.

• 
  The Butterfly Effect

  2004
• 
  The Butterfly Effect 2

  2006
• 
  The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

  2009 · this one

Also by

Seth Grossman

• 
  The Elephant King

  2006 · ★ 5.9
• 
  $50K and a Call Girl: A Love Story

  2014 · ★ 5.7
• 
  Inner Demons

  2014 · ★ 5.2
• 
  Shock Act

  2004

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  The Butterfly Effect 3 - Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• r96sk2025-01-11
  ★ 6/10

  <em>'The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations'</em> isn't a good film going by basically every metric, though I gotta be honest I didn't even dislike watching this; same goes for the other sequel too, tbh. I totally wouldn't explicitly say that I like them of course, but minorly watchable they are. Chris Carmack is a decent lead, while the rest of those onscreen are inoffensive. I can see why these get the hate that they do, especially given how far adrift they are of the very good original with Ashton Kutcher, but these flicks truthfully don't do anything negative to me.

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Production companies

Who made it

• AF

  After Dark Films

  US

• BE

  BenderSpink

  US

• 

  FilmEngine

  US

Key crew

• ProducerBrendan Ferguson
• Production DesignPatrick Banister
• Executive ProducerRoss Mrazek
• Executive ProducerWarren Nimchuk
• Executive ProducerCourtney Solomon
• ProducerA.J. Dix
• Executive ProducerBenjamin Rappaport
• Executive ProducerRob Merilees
• Executive ProducerStephanie Caleb
• EditorEd Marx
• Executive ProducerLaura Ivey
• CastingKathy Mooney
• ProducerScott Watson
• ProducerJ.C. Spink
• CastingJanet Pound
• ProducerLucy Mukerjee-Brown
• Production AssistantRobbie Banfitch
• Sound DesignerJames Fonnyadt
• Set DecorationThurston Edwards
• Makeup Department HeadJoseph Farulla
• Key Makeup ArtistKarri Farris
• Camera OperatorKevin D. Hewitt
• Hair Department HeadCarol 'Ci Ci' Campbell
• Key Hair StylistClifton Chippewa

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• fire
• recession
• diary
• time travel
• murder
• bear trap
• bathtub

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2009-01-09R

Also known as

International titles

• The Butterfly Effect 3: RevelationUS
• The Butterfly Effect 3: RevelationsUS
• The Butterfly Effect 3TR
• The Butterfly Effect 3 - RevelationsGB
• Эффект бабочки 3RU
• The Butterfly Effect 3։ RevelationsUS
• The Butterfly Effect 3 - RevelationsUS
• 蝴蝶效应3CN
• Butterfly Effect 3DE
• Efeito Borboleta 3: RevelaçãoBR
• The.Butterfly.Effect.IIIUS
• Эффект бабочки 3: ОткровениеRU