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{{Short description|2006 American supernatural horror film}}

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director=[[James Wong]]|

| name = Final Destination 3

writer=[[Glen Morgan]]<br>[[James Wong]]<br> ([[Jeffrey Reddick]] characters)|

| image = Final Destination 3.jpg

producer=[[Graig Perry]]|

| alt = Image showing Wendy and Kevin along with the rest of the survivors on the Devil's Flight roller coaster as it is performing an upside down loop looking at the camera and screaming.

starring=[[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]<br>[[Ryan Merriman]]<br>[[Texas Battle]]<br>[[Alexz Johnson]]|

| caption = Theatrical release poster

distributor=[[New Line Cinema]]|

| director = [[James Wong (filmmaker)|James Wong]]

released=[[10 February]], [[2006]]|

| writer = {{Plainlist|

runtime= 92 minutes|

* [[Glen Morgan]]

language=[[English language|English]]|

* James Wong

budget= ~ US$34,000,000|

}}

imdb_id=0414982|

| based_on = {{Based on|[[List of Final Destination characters|Characters]]|[[Jeffrey Reddick]]}}

| producer = {{Plainlist|

* Glen Morgan

* James Wong

* Craig Perry

* Warren Zide

}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

* [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]

* [[Ryan Merriman]]

}}

| cinematography = [[Robert McLachlan (cinematographer)|Robert McLachlan]]

| editing = [[Chris Willingham|Chris G. Willingham]]

| music = [[Shirley Walker]]

| studio = {{Plainlist|

* [[Hard Eight Pictures]]

* Practical Pictures

* Matinee Pictures

* Zide/Perry Productions

}}

| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]

| released = {{Film date|2006|2|2|[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]|2006|2|10|United States}}

| runtime = 93 minutes<!-- 92m 47s --><ref>{{cite web |title=''Final Destination 3'' (2006) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/final-destination-3-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0znzixodk |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621125511/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/final-destination-3-2006 |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $25 million<ref name="mojo"/>

| gross = $118.9 million<ref name="mojo"/>

}}

'''''Final Destination 3''''' is a 2006 American [[supernatural horror film]] produced and directed by [[James Wong (filmmaker)|James Wong]], who co-wrote it with [[Glen Morgan]]. It is a [[standalone sequel]] to ''[[Final Destination 2]]'' (2003) and the third installment in the [[Final Destination|''Final Destination'' film series]]. It stars [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] and [[Ryan Merriman]], and takes place six years after the [[Final Destination (film)|first film]]. Winstead plays [[Wendy Christensen]], a high school graduate who has a [[precognition|premonition]] that a [[Roller coaster|rollercoaster]] she and her classmates are riding will derail. Although she saves some of them, [[personifications of death|Death]] begins hunting the survivors. Wendy realizes that photographs she took contain clues about the deaths. With survivor and friend Kevin Fischer (Merriman), Wendy tries to use this knowledge to save the rest of the survivors and stop Death's scheme.

''[[Final Destination 3]]'' is a [[2006]] [[horror film]]. It's the [[sequel]] to ''[[Final Destination 2]]''. Distributed by [[New Line Cinema]], written by [[Glen Morgan]], [[James Wong]] and [[film producer|produced]] by [[Craig Perry]] and [[film director|directed]] by [[James Wong]], who directed the first ''[[Final Destination]]'' movie. It was released on [[February 10]], [[2006]].

The film's development began shortly after the release of ''Final Destination 2''; [[Jeffrey Reddick]], creator of the franchise and a co-writer of the first two films, did not return. Unlike the second film, which was a direct sequel to the first, the producers envisioned ''Final Destination 3'' as a standalone film. The idea of featuring a rollercoaster derailment as the opening-scene disaster came from [[New Line Cinema]] executive Richard Bryner. From the beginning, Wong and Morgan saw [[locus of control|control]] as a major theme in the film. Casting began in March 2005 and concluded in April. Like the previous two installments, it was filmed in [[Vancouver]], Canada. The first two weeks of the three-month shoot were spent filming the scenes involving the rollercoaster derailing.

==Plot==

Set six years after the first film, young photographer Wendy Christensen has a gruesome vision on a roller coaster, Devil's Flight, and, as a result, manages to escape from a thrill ride just before it crashes with her friends on board. To her horror, she discovers that the photographs she took before the accident foretell the deaths of others who escaped the disaster. Now Death wants to reclaim each victim in the order they were meant to die.

Following its premiere at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] on February 2, 2006, the film was released in cinemas in the United States on February 10, 2006. The DVD, released on July 25, 2006, includes commentaries, documentaries, a deleted scene and an animated video. A special-edition DVD called "Thrill Ride Edition" includes a feature called "Choose Their Fate", which acts as an [[interactive film]], allowing viewers to make decisions at specific points in the film that alter the course of the story.

==Release Dates==

''Final Destination 3'' received mixed reviews from critics. The film was a financial success and, with box office receipts of nearly $118 million, the highest-grossing installment in the franchise at the time. A fourth film, ''[[The Final Destination]]'', was released in August 2009.

* [[Canada]] 10 February 2006<br>

* [[Argentina]] 23 February 2006<br>

* [[Iceland]] 3 March 2006<br>

* [[Hong Kong]] 16 March 2006<br>

* [[Belgium]] 22 March 2006<br>

* [[France]] 22 March 2006<br>

* [[Mexico]] 24 March 2006<br>

* [[Netherlands]] 6 April 2006<br>

* [[Germany]] 13 April 2006<br>

* [[Australia]] 11 May 2006<br>

* [[Brazil]] 16 June 2006<br>

==[[MPAA]]Plot==

High school student [[Wendy Christensen]] visits an amusement park in [[Pennsylvania]] with her boyfriend [[List of Final Destination characters#Jason Wise|Jason Wise]], Jason's best friend [[List of Final Destination characters#Kevin Fischer|Kevin Fischer]], his girlfriend [[List of Final Destination characters#Carrie Dreyer|Carrie Dreyer]], and their classmates to celebrate their graduation. As they board the Devil's Flight rollercoaster, Wendy has a premonition of a chain reaction causing the rollercoaster to derail, killing everyone. She convinces Kevin, along with best friends [[List of Final Destination characters#Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin|Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin]], alumnus [[List of Final Destination characters#Frankie Cheeks|Frankie Cheeks]], athlete [[List of Final Destination characters#Lewis Romero|Lewis Romero]], and goth couple [[List of Final Destination characters#Ian McKinley|Ian McKinley]] and [[List of Final Destination characters#Erin Ulmer|Erin Ulmer]], to leave but fails to save Jason and Carrie, who are killed by the subsequent derailment.

Weeks later, Kevin tells Wendy of his discovery of a visionary, [[Alex Browning]], and six other people from Browning's high school who escaped the Flight 180 explosion, and as a result, [[Personifications of death|Death]] came after them in the order they would have died in the blast.{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Final Destination (film)|Final Destination]]'' (2000)}} After Ashley and Ashlyn are killed when they burned alive in their tanning beds and has been sensing Death's presence since the derailment, Wendy conducts her own research relating to premonition, including learning about the [[U.S. Route 23]] pile-up and its survivor, [[Kimberly Corman]],{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Final Destination 2]]'' (2003)}} another visionary like her and Browning. After learning of the parallel disasters, Wendy and Kevin set off to save the other survivors using clues about their fated deaths present in the photographs Wendy took of them at the amusement park. While Wendy and Kevin attempt to determine how Frankie dies, his head is sliced by an engine fan from Kevin's truck, in which they were trapped. The next day, Lewis is killed when a weight machine crushes his head at the school gym. As they attempt to save Ian and Erin, who are working at a hardware store, Wendy manages to save Ian from falling stakes, but Death then skips to Erin, who falls on a nail gun, which shoots nails into her head.

Rated '''R''' for [[strong]] [[horror]] [[violence]]/[[gore]], [[language]]

and some [[nudity]].

While identifying the next two survivors from the photographs, Wendy realizes they are her sister [[List of Final Destination characters#Julie Christensen|Julie]] and one of her friends, prompting Wendy and Kevin to rush to the local tricentennial fair to save them. Kevin saves Julie from being impaled on a [[harrow (tool)|harrow]], but when Wendy tries to question her sister about the next person in line to die, an airborne flagpole fatally impales Julie's friend [[List of Final Destination characters#Perry Malinowski|Perry Malinowski]]. After Wendy saves Kevin from an exploding propane canister, the trio is confronted by a grief-stricken Ian, who blames Wendy for Erin's death. An unstable cart of fireworks blast in Wendy's direction, which she, Kevin, and Julie barely evade. It later hits a cherry picker, causing it to collapse on Ian, bisecting him.

==Cast==

Five months later, Wendy experiences more omens while riding a subway train with her roommate Laura and her friend Sean. As Wendy is about to disembark, she suddenly reunites with Julie and Kevin, who had also boarded the train. Wendy receives another premonition that the train will crash, killing everyone on board. Panicked, the remaining survivors attempt to stop the train as it crashes off-screen.

* [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]: Wendy Christensen

* [[Ryan Merriman]]: Kevin Fischer

* [[Amanda Crew]]: Julie Christensen

* [[Kris Lemche]]: Ian McKinley

* [[Alexz Johnson]]: Erin Ulmer

* [[Texas Battle]]: Lewis Romero

* [[Maggie Ma]]: Perry Malinowski

* [[Sam Easton]]: Frank Cheek

* [[Chelan Simmons]]: Ashley Freund

* [[Crystal Lowe]]: Ashlyn Halperin

* [[Gina Holden]]: Carrie Dreyer

* [[Jesse Moss]]: Jason Wise

* [[Jamie Isaac Conde]]: Leon Equinox

* [[Patrick Gallagher]]: Colquit

* [[Dustin Milligan]]: Marcus

* [[Cory Monteith]]: Kahlil

* [[Alexander Kalugin]]: Yuri Yershov

* [[Agam Darshi]]: Laura

* [[Harris Allan]]: Roller Coaster Attendant

* [[Evan Pinsoneault]]: Roller Coaster Operator

* [[Jessica Amlee]]: Young Girl

* [[Sandra-Jessica Couturier]]: Carnival Goer

* [[Tony Todd]]: Devil's Flight Host Voiceover

==DeathsCast==

{{further|topic=individual characters|List of Final Destination characters#Introduced in Final Destination 3|l1=List of ''Final Destination 3'' characters}}

{{spoiler}}

{{Cast listing|

* [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] as [[Wendy Christensen]]

* [[Ryan Merriman]] as Kevin Fischer

* [[Kris Lemche]] as Ian McKinley

* [[Alexz Johnson]] as Erin Ulmer

* [[Sam Easton]] as Frankie Cheeks

* [[Jesse Moss (actor)|Jesse Moss]] as Jason Wise

* [[Gina Holden]] as Carrie Dreyer

* [[Texas Battle]] as Lewis Romero

* [[Chelan Simmons]] as Ashley Freund

* [[Crystal Lowe]] as Ashlyn Halperin

* [[Amanda Crew]] as Julie Christensen

* Maggie Ma as Perry Malinowski

* [[Ecstasia Sanders]] as Amber Regan

* [[Patrick Gallagher (actor)|Patrick Gallagher]] as Colquitt

* [[Andrew Francis]] as Payton

* [[Cory Monteith]] as Kahill

* [[Dustin Milligan]] as Marcus

* [[Tony Todd]] as the Devil (voice) / subway train conductor (voice)

* [[Agam Darshi]] as Laura

* Dylan Basile as Sean

}}

==Production==

The movie has been released. The deaths are as follows:

===Development===

'''In Order Of Death'''

''Final Destination 3'' was originally the last part of a trilogy and had been in development since the release of ''[[Final Destination 2]]''.<ref name ="Wong"/> Franchise creator [[Jeffrey Reddick]] and one of the co-writers of the first two films did not return for the third installment.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Murrian |first1=Samuel R. |title=''Final Destination'' Creator Jeffrey Reddick on His New Thriller ''Dead Awake'' |url=https://parade.com/569683/samuelmurrian/final-destination-creator-jeffrey-reddick-on-his-new-thriller-dead-awake/ |magazine=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |access-date=August 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807173445/https://parade.com/569683/samuelmurrian/final-destination-creator-jeffrey-reddick-on-his-new-thriller-dead-awake/ |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |date=May 11, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Director [[James Wong (filmmaker)|James Wong]] said that unlike the second film, which was closely tied to the first ''[[Final Destination (film)|Final Destination]]'' and continued its story, the producers always envisioned ''Final Destination 3'' as a stand-alone sequel featuring new characters.<ref name ="Wong">{{cite news |last1=Orange |first1=B. Alan|title=Splatter Shocks: Director James Wong Talks Final Destination 3 |url=http://movieweb.com/splatter-shocks-director-james-wong-talks-final-destination-3/ |work=[[MovieWeb]] |access-date=February 6, 2017 |date=February 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114443/http://movieweb.com/splatter-shocks-director-james-wong-talks-final-destination-3/ |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He said: [W]e really felt that the idea of ''[[Final Destination]]'', or the fact that Death can visit you and you can cheat death ... could happen to anyone." By not using characters from the first film the producers could use a new plot, with new characters who would be unaware what was happening to them and react accordingly.<ref name="Wong"/>

The film's original title, ''Cheating Death: Final Destination 3'', changed during development.<ref name = "Cheating Death"/> Craig Perry and Warren Zide's Zide/Perry Productions, and Wong and [[Glen Morgan]]'s own [[Hard Eight Pictures]] that co-produced ''Final Destination'' returned to produce ''Final Destination 3'' with Practical Pictures and Manitee Pictures. Initially, the film was to be filmed in [[3D film|3D]], but this was abandoned.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Balchack |first1=Brian |title=The latest on Saw 2, The Fog and Final Destination 3 |url=http://movieweb.com/the-latest-on-saw-2-the-fog-and-final-destination-3/ |work=[[MovieWeb]] |access-date=February 7, 2017 |date=February 15, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426193550/http://movieweb.com/the-latest-on-saw-2-the-fog-and-final-destination-3/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Morgan said it was for financial reasons and because he believed fire and blood effects would not be shown properly through the red filters of [[anaglyph 3D]] systems.<ref name="IGN Page 2"/>

* '''Ashley''' and '''Ashlyn''': Wendy attempts to contact Ashley via cell phone while Ashley and Ashlyn are tanning, and Ashley's cell phone vibrates enough to knock over the coat rack it was on. The coat rack hits a potted plant, which in turn also falls and knocks down a CD shelf that was suspended above Ashley's tanning bed. Ashley opens her tanning bed, which causes the fallen shelf to slide down and conveniently bar both tanning beds shut. The 'Big Gulp' Ashley had been slurping from moments prior drips enough water into the temperature control panel, causing it to go haywire and rise the temperature to over 350 (the warning label forbids going over 250). This effectively incinerates both women. In the mean time, a bottle of tanning lotion is wedged in the doorway, which prevents the tanning-salon owner from entering until it's too late.

Wong said that the idea of using a roller coaster derailment as the opening-scene disaster came from [[New Line Cinema]] executive Richard Bryner and was not inspired by the [[Big Thunder Mountain Railroad#Incidents|Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster incident]] at [[Disneyland]] in 2003 when a derailment occurred that fatally crushed a rider.<ref name ="Wong"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Dowd|first=Katie|url=https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/the-most-turbulent-era-in-disneyland-history-17125238.php|title=Death in Disneyland: Remembering the park's most turbulent era|website=sfgate.com|date=April 27, 2022|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref> Morgan said he searched the aisles of a store on [[Sunset Boulevard]] for days for inspiration for Erin's hardware-store death.<ref name="IGN Page 2">{{cite web |last1=Otto |first1=Jeff |title=Set Visit: Final Destination 3 |url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/05/18/set-visit-final-destination-3?page=2 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=June 19, 2017 |date=May 18, 2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170619122821/http://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/05/18/set-visit-final-destination-3?page=2 |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[locus of control|Loss of control]] is a major theme he and Wong had envisioned for the film from the very beginning; both Wendy, who is afraid of losing control, and the roller coaster exemplify this. He said psychologists have confirmed one reason some people are afraid of riding a roller coaster is because they have no control over it and what happens to them.<ref name="IGN Page 3">{{cite web |last=Otto |first=Jeff |title=Set Visit: Final Destination 3 |url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/05/18/set-visit-final-destination-3?page=3 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=June 19, 2017 |date=May 18, 2005 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170619123207/http://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/05/18/set-visit-final-destination-3?page=3 |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

* '''Frank''': Wendy and Kevin are in the Drive-Through of a generic fast-food restaurant, and the hoodless car in front of them is driven by Frank, who is doomed to die. A careless semi driver (presumably delivering supplies) backs up and pins Kevin's car against the wall, as he was unable to reverse due to an SUV behind them. Soon there-after, another semi (which has an absent driver) begins rolling down an adjacent hill, on a collision course with everyone. The driver of the SUV sees the truck and backs out quickly, but Kevin and Wendy cannot get out, as the first truck still has them pinned against the wall. They soon both smash out through the wind shield and escape just in time. However, the semi that was rolling down hill slams into the back of Kevin's car, and the motor flies outward and onto Frank's hoodless car. The cooling fan drills off the back of Frank's head, leaving fragments of skull, brain and blood everywhere. Wendy looks on in horror, when abruptly, the fan whirs to life one last time to spew another round of blood, and Frank's body falls onto the steering wheel.

===Casting===

* '''Lewis''': Lewis is working out in the crowded high-school weight room, getting ready for a football game. Lewis begins mocking death, citing that death should fear him, and not vice versa. Lewis pumps his exercise machine vigorously and rapidly, loosening the two stainless-steel swords on the wall above him. They swing loose (narrowly missing his head) and cut the cords that were keeping his weights separated. He makes one last arrogant comment and lifts the weight machine again, making the two sets of weights (both weighing hundreds of pounds) come together and smash his head.

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| footer = [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] (''left'') portrayed the film's visionary, [[Wendy Christensen]]; Winstead had previously auditioned for ''Final Destination 2''.<ref name = "AMC">{{cite web|title=At Death's Door: "Final Destination 3" Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead |work=AMC |url=http://www.amc.com/talk/2006/09/at-deaths-door |publisher=[[AMC Theatres]] |access-date=October 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042125/http://www.amc.com/talk/2006/09/at-deaths-door |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tony Todd]] (''right''), who had previously appeared as [[William Bludworth]] in the first two films, came back in a voice only role as the Devil's statue and the subway conductor.<ref name = "Moviefone"/>

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During the casting process, Wong sought actors who could portray the main characters as heroic individuals with realistic qualities. Perry echoed this sentiment, saying that for the Wendy and Kevin characters they looked for actors who "had the charisma of movie stars, but weren't so ridiculously rarefied that you couldn't feel like you might know them".<ref name = "Scriptologist"/> They took great care casting the supporting characters who were considered as important to the film as the main characters.<ref name = "Scriptologist">{{cite web |last=Bossik |first=Glenn |title=The Screenplay For Final Destination 3 |url=http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/News/Final/final.html |website=Scriptologist |access-date=June 19, 2017 |date=March 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619124638/http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/News/Final/final.html |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* '''Erin''': Erin is working at 'Build It', a department store. Along with Wendy, Kevin, and Ian, she walks around the store restocking items. They come into a dark aisle, where Ian begins to discuss death. Meanwhile, a series of things dropping and moving other things has turned on a fork truck to drive forward and into a shelf behind the characters, on the other side of which id ladder holding up a box filled with angle pointed wood stakes, now coming closer and closer to snapping from the pressure. Wendy sees the stakes and realizes the clue from Ian's picture just as the ladder snaps and jumps forward to push him out of the way, causing the pieces to narrowly miss Ian. Erin screams and backs away, avoiding the fallen pieces. Sawdust gets knocked over and slowly trials along and gets in Erin's face. As she tries to get it off, she slips and falls down on a nail gun that shoots about 9 or 10 nails through her head.

On March 21, 2005, [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] and [[Ryan Merriman]]—co-stars of ''[[The Ring Two]]'' (2005)—were cast as [[Wendy Christensen]] and Kevin Fischer.<ref name = "Cheating Death">{{cite web|title='Cheating Death: Final Destination 3' Cast Members Announced |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3587/cheating-death-final-destination-3-cast-members-announced/ |publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=June 21, 2017 |date=March 21, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109195434/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3587/cheating-death-final-destination-3-cast-members-announced/ |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Winstead, who had auditioned for the second ''Final Destination'' film,<ref name = "AMC"/> won the role because her portrayal of the character's emotion impressed Wong and Morgan. Wong said he had originally intended Wendy to be a "perky blonde" and reworked the character slightly after Winstead was selected. Wong believed the actors were right for their roles. He felt Winstead "[brought] a kind of soulfulness to her role as Wendy" and though her character "is deeply affected by the accident", her strength allows her to remain in control.<ref name="auto"/> Wong said when Merriman arrived to audition he was sure he was "the right guy to play Kevin". He described the character as "the kind of guy you want to hang out with, your goofy best buddy, but also someone who could rise to the occasion and become a hero".<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Gloria |title=Final Destination 3 Notes |url=http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/final_destination_3/notes.pdf |website=Hollywood Jesus |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004042419/http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/final_destination_3/notes.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |date=February 1, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

* '''Perry''': A kid shoots off some fireworks and it scares a horse who starts running. It catches on to a rope that flies around Julie's neck and starts dragging her along, choking her. The group successfully saves her and the horse is tied to a pole. But more fireworks are shot and the horse gets scared and runs again, pulling the pole with hit. The pole flies through the air and shoots towards Perry, impaling her through the chest.

On April 9, 2005, [[Kris Lemche]] and [[Alexz Johnson]] were cast as the [[goth subculture|goth]] couple Ian McKinley and Erin Ulmer.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title='Final Destination 3' Cast Rounds Out for Death |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3697/final-destination-3-cast-rounds-out-for-death/ |publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=June 22, 2017 |date=April 9, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004140351/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3697/final-destination-3-cast-rounds-out-for-death/ |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Johnson, who was starring in the Canadian television series ''[[Instant Star]]'' (2004–2008), had auditioned to play Wendy's sister Julie; that role later went to [[Amanda Crew]], who originally auditioned to play Erin. Johnson said she wore a rocker jacket during her second reading and was in a bad mood. As she was leaving, the filmmakers called her back to read some of Erin's sarcastic dialogue in a scene. Johnson thought her [[dry humor|dry sense of humor]], which the filmmakers caught, helped her land the part.<ref name="auto"/> Of his role, Lemche said Ian "spouts some interesting facts that seem to be just right there on the tips of his fingers". He researched most of Ian's information and during [[read-through]]s often asked Morgan about Ian's facts. Morgan wrote Lemche notes and gave him [[URL]]s to research the information Ian gives out.<ref name="auto"/>

* '''Ian''': Seeing the horror of Perry's death and Julie's near death makes everyone scared. A trailer holding fireworks is tipped over and 4 of the rockets go off and head for Wendy, Julie and Kevin.They jump out of the way of the fireworks, then the rockets head for Ian, but misses him. They go right around him and hit a platform with a cherry picker on it. The collision causes the beam of the cherry picker to break from its cables and drop onto Ian, crushing him.

[[Jesse Moss (actor)|Jesse Moss]] was cast as Wendy's boyfriend Jason Wise. [[Texas Battle]] played athlete Lewis Romero. [[Chelan Simmons]] took the role of Ashley Freund. [[Sam Easton]] portrayed school alumnus Frankie Cheeks. [[Gina Holden]] played Kevin's girlfriend and Wendy's best friend, Carrie Dreyer.<ref name="auto1"/> [[Crystal Lowe]] joined the cast as student Ashlyn Halperin. [[Tony Todd]], who appeared in the first two films, did not return as the mortician [[William Bludworth]] but voiced the Devil statue at the roller coaster and a subway conductor.<ref name="Moviefone">{{cite web |title=Tony Todd Lands Role in Final Destination 3 |url=https://www.moviefone.com/2006/01/21/tony-todd-lands-role-in-final-destination-3/ |website=[[Moviefone]] |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426233104/https://www.moviefone.com/2006/01/21/tony-todd-lands-role-in-final-destination-3/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Maggie Ma and [[Ecstasia Sanders]] played Julie's friends Perry Malinowski and Amber Regan, respectively.<ref name = "Yahoo">{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 Cast & Director |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/final-destination-3/credits.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309051052/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/final-destination-3/credits.html |archive-date=March 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

*'''Julie''': Just as the subway train crashes a piece of the train smashes into her side and knocks her into pieces.

===Filming and effects===

*'''Kevin''': As the subway train tips onto its side, Kevin is forced onto a glass window which breaks from the force and he falls out and gets smushed between the train and the ground.

Like the first two installments of the franchise, ''Final Destination 3'' was filmed in [[Vancouver]], Canada.<ref name = "Final Destination 3 - Dread Central"/><ref name = "Mary interview"/> The [[Corkscrew (Playland)|Corkscrew]] roller coaster at [[Playland (Vancouver)|Vancouver's Playland]] was the Devil's Flight coaster depicted in the film.<ref name = "Mary interview"/> Winstead and Merriman said the filming took three months. The first two weeks were spent shooting the roller coaster derailment. The rest of the filming was done out of sequence.<ref name = "Mary interview">{{cite news|last1=Orange |first1=B. Alan |title=The Final Destination 3 Kids Speak Up |url=http://movieweb.com/splatter-shocks-the-final-destination-3-kids-speak/ |work=[[MovieWeb]] |access-date=February 7, 2017 |date=February 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102082803/http://movieweb.com/splatter-shocks-the-final-destination-3-kids-speak/ |archive-date=January 2, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Filming wrapped in July, but viewers at early screenings reacted negatively to the ending. This led to the filming of a new ending sequence featuring a subway train derailment in November 2005.<ref name = "Final Destination 3 - Dread Central">{{cite news|last1=Clark |first1=Sean |title=Winstead, Mary Elizabeth & Merriman, Ryan (Final Destination 3) |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/winstead-mary-elizabeth-merriman-ryan-final-destination-3 |work=[[Dread Central]] |access-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916225540/http://www.dreadcentral.com/interviews/winstead-mary-elizabeth-merriman-ryan-final-destination-3 |archive-date=September 16, 2008 |date=February 13, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Perry, in the film's revised ending, it was intended to have [[A. J. Cook]] and [[Michael Landes]] reprise their roles as [[Kimberly Corman]] and Officer Thomas Burke, respectively, from the previous movie. However, as one of the actors was unavailable, they decided to omit both characters entirely.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sandwell |first1=Ian |title=Final Destination 3's original ending would have delivered a major twist |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a31073531/final-destination-3-ending-original-alternate/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |access-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927214112/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a31073531/final-destination-3-ending-original-alternate/ |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |date=February 24, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Corkscrew (Playland).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Corkscrew (Playland)|Corkscrew]] roller coaster was used as the Devil's Flight in the film. [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] and a variety of camera angles made it look larger.|alt=Photograph of a red roller coaster performing a loop.]]

*'''Wendy''': After the train crash, Wendy is the only one left and has an injured leg, leaving her unable to move. Just when she looks around she sees another train heading right for her.

The death scenes required varying degrees of 2D and 3D graphic enhancement. The roller coaster scene necessitated 144 visual-effect shots. Custom-designed coaster cars were built and modified for the script; most of the model was hand-built and computer-designed [[Maya Embedded Language|MEL]] scripts added specific elements. For the coaster-crash scenes, the actors were filmed performing in front of a [[Chroma key|green screen]], to which a [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) background was added. Several of the roller coaster's cars were suspended with [[bungee cord]]s to film the crash; the deaths required the use of CGI onscreen effects and each actor had a corresponding CGI double.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last=Bielik |first=Alain |title='Final Destination 3': Going the Distance with VFX |url=http://www.awn.com/vfxworld/final-destination-3-going-distance-vfx |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |date=February 10, 2006 |access-date=June 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426233323/https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/final-destination-3-going-distance-vfx |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Everyone who got off the roller coaster died.

[[Image:FD3_2.jpg|250px|thumb|James Wong on the set of ''Final Destination 3'']]

Meteor Studios produced the roller coaster and subway crashes while Digital Dimension handled the post-premonition death scenes. The death of Ian McKinley, who is bisected by a cherry picker, proved especially challenging. A clean plate of the cherry picker falling was originally shot with a plate of Lemche acting crushed and falling to the ground with his bottom half in a partial green-screen suit.{{efn|A blank take (with no actor in the shot) is sometimes taken to give compositors a reference of what parts of the shot are different in each take. In common film-making language, this is also known as shooting a "plate".}} After combining those plates, Wong said "he wanted more of a gruesome punch for the shot". A standard CGI body of Lemche's height was used; several animation simulations of the body being crushed with a CGI object were filmed. The director chose the version he liked most. A new plate was then filmed with Lemche imitating the chosen animation and positioning his body at the end. Soho VFX created the scene where Ashley and Ashlyn are killed on tanning beds. It consisted of about 35 shots of CGI skin, glass, fire, and smoke mixed with real fire and smoke. The subway crash in the film's epilogue used a CGI environment reproducing the main aspects of the set.<ref name="auto2"/>

==Ending==

{{spoiler}}

===Music===

It takes place five months later, after Ian has been killed and everyone thinks it is over. There are only three survivors left, Wendy, Kevin, and Julie. Wendy is on a train with her room-mate and her friend they are having a normal conversation. (Through out the movie there is a song that Wendy keeps hearing on the radio Just before someone dies. I do not know the title just one line which is "Someone is Walking Behind You") there is a man with a guitar on the train and he begins singing this song.

The score for ''Final Destination 3'' was composed and conducted by [[Shirley Walker]], who wrote the soundtracks of the series' previous installments. It was performed by the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]]. Score mixer Bobby Fernandez created a "gore-o-meter", measuring the violence of each death to ensure the score would match the scenes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldwasser |first=Dan |title=Shirley Walker's Final Destination 3 kicks off 2006 with a scream |url=http://scoringsessions.com/2006/01/05/shirley-walkers-final-destination-3-kicks-off-2006-with-a-scream/ |website=Scoring Sessions |access-date=March 10, 2017 |date=January 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426233348/http://scoringsessions.com/2006/01/05/shirley-walkers-final-destination-3-kicks-off-2006-with-a-scream/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Final Destination 3'' is the only film in the series without a commercially released soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miska |first1=Brad |title=Get Answers, Ask More Questions: Final Destination 5 Producer Craig Perry Round 4! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/25566/get-answers-ask-more-questions-final-destination-5-producer-craig-perry-round-4/ |publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=March 10, 2017 |date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110245/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/25566/get-answers-ask-more-questions-final-destination-5-producer-craig-perry-round-4/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Musician [[Tommy Lee]] provided a cover of [[The O'Jays]] 1972 song "[[Love Train]]", which was used in the film's closing credits. Lee enjoyed "put[ting his] own darker spin on it for the movie".<ref>{{cite news |title=Tommy Lee Records 'Love Train' For Movie Soundtrack |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tommy-lee-records-love-train-for-movie-soundtrack/ |work=[[Blabbermouth.net|Blabbermouth]] |access-date=August 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802012050/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tommy-lee-records-love-train-for-movie-soundtrack/ |archive-date=August 2, 2015 |date=January 19, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Release==

(You know on trains and buses there are ads?) Well Wendy looks up and there are ads for the tanning salon Ashley and Ashlyn died, One for the hardware store where Ian and Erin worked and I'm sure there were more but I cant remember. Anyway Wendy also notices that the trains number is 180. She starts to freak out and is about to get off the train when her sister walks in. They sit down and she tells her she doesnt think its over yet. But Julie reassures her and she calms down. Until she sees Kevin sitting in the back of the train.

Several months before the film's release, New Line Cinema set up a promotional website,<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 Movie Official Site |url=http://www.fd3movie.com/ |publisher=[[New Line Cinema]] |access-date=January 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220021418/http://www.fd3movie.com/ |archive-date=February 20, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which linked to another site where visitors could download mobile-phone [[ringtones]] and [[Wallpaper (computing)|wallpapers]] related to the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 Ringtones and Wallpapers|url=http://fd3.3gupload.com/|publisher=[[New Line Cinema]]|access-date=April 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060305043756/http://fd3.3gupload.com/|archive-date=March 5, 2006}}</ref> As a further means of promotion, a novelization written by [[Christa Faust]] was published by [[Black Flame (publisher)|Black Flame]] a month before the film's release.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Faust |first=Christa |title=Final Destination III: The Movie |isbn=9781844163199 |publisher=[[Black Flame (publisher)|Black Flame]] |___location=Nottingham, United Kingdom |date=January 3, 2006}}</ref> ''Final Destination 3'' premiered at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood on February 1, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Sandi |title=Ryan Merriman's Destination' role not his final act |url=http://newsok.com/article/2931000 |newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]] |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826204157/http://newsok.com/article/2931000 |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |date=February 10, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> During [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2006, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, James Wong, and Ryan Merriman attended a panel on July 22 to promote the [[DVD]] release of the film. They discussed the features of "Choose Their Fate" and the filming of new sequences.<ref>{{cite web|title=SDCC: Quint, Sam Jackson, Snakes and Tenacious D at the New Line panel! Footage shown!!! |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/23940 |website=[[Ain't It Cool News]] |access-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180118164849/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23940 |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |date=July 22, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Box office===

By this time you just know that this is no coincidence that the three of them have ended up on the same train. She walks up to him, because shes realised its no coincidence and asks him how long hes been on the train etc.. (during the time she was talking to her sister there were shots of a rat eating on a candybar a man threw, the rat is right next to a loose wire) The rat touches the wire and it is electricuted. This causes the train to go out of control and very graphicaly the train crashes and kills everyone in it including Julie then Kevin, after the crash it shows Wendy she is the only one left alive but her leg is injured. We hear a noise and Wendy looks up there is a train comming straight for her, she screams and there is a close up of her eye.

''Final Destination 3'' opened on February 10, 2006, in 2,880 theaters in the United States and Canada. It earned $19,173,094 on its opening weekend with an average of $6,657 per theater.<ref name = "Box Office 1">{{cite web |title=February 10–12, 2006 Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2006W06/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804214105/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=06&p=.htm |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film placed second domestically behind the remake of ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', which opened the same day and earned $20,220,412.<ref name = "Box Office 1"/> ''Final Destination 3'' fell to fifth in its second weekend and seventh in its third, dropping off the top-ten list on its fourth weekend.<ref>{{cite web|title=March 3–5, 2006 Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2006W09/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604222700/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=09&p=.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its last screening, in 135 theaters, occurred during its tenth weekend; the film finished at 37th place with $105,940.<ref>{{cite web |title=April 14–16, 2006 Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2006W15/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604234835/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=15&p=.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Final Destination 3''{{'s}} total earnings were $54,098,051 at the domestic box office and $63,621,107 internationally, for a worldwide gross of $117,719,158.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finaldestination3.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913175422/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finaldestination3.htm |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of its release, the film was the most financially successful installment in the franchise; it retained this title until ''The Final Destination'' surpassed it in 2009 with a worldwide gross of $186,167,139.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Final Destination |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finaldestination4.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703140958/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=finaldestination4.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Home media===

Just like with the opening sequence. It was a premonition. The shot goes back to the scene where she spots Kevin sitting on the train. She runs up to him. By the look on her face Kevin and Julie know what is about to happen. They try to get off the train and Wendy pulls the emergency stop cord but it breaks off the wall. All three of them begin banging on the train walls and windows. The screen goes black and all you hear is their screaming. You know whats about to happen next.

The film was released as a 2-disc DVD on July 25, 2006, by [[New Line Home Entertainment]], in [[widescreen]] and [[Pan and scan|full screen]] formats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Destination 3 – DVD |url=https://www.ign.com/movies/final-destination-3/dvd-830327 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=January 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108224142/http://www.ign.com/movies/final-destination-3/dvd-830327 |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Special features include an audio commentary, a deleted scene, three documentaries, the theatrical trailer, and an original animated video.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 Thrill-Ride Edition |website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Final-Destination-Widescreen-Disc-Thrill/dp/B000FC2HS6 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418110851/https://www.amazon.com/Final-Destination-Widescreen-Disc-Thrill/dp/B000FC2HS6 |archive-date=April 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Wong, Morgan, and cinematographer [[Robert McLachlan (cinematographer)|Robert McLachlan]] provide the audio commentary. The deleted scene is an extended version of Wendy and Kevin's discussion after they are questioned by the police.<ref name = "Dread Central - DS"/> The first documentary, ''Dead Teenager Movie'', examines the history of slasher films. The second, ''Kill Shot: Making Final Destination 3'', focuses on the making of the film and includes interviews with the cast and crew. ''Severed Piece'', the third documentary, discusses the film's special effects, pyrotechnics, and gore effects. A seven-minute animated film, ''It's All Around You'', explains the various ways people can die.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jane |first=Ian |title=Final Destination 3 |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/22877/final-destination-3/ |website=[[DVD Talk]] |access-date=February 14, 2017 |date=July 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418111002/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/22877/final-destination-3/ |archive-date=April 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Special DVD editions labeled "Thrill Ride Edition" also include an optional feature called "Choose Their Fate", allowing viewers to make decisions at several points in the film. Most provide only minor alterations to the death scenes, but the first choice allows the viewer to stop Wendy, Kevin, Jason, and Carrie from boarding the roller coaster before the premonition, ending the film immediately.<ref name = "Dread Central - DS">{{cite news |last=Barton |first=Steve |title=Final Destination 3 (DVD) |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/4238/final-destination-3-dvd/ |work=[[Dread Central]] |access-date=February 14, 2017 |date=July 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418111113/http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/4238/final-destination-3-dvd/ |archive-date=April 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carle |first1=Chris |title=Final Destination 3 (2-Disc Thrill Ride Edition) |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/09/final-destination-3-2-disc-thrill-ride-edition |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=January 9, 2017 |date=August 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110021449/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/09/final-destination-3-2-disc-thrill-ride-edition |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film grossed $18.9 million in home sales.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Destination 3 (2006) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Final-Destination-3 |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=The Numbers}}</ref>

==Tagline==

==Reception==

This Ride Will Be The Death Of You.

===Critical response===

==Trivia==

[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 44% of 117 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.1 out of 10. The site's critics consensus reads: "''Final Destination 3'' is more of the same: gory and pointless, with nowhere new to go."<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Destination 3 (2006)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/final_destination_3/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113092843/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/final_destination_3/|archive-date=January 13, 2017|access-date=June 2, 2025|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Destination 3 (2006) |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/final-destination-3 |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006211150/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/final-destination-3 |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Several critics described the story as formulaic compared to the previous installments; [[Roger Ebert]] wrote that the film's main issue was its predictability and lack of tension because it was "clear to everyone who must die and in what order".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/final-destination-3-2006 |title=Final Destination 3 Movie Review (2006) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=February 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314090326/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/final-destination-3-2006 |archive-date=March 14, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' compared the narrative negatively with the franchise's second installment, describing the third film as lacking intricacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/final-destination-3-1200518650/ |title=Final Destination 3 |last=Chang |first=Justin |date=February 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420130720/http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/final-destination-3-1200518650/|archive-date=April 20, 2017|url-status=live |access-date=January 11, 2017 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' similarly described the film as lacking the "novelty of the first [or] the panache of the second".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/movies/death-is-not-taking-a-holiday-he-is-a-dedicated-workaholic.html|title=Death Is Not Taking a Holiday (He Is a Dedicated Workaholic) |last=Lee |first=Nathan|date=February 10, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223140204/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/movies/death-is-not-taking-a-holiday-he-is-a-dedicated-workaholic.html|archive-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=live |access-date=October 14, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''[[TV Guide]]'' called the periods between characters' deaths "dull", highlighting one reason the film failed to match the formula set out in the previous installments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/final-destination-3/review/217688/|title=Final Destination 3|last1=Fox|first1=Ken|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170718225327/http://www.tvguide.com/movies/final-destination-3/review/217688/|archive-date=July 18, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=July 18, 2017|magazine=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> Other reviewers were more positive; [[IGN]] praised the story—Chris Carle wrote that the "formula has been perfected rather than worn out" by the third film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/movies/final-destination-3/theater-748630|title=Final Destination 3|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116202630/http://www.ign.com/movies/final-destination-3/theater-748630|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/10/final-destination-3|title=Final Destination 3|last1=Carle|first1=Chris|date=February 9, 2006|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170622185211/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/10/final-destination-3|archive-date=June 22, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]''{{'}}s [[Kim Newman]] and ''[[The Guardian]]'' found the story enjoyable, but said ''Final Destination 3'' adhered primarily to the structure set out by the rest of the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/final-destination-3/review/|title=Final Destination 3 Review |last=Newman |first=Kim |author-link=Kim Newman |date=February 7, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807111715/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/final-destination-3/review/|archive-date=August 7, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=August 7, 2017|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/feb/10/12|title=Final Destination 3|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921042955/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/feb/10/12|archive-date=September 21, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=August 7, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

*This movie was originally scheduled to be released on February 24, but was changed to February 10, two weeks earlier than the original set release.

*According to the [[Internet Movie Database]], the film was supposde to run 115 minutes, but was cut down to 92 minutes, due to reshoots.

*The Final Destination 3 [[movie trailer]] has been seen attached to [[Derailed]], [[King Kong]], [[Saw II]], [[The Ringer]], [[Just Friends]], [[Hostel]], [[Glory Road]], [[BloodRayne (film)]], [[Underworld: Evolution]] and the [[Wedding Crashers]] [[DVD]].

*The ONLY connections to the previous Final Destination films is the character of Carrie Dreyer (Gina Holden), whose cousin, Blake Dreyer (Christine Chatelain) died on the plane in the first movie and that Flight 180 is mentioned by Kevin.

*The title was previously known as ''Cheating Death: Final Destination 3'' & ''Final Destination 3-D''.

*3-D was considered for the film, but it was deemed too expensive and complicated.

*The film has gone through a few re-shoots for the final version.

*The end of the book is not like the end of the movie and so as the mention of the two people in the second movie. They re-shot scenes with a train station ending, suprise information of the two people in [[Final Destination 2]], and more.

*Tony Todd, who played the mysterious mortician in the first two films and was not expected to return for the third , will have a cameo. Less than a month before release the filmmakers decided to draft Todd in for a voiceover role. The actor’s deep intonations will now be heard as the demonic host of the doomed rollercoaster that the movie’s victims/heroes board at the beginning of the movie. [[http://fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5420]]

*There are three TV spots that are aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], the [[WB Television Network]] and the [[American Broadcasting Company]] which show more of the movie than the theatrical trailer. [[http://www.zippyvideos.com/4055626223268836/fd3/*smokeydawg]]

[[Image:FD3_poster_people.jpg|250px|thumb]]'''

*When the new ending (the subway train ending) was being filmed, Kimberley and Officer Burke from [[Final Destination 2]] were supposed to be on the subway train that crashes with Wendy, Kevin, and Julie. But due to scheduling problems, [[A.J. Cook]] and [[Michael Landes]] could not make it.

The film's tone and death scenes were positively received by critics. Writing for ''ReelViews'', [[James Berardinelli]] described ''Final Destination 3'' as incorporating more humor compared to its predecessors and said it worked to the film's benefit.<ref name="James">{{cite web|url=http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/final-destination-3|title=Final Destination 3 (United States, 2006)|last1=Berandinelli|first1=James|date=February 10, 2006|website=ReelViews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717103611/http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/final-destination-3|archive-date=July 17, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' agreed the film's humorous tone helped to elevate it and said fans of the franchise would enjoy the death sequences.<ref name = "Seattle Times">{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060210/final10/final-destination-3-more-mayhem-this-time-with-nail-guns-and-tanning-beds|title="Final Destination 3": More mayhem, this time with nail guns and tanning beds|last1=Shannon|first1=Jeff|date=February 10, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425025945/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?slug=final10&date=20060210|archive-date=April 25, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=April 24, 2017|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> Sarah Dobbs of ''Den of Geek!'' said the tone made ''Final Destination 3'' the high point of the franchise. She commended the film's style as a "brightly coloured [and] slightly silly meditation on how we're all gonna die one day, so we might as well do it explosively".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/final-destination/34499/final-destination-ranking-the-movies-in-order-of-quality|title=Final Destination: ranking the movies in order of quality |last=Dobbs |first=Sarah|date=April 17, 2015|website=[[Den of Geek]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202213540/http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/final-destination/34499/final-destination-ranking-the-movies-in-order-of-quality|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> The tanning bed and nail gun scenes were singled out as the best death sequences from the film and the franchise.<ref name="Complex">{{cite web|last1=Barone |first1=Matt |title=The 10 Best 'Final Destination' Death Scenes |url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/08/the-10-best-final-destination-death-scenes/ |magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=February 7, 2017 |date=August 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035830/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/08/the-10-best-final-destination-death-scenes/ |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/site/180897-13-craziest-deaths-from-the-final-destination-movies|title=13 Craziest deaths from the Final Destination Movies|date=January 9, 2012|website=[[CraveOnline]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202221615/http://www.craveonline.com/site/180897-13-craziest-deaths-from-the-final-destination-movies|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wieselman |first1=Jarett |last2=Madison III |first2=Ira |title=The Definitive Ranking Of 'Final Destination' Deaths |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/definitive-ranking-final-destination-deaths |publisher=[[BuzzFeed]] |access-date=January 9, 2017 |date=March 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311211706/https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/definitive-ranking-final-destination-deaths |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Roller Coaster==

Winstead's performance was praised. According to the [[BBC Online|BBC]], "the real tragedy is that promising young actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead must endure this torture".<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/02/09/final_destination_3_2006_review.shtml|title=Final Destination 3 (2006)|last1=Papamichael|first1=Stella|date=February 9, 2006|work=[[BBC Online]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104071346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/02/09/final_destination_3_2006_review.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> Berardinelli described her as delivering "as competent a job as one could expect in these dire circumstances". Felix Gonzalez, Jr. of DVD Reviews praised Winstead's and Merriman's performances as one of the few positive aspects of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdreview.com/reviews/pages/2375.shtml|title=Final Destination 3 (2006)|last1=Gonzalex Jr.|first1=Felix|date=July 22, 2006|website=DVD Reviews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119154429/http://www.dvdreview.com/reviews/pages/2375.shtml|archive-date=November 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref> Similarly, ''The Seattle Times'' praised Winstead for conveying Wendy's emotions.<ref name = "Seattle Times"/> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' also listed Wendy as one of the top 20 [[final girl]]s in horror films and praised Winstead's performance for making Wendy a believable character.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Laurie Strode to Sidney Prescott: Horror's best final girls |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/laurie-strode-sidney-prescott-horrors-best-final-girls/mary-elizabeth-winstead-final-destination-3/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=May 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503114329/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/laurie-strode-sidney-prescott-horrors-best-final-girls/mary-elizabeth-winstead-final-destination-3/ |archive-date=May 3, 2018 |date=October 31, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Here is the seating arrangements from back to front in the movie poster.

The way they sit isn't the order how they die.

*Row 1: '''Wendy''' and '''Kevin'''

*Row 2: '''Ashlyn''' and '''Ashley'''

*Row 3: '''Ian''' and '''Erin'''

*Row 4: '''Frank''' and '''Lewis'''

*Row 5: '''Jason''' and '''Carrie'''

===Accolades===

Here is the real seating arrangements from front to back.

''Final Destination 3'' was nominated at the 2006 [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards]] for Highest Body Count, Line That Killed (Best One-Liner), Sickest FX (Best Special Effects) as well as Most Thrilling Killing (Best Death Scene) for Frankie's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2006/08/26/fango-announces-chainsaw-nominees/|title=Fango Announces Chainsaw Nominees! |last1=Weinberg |first1=Scott |date=August 26, 2006 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |publisher=[[Moviefone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813113423/http://blog.moviefone.com/2006/08/26/fango-announces-chainsaw-nominees/ |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> At the 2007 [[33rd Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]] it was nominated for [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]] and the "Thrill Ride Edition" was nominated for [[Saturn Award for Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release|Best DVD Special Edition Release]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson |first1=Melissa |date=February 20, 2007 |title=Saturn Awards Nominations Announced |url=https://firefox.org/news/articles/129/1/Saturn-Award-Nominations-Announced/Page1.html |website=Firefox News |access-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110032452/http://firefox.org/news/articles/129/1/Saturn-Award-Nominations-Announced/Page1.html |archive-date=November 10, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

*Row 1: '''Jason''' and '''Carrie'''

*Row 7: '''Ashley''' and '''Ashlyn'''

*Row 8: '''Frank'''

*Row 9: '''Lewis'''

*Row 10: '''Erin''' and '''Ian'''

*Row 11: '''Perry''' and '''Julie'''

*Row 12: '''Wendy''' and '''Kevin'''

==Notes==

There are two sections: 1-6 and 7-12. Only rows 7-12 got off the roller coaster; 1-6 remained on the ride. Jason and Carrie are the only known passengers in that section.

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==References==

Note: Starting with Ashley and Ashlyn, then Frank etc, this is the exact order death begins killing them.

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==Cause of the Crash==

In the movie, Frankie's recordable camera only made the crash worse. It did not caused the crash. Hydraulics ruptured, causing the wheels to spin off and all of the harness came loose, causing everyone to fall to their deaths, whiched caused the crash. Frankie's recordable camera, which slipped out of his hand and caused the deadly reaction, made the rollar coaster crash happen faster and worser.

==External links==

* {{IMDb title}}

*[http://www.fd3movie.com Official site]

*[http://www.fd3movie.com/trailer_qt_large.htm Trailer]

*{{imdb title|id=0414982|title=Final Destination 3}}

{{James Wong}}

*[http://upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/finaldestination3.php Final Destination 3] at Upcoming Horror Movies

*[http://fd3.alexz-johnson.net Final Destination 3: A Division of Alexz-Johnson.net]

*[http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=news&cat=2&v=Final%20Destination ''Final Destination 3'' news coverage] at [http://www.horrorchannel.com The Horror Channel]

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