Scary Movie 3

"Great trilogies come in threes."

2003 1h 24m EN

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Comedy

Synopsis

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News anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.

“Great trilogies come in threes.”

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Cast

Anna Faris
Cindy
Regina Hall
Brenda Meeks
Simon Rex
George
Anthony Anderson
Mahalik
Charlie Sheen
Tom
Leslie Nielsen
President Harris
Kevin Hart
CJ
Jeremy Piven
Ross Giggins

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Zucker
Writers: Craig Mazin, Pat Proft, Nelson Dewey
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.9× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Scary Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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304+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Zucker, shot by Mark Irwin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James L. Venable. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Malcolm Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Zucker directs. Mark Irwin behind the camera. James L. Venable scores. Malcolm Campbell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 4.9× over at the box office.
3Released 23 years ago.
4Part of the "Scary Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5304+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by David Zucker, shot by Mark Irwin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by James L. Venable. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Malcolm Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Anna Faris and Regina Hall and Simon Rex carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Great trilogies come in threes.".
11IMDB entry: tt0306047 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "halloween", "parody", "sequel", "alien".
13Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Original score: James L. Venable
Editing: Malcolm Campbell
Production design: William A. Elliott
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Lisa Ashley
VFX supervisor: Stuart Robertson
Sound: George H. Anderson
Stunt coordinator: Jacob Rupp
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $220,673,217
Return: 490% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Scary Movie 3 (2003)

Part of

Scary Movie Collection

Scary Movie is a 2000 horror comedy spoof film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is an American dark comedy that heavily parodies the horror, slasher, and mystery genres. Several mid- and late-90s films and TV shows are spoofed, especially Scream, along with I Know What You Did Last Summer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, and Dawson's Creek. Scary Movie was followed by five sequels: Scary Movie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Scary Movie 5 (2013), and Scary Movie 6 (2026). Its title serves as an homage to the production title of Scream, which was also released through Dimension Films.