Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
“The machines will rise.”
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.
How Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of The Terminator, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #4 of 6
- Rank in the series by rating
- 12 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 13%
- Share of the series audience
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) ranks 4th of the 6 rated films in The Terminator series, at 6.2/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.8/10.
It arrived 12 years after Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the longest wait between any two films in The Terminator series.
Its 7,465 TMDB ratings are 13% of the 59,600 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for The Terminator, comparing all 6 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is film 3 of 6. See the complete watch order.