When Does "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003) Take Place?
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" is a science fiction film written by John Brancato with Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian that released July 2nd, 2003. So when is "Rise of the Machines" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because Sarah Connor's grave marker reads: "SARAH CONNOR 1959 - 1997 NO FATE BUT WHAT WE MAKE" so it must be after 1997 AD.
2004 AD
We know this because Sarah Connor's grave marker reads: "SARAH CONNOR 1959 - 1997 NO FATE BUT WHAT WE MAKE" so it must be after 1997 AD.
More specifically, early in the movie the T-101 Terminator's digital heads-up-display registers a wristwatch it is looking at as "ACCURATE 07.24.2004" representing July 24th, 2004 AD.
The narrative wraps on the very next day, which must be July 25th, 2004 AD, so it ends in the same calendar year.
It is the third chronological film in the Terminator universe and can be watched at its timeline point.
