Taglines: Last Call, Pitches.
Three years after the events of Pitch Perfect 2, the Bellas have graduated college, but have jobs which they all hate. Desperate to see each other again to sing once more, Beca (Anna Kendrick), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson), Chloe (Brittany Snow), Aubrey (Anna Camp), Lilly (Hana Mae Lee), Stacie (Alexis Knapp), Cynthia (Ester Dean), Florencia (Chrissie Fit), Jessica (Kelley Jakle), and Ashley (Shelley Regner) are all thrilled to learn that Emily (Hailee Steinfeld), now a senior at Barden and leader of the Barden Bellas, has seemingly asked for the Bellas to reunite at an event in New York Aquarium to sing with each other once more. Upon arriving at the reunion they are told that the reunion was not for the Bellas to sing together, but to watch Emily sing with the new Bellas.
They later gather at a bar in disappointment and Emily apologizes as she thought it would be the only way for them to see each other again. They all express how much they miss each other. Suddenly, Aubrey to convince them to join a USO performance accessed by her Army officer father. If they win the competition, they get to open for DJ Khaled. The Bellas gladly accept, all except for Stacie who is eight months pregnant at the moment and is unable to go with them.
The Bellas later arrive at a hangar where two soldiers, Chicago (Matt Lanter) and Zeke introduce them to their competition, revealed to be three other groups who use instruments unlike the Bellas. When the band Evermoist, lead by their leader Calamity (Ruby Rose) begin to mock and belittle the Bellas, the competitors are challenged to a riff-off by the Bellas, who leave defeated when the other groups compete using their musical instruments.
The Bellas are taken to a fancy hotel in Spain, where Chloe begins to catch an eye for Chicago. Fat Amy finds an old stuffed bunny sitting in her bed, which she recognizes as an old toy she used to hold when she was very little as her father Fergus (John Lithgow) sang her to sleep every night. Amy then realizes that her father is staying in the same hotel she is in and is shocked upon the discovery, seeing as how Fergus is an international criminal.
Later that night, the Bellas are invited to a party at DJ Khaled’s suite at the hotel, where Fat Amy splits with the group when she is called to be at a poker tournament. The tournament was set up by Fergus, who promptly begs for Amy to be back in his life. A hesitant Amy finally agrees to do so after seeing how much he has changed. Beca, who develops a friendship with DJ Khaled’s music producer Theo (Guy Burnet), is taken to DJ Khaled’s music editing room. Beca produces a mix which impresses Theo who is prompted to send the mix to DJ Khaled. Moments later, the party is thrown into chaos when Aubrey accidentally sets the suite on fire.
The Bellas
— Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell, an alumna and the former leader of The Barden Bellas, who works as a producer but quits due to creative differences, before joining the tour. She has been sharing an apartment with her best friends Chloe and Fat Amy for the last three years.
— Rebel Wilson as Patricia “Fat Amy” Hobart, a comedic alumna of The Barden Bellas, from Australia. She held a one-woman show, “Fat Amy Winehouse”, before joining the tour.
— Brittany Snow as Chloe Beale, a Barden Bellas alumna and former co-leader, who longs for glory days with the Bellas. She applied to attend a vet school before joining the tour.
— Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen, a Barden Bellas alumna and former leader, before Beca, who worked at the Lodge of Fallen Leaves. Through her father, The Bellas were invited to the USO tour.
— Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Junk, a senior student at Barden University and the current leader of the new Barden Bellas, who joins her former seniors for the tour.
— Hana Mae Lee as Lilly Onakuramara, a Barden Bellas alumna known for her quiet speaking voice and odd remarks. She worked as a tailor before joining the tour.
— Ester Dean as Cynthia-Rose Adams, a lesbian Barden Bellas alumna, who failed the Flight School simulation before joining the tour.
— Chrissie Fit as Florencia “Flo” Fuentes, a Barden Bellas alumna, from Guatemala. She worked at a juice truck before joining the tour.
— Kelley Jakle as Jessica Smith, a Barden Bellas alumna.
— Shelley Regner as Ashley Jones, a Barden Bellas alumna.
Pitch Perfect 3 is a 2017 American musical comedy film directed by Trish Sie and written by Kay Cannon and Mike White. A sequel to Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and the third and final installment in the Pitch Perfect series, the film stars Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld, Hana Mae Lee, Ester Dean, Chrissie Fit, Alexis Knapp, John Lithgow, Ruby Rose, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Elizabeth Banks, and John Michael Higgins. The film follows the Bellas, now graduated from college, reuniting for one final performance together during an overseas USO tour.
Principal photography on the film began in January 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia and ended in April 2017. The film was released in the United States on December 22, 2017. As of January 28, 2018, Pitch Perfect 3 has grossed $102.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $77.3 million in other territories, for a total of $180.1 million, against a production budget of $45 million.
In the United States and Canada, Pitch Perfect 3 was released alongside the openings of Downsizing and Father Figures, and the wide expansions of The Shape of Water and Darkest Hour, and was projected to gross $27–35 million from 3,447 theaters in its opening weekend. The film took in $2.1 million from Thursday night previews, about half of the $4.6 million earned by its predecessor. Over the three-day weekend, which included Christmas Eve, it grossed $19.9 million (down nearly 70% from the second film’s $69.2 million debut), finishing third at the box office, behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. It grossed an additional $6.5 million on Christmas Day, for a four-day total of $26.4 million. It dropped 15% the following weekend, grossing $16.8 million, and a total of $21.7 million over the four-day New Year’s frame.
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
Directed by: Trish Sie
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld, Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Shelley Regner, Kelley Jakle
Screenplay by: Kay Cannon, Mike White
Production Design by: Toby Corbett
Cinematography by: Matthew Clark
Film Editing by: Craig Alpert, Colin Patton
Costume Design by: Salvador Pérez Jr.
Set Decoration by: Maggie Martin
Music by: Christopher Lennertz
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language and some action.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: December 22, 2017
