Reception
Terminator 3 earned a 70% positive rating on the film critic aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Shortly after the film's release, James Cameron told the BBC he thought the film was "in one word: great", but later said he would not return to the franchise, saying " has kind of run its course" and that "frankly, the soup's already been pissed in by other film makers". After the release of Terminator Salvation in 2009, he also stated he felt his two films were better than either of the later films. In The New York Times A. O. Scott said the film "is essentially a B movie, content to be loud, dumb and obvious". Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars, remarking, "Essentially one long chase and fight, punctuated by comic, campy or simplistic dialogue."
Terminator 3 earned a total worldwide gross of $433 million, 17% less than its predecessor's worldwide gross of $519 million not taking into account inflation.
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