Saw (franchise)

{{short description|Horror media franchise}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox media franchise | title = ''Saw'' | image = Saw film logo.png | imagesize = 210 | caption = | creator = {{Plainlist| * James Wan * Leigh Whannell }} | owner = {{Plainlist| * Lionsgate Studios * Blumhouse Productions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/saw-franchise-rights-acquired-blumhouse-james-wan-1235133611/|title='Saw' Franchise Rights Acquired by Blumhouse, Reuniting James Wan with Horror Series|first=Brian|last=Welk|date=June 18, 2025}}</ref> }} | years = 2004–present | origin = ''Saw'' (2004) | comics = ''Saw: Rebirth'' (2005) | tv = ''Scream Queens'' (2008) | films = {{Plainlist| * ''Saw'' (2004) * ''Saw II'' (2005) * ''Saw III'' (2006) * ''Saw IV'' (2007) * ''Saw V'' (2008) * ''Saw VI'' (2009) * ''Saw 3D'' (2010) * ''Jigsaw'' (2017) * ''Spiral'' (2021) * ''Saw X'' (2023) }} | shorts = {{Plainlist| * ''Full Disclosure Report'' (2005) * ''The Scott Tibbs Documentary'' (2006) }} | attractions = Saw – The Ride | vgs = {{Plainlist| *''Saw'' (2009) *''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (2010) }} }}

'''''Saw''''' is an American<ref>{{cite web |title=Saw (2004) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/63212-SAW?sid=4db4a66c-b3f8-416f-9e78-df56cb67b9d6&sr=10.10411&cp=1&pos=0 |website=AFI Catalog |access-date=22 March 2026}}</ref> horror media franchise created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, which began with the eponymous 2004 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded from films into other media, including video games, comic books, music, theme park attractions, and merchandising including toys, masks, and clothing. ''Saw'' is the sixth highest-grossing horror franchise of all-time, and was named by Guinness as "the most successful horror franchise in history" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tulshyan |first1=Ruchika |title=Saw: The Most Successful Horror Franchise of All Time |url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2010/07/25/saw-the-most-successful-horror-film-of-all-time/ |website=TIME |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref>

The series revolves around the fictional serial killer, John "Jigsaw" Kramer. Kramer was introduced briefly in ''Saw'' and developed in more detail in the subsequent films. Rather than killing his victims directly, he traps them in life-threatening situations that he refers to as "tests" or "games" to test their will to survive through physical or psychological torture, believing that if they survive, they will be "rehabilitated".

In 2003, Wan and Whannell made a short film to help pitch a feature film concept, after having the original script written for several years. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to receive funding in their home country of Australia, Wan and Whannell traveled to the United States, after several producers expressed interest in the project. It was ultimately successful, and, in 2004, the first installment debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically that October by Lionsgate. After its immensely successful opening weekend, the first of many sequels was immediately green-lit. Five directors{{efn|The directors of ''Jigsaw'' consisted of twin brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, known colloquially as The Spierig Brothers, who just count as one director in the total.}} have worked on the series, the first four were their directorial debuts: James Wan, Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl, Kevin Greutert and The Spierig Brothers; while Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, Josh Stolberg, and Peter Goldfinger have written the screenplays. Both creators remain with the franchise as executive producers.

The film series has been a box office success, grossing more than $1 billion from box office and retail sales. The first, sixth, and ninth films received mixed reviews, while the second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth films received negative reviews. The tenth film received generally positive reviews from critics, becoming the only film in the franchise to do so. An eleventh film was scheduled for September 2025 but was cancelled in March 2025.

==Films== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; margin=auto; width:100%;" ! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | U.S. release date ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Screenwriter(s) ! scope="col" | Story by ! scope="col" | Producers |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2004|10|29}} | James Wan | Leigh Whannell | James Wan & Leigh Whannell | rowspan="10" | Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw II'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2005|10|28}} | rowspan="3" | Darren Lynn Bousman | colspan="2" | Leigh Whannell and Darren Lynn Bousman |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw III'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2006|10|27}} | Leigh Whannell | James Wan & Leigh Whannell |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw IV'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2007|10|26}} | Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan | Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw V'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2008|10|24}} | David Hackl | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw VI'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2009|10|23}} | rowspan="2" | Kevin Greutert |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw 3D'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2010|10|29}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Jigsaw'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2017|10|27}} | The Spierig Brothers | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Josh Stolberg & Peter Goldfinger |- ! scope="row" | ''Spiral'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2021|05|14}} | Darren Lynn Bousman |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw X'' | style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2023|09|29}} | Kevin Greutert |-

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===Future=== {{anchor|Cancelled Saw XI}} In September 2023, producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules stated there were tentative plans for future installments in the ''Saw'' series, dependent on the reception and success of ''Saw X'' (2023).<ref name="SawFuture_CB.com">{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/horror/news/saw-franchise-plans-more-movies-future-jigsaw/|work=ComicBook.com|title=Saw Franchise Producers Confirm More Plans for Jigsaw After Saw X|author=Ridgley, Charlie|date=September 22, 2023|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref> Later that month, Josh Stolberg—co-writer of ''Jigsaw'' (2017), ''Spiral'' (2021), and ''Saw X''—announced that there were active plans for an eleventh installment. Both Burg and Koules stated that the mid-credits scene of ''Saw X'' was intended to set up a future film which would again include the character Mark Hoffman.<ref name="Saw11_Dexerto">{{cite web|url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/saw-x-producers-tease-return-fan-favorite-in-saw-11-2314615/|work=Dexerto|title=Saw X: Producers tease return of fan favorite in Saw 11|author=Tilly, Chris|date=September 29, 2023|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/6318977/saw-x-ending-explained/ | title='Saw X' Ending Explained | date=September 29, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/saw-x-mid-credits-cameo-hoffman-return-director-explain/ | title="Most Fan Servicey Thing": Saw X's Major Cameo in Mid-Credits Scene Explained by Director | website=Screen Rant | date=September 30, 2023 }}</ref> The character Cecilia was intentionally left alive for a possible sequel to expand her character upon.<ref name="Saw11_SF">{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1407788/saw-11-ideas-from-producers-exclusive/|work=Slash Film|title=Saw 11 Isn't Set In Stone, But The Series Producers Have Some Ideas [Exclusive]|author=Hall, Jacob|date=September 29, 2023|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref> The following month, Kevin Greutert—director of ''Saw VI'' (2009), ''Saw 3D'' (2010), and ''Saw X''—told ''The Hollywood Reporter'' that, "there are so many directions we could go, but for me, there's no obvious one coming out of this film. I really wanted it to feel like a kind of final send-off for the Jigsaw character, but never say never".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davids |first=Brian |date=2023-10-11 |title=''Saw X'' Director Kevin Greutert on Making the Franchise's First Critically Acclaimed Film |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/saw-x-ending-future-1235615775/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In October 2024, Tobin Bell was officially confirmed by ''Los Angeles Times'' to be reprising once again his role as John Kramer / Jigsaw in the film, teasing that the character "isn't done" yet and there is more to learn about him.<ref name="TobinBell">{{Cite web |last=Aguilar |first=Carlos |date=October 1, 2024 |title=For 20 years, he's played 'Saw's' boogeyman. He doesn't see it as a trap |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-10-01/tobin-bell-saw-franchise-interview-jigsaw-doesnt-see-it-as-a-trap |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

In December, Lionsgate confirmed ''Saw XI'' on their Instagram account, with a release date of September 27, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=2023-12-12 |title=''Saw XI'' Announced for September 2024 Release Date |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/saw-11-announced-release-date-1235834437/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Variety}}</ref> However, in April 2024, the film was delayed to September 26, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5jtb0pvx4K/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> Koules stated the film would likely be a direct sequel to ''Saw X''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/saw-11-story-details-jigsaw-amanda-cecilia-updates/ | title=Saw 11's Early Story Details Tease Updates on Jigsaw, Amanda & Cecilia | website=Screen Rant | date=December 23, 2023 }}</ref> Greutert was set to direct.<ref>{{cite web |last=Squires |first=John |title=Saw XI - Saw X Filmmaker Kevin Greutert Returning to Direct Next Installment |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3798545/saw-xi-saw-x-filmmaker-kevin-greutert-returning-to-direct-the-next-installment-exclusive/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=February 5, 2024 |date=February 5, 2024}}</ref> In March 2025, it was reported that work on the film had stalled. Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who wrote the fourth to the seventh film, turned in a draft of the script in mid-2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gajewski |first=Ryan |date=2025-03-17 |title=''Saw XI'' Stalled Amid "Inter-Squabbling" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/saw-xi-stalled-lionsgate-1236165617/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> However, in August later that year, Oren Koules confirmed it was cancelled due to "[having] a difference of opinion [with Mark Burg], and we couldn't resolve it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/saw-x-sequel-canceled-saw-xi-plot-details-blumhouse-twisted-pictures/|title=Saw Series Producer Reveals First Details of Scrapped Saw X Sequel (Exclusive)|first=Cameron|last=Bonomolo|date=August 18, 2025}}</ref>

In June 2025, Blumhouse Productions bought Twisted Pictures' stake in the franchise, with Lionsgate still being involved.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 4, 2025 |first1=Anthony |first2=Mike |last1=D'Alessandro |last2=Fleming Jr |title=Blumhouse Acquiring 'Saw' Rights From Twisted Pictures – The Dish |url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/saw-blumhouse-atomic-monster-buy-out-1236423712/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2025-06-18 |title=Blumhouse Closes Deal For 'Saw' Rights; Lionsgate Still Retains 50% Interest In Horror Property |url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/saw-blumhouse-twisted-pictures-1236437062/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Franchise co-creator James Wan will be creatively involved with a new ''Saw'' film for the first time since ''Saw III'' (2006).<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=DLDo750hRC4|user=creepypuppet |title=Can't believe after more than 20 years, I'm CREATIVELY heading back to ''Saw''! |first=James|last=Wan|date=June 18, 2025|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Q5aaV |archive-date=July 10, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2025, Jason Blum announced Wan's creative return to the franchise, expressing a desire that Wan's creative outlook returns to the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|title='Blumhouse Is Not for Sale': Jason Blum on 15 Years of Horror Hits, Losing 'Texas Chainsaw,' Reinventing 'Saw' and More|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/features/jason-blum-blumhouse-interview-1236542196/|date=October 8, 2025|access-date=October 8, 2025|website=Variety|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Short films== {{Further information|Saw (2004)#Funding and short film{{!}}''Saw'' (2004) § Funding and short film}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; margin=auto; width:100%;" ! scope="col" style="width:16%;"| Title ! scope="col" | U.S. wide-release date ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Writer ! scope="col" | Producer |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw'' | style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2003|10|18}} | James Wan | Leigh Whannell | Darren McFarlane |- ! scope="row" | ''Full Disclosure Report'' | style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2005|10|31}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |- ! scope="row" | ''The Scott Tibbs Documentary'' | style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2006|10|24}} |Kelly Pancho |Kelly Pancho & Mark Atkinson |Kelly Pancho |}

''Saw'', often referred to as ''Saw 0.5'', is a 2003 short film that served as a promotional tool in pitching a feature-length version to Lionsgate. It is included on the second disc of the uncut DVD release of ''Saw''. It has also been released alone, and on the ''Saw Trilogy'' DVD containing ''Saw'' Uncut Edition, ''Saw II'' Special Edition, and ''Saw III'' Director's Cut, packaged with a limited-edition 3D puppet-head box version of Billy the Puppet.

A mockumentary short film, ''Full Disclosure Report'', was released in 2005 as part of the ''Saw: Uncut'' DVD-release. The story takes place between the first and second films and features reporters trying to figure out who Jigsaw is and discussing his victims. The short film marks the first appearance of detective Eric Matthews, before his appearance in ''Saw II''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Review: SAW Uncut Edition |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/saw-uncut-dvd-review/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=FANGORIA |date=October 12, 2005 |language=en}}</ref>

Another mockumentary short film, ''The Scott Tibbs Documentary'', was released in 2006 as part of the ''Saw II: Unrated Special Edition'' DVD-release. The story takes place between the second and third films, where Adam Stanheight's friend Scott Tibbs, leader of the rock band "Wrath of the Gods", is filming a documentary about Jigsaw and his victims.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Steve |date=2006-10-25 |title=Saw II: Unrated Special Edition (DVD) |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/4438/saw-ii-unrated-special-edition-dvd/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}}</ref>

''Saw: Rebirth'' is originally a comic book released by IDW in 2005 and tells the story of the events that spurred the transformation of John Kramer into Jigsaw.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Jason |date=2021-05-12 |title='Saw: Rebirth': Writer R. Eric Lieb Revisits the Comic That Gave Us Jigsaw's First Origin Story [Blood/Ink/Staples] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/comics/3664901/saw-rebirth-writer-r-eric-lieb-revisits-comic-gave-us-jigsaws-first-origin-story-blood-ink-staples/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref> Later, it was released as a short film in the form of a motion comic on the original ''Saw II'' website.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-02 |title=[ SAW II - OFFICIAL MOVIE SITE ] |url=http://www.saw2.com/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002065430/http://www.saw2.com/ |archive-date=October 2, 2007 }}</ref>

==Television== In April 2021, Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs announced in an interview with ''Deadline Hollywood'' that Lionsgate TV was in early talks on a television series adaptation or continuation of the film ''Spiral''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 23, 2021 |title=Lionsgate TV's Kevin Beggs Talks Indie Studio's Expansion, Deal Strategy, Covid Impact, 'The Continental' Details & 'Saw' Series Rumors |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/lionsgate-television-strategy-john-wick-saw-american-psycho-series-kevin-beggs-interview-1234718117/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426045943/https://deadline.com/2021/04/lionsgate-television-strategy-john-wick-saw-american-psycho-series-kevin-beggs-interview-1234718117/ |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=April 24, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

==Recurring cast and characters== {{Main|List of Saw characters{{!}}List of ''Saw'' characters|topic=the cast and characters}} {{Cast indicator|tense=past|S|V|C|P|A|Y}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" | Character ! ''Saw'' ! ''Saw II'' ! ''Saw III'' ! ''Saw IV'' ! ''Saw V'' ! ''Saw VI'' ! ''Saw 3D'' ! ''Jigsaw'' ! ''Spiral'' ! ''Saw X'' |- ! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2017 !! 2021 !! 2023 |- ! John Kramer<br/>{{small|Jigsaw}} | colspan="8" | Tobin Bell | {{N/A|Tobin Bell}}{{ref|photo|P}} | Tobin Bell |- ! Amanda Young | colspan="3" | Shawnee Smith | colspan="2" {{N/A|Shawnee Smith}}{{ref|archive|A}} | Shawnee Smith | {{N/A|Shawnee Smith}}{{ref|archive|A}} | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | Shawnee Smith |- ! Lawrence Gordon | Cary Elwes | {{N/A|Cary Elwes}}{{ref|voice|V}} | {{N/A|Body double}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | colspan="3" {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | Cary Elwes | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Adam Stanheight | Leigh Whannell | {{N/A|Leigh Whannell}}{{ref|voice|V}}{{ref|special|S}} | Leigh Whannell | {{cEmpty}} | {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | {{N/A|Leigh Whannell}}{{ref|archive|A}} | {{N/A|Leigh Whannell}}{{ref|archive|A}}{{ref|voice|V}}{{ref|special|S}} | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Leigh Whannell}}{{ref|special|S}} |- ! Zep Hindle | Michael Emerson | {{N/A|Michael Emerson}}{{ref|voice|V}}{{ref|special|S}} | {{N/A|Michael Emerson}}{{ref|archive|A}}{{ref|special|S}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Michael Emerson}}{{ref|archive|A}}{{ref|special|S}} | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Michael Emerson}}{{ref|special|S}} |- ! David Tapp | Danny Glover | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Danny Glover}}{{ref|archive|A}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Danny Glover}}{{ref|archive|A}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="5" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Steven Sing | Ken Leung | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Ken Leung}}{{ref|archive|A}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Ken Leung}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="5" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Allison Kerry | colspan="4" | Dina Meyer | {{N/A|Dina Meyer}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="5" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Eric Matthews | {{cEmpty}} | colspan="3" | Donnie Wahlberg | {{N/A|Donnie Wahlberg}}{{ref|archive|A}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="5" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Daniel Rigg | {{cEmpty}} | colspan="3" | Lyriq Bent | {{N/A|Lyriq Bent}}{{ref|archive|A}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="5" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Daniel Matthews | {{cEmpty}} | Erik Knudsen | {{N/A|Erik Knudsen}}{{ref|archive|A}} | {{N/A|Erik Knudsen}}{{ref|photo|P}} | {{N/A|Body double}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Erik Knudsen}}{{ref|archive|A}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Obi Tate | {{cEmpty}} | Timothy Burd | {{N/A|Timothy Burd}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Timothy Burd}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Timothy Burd}}{{ref|archive|A}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Timothy Burd}}{{ref|photo|P}} | {{cEmpty}} |- ! Xavier | {{cEmpty}} | Franky G | {{N/A|Franky G}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Franky G}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Franky G}}{{ref|archive|A}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Addison | {{cEmpty}} | Emmanuelle Vaugier | colspan="3" {{N/A|Emmanuelle Vaugier}}{{ref|archive|A}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Emmanuelle Vaugier}}{{ref|photo|P}} | {{cEmpty}} |- ! Mark Hoffman | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | colspan="5" | Costas Mandylor | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | {{N/A|Costas Mandylor}}{{ref|cameo|C}} |- ! Jill Tuck | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | colspan="5" | Betsy Russell | {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Jeff Denlon | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | Angus Macfadyen | {{N/A|Angus Macfadyen}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | colspan="2" {{N/A|Angus Macfadyen}}{{ref|archive|A}} | {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Lynn Denlon | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | Bahar Soomekh | colspan="4" {{N/A|Bahar Soomekh}}{{ref|archive|A}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Corbett Denlon | colspan="2" {{cEmpty}} | colspan=3" | Niamh Wilson | {{N/A|Niamh Wilson}}{{ref|cameo|C}} | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Peter Strahm | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | Scott Patterson | {{N/A|Scott Patterson}}{{ref|archive|A}} | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Lindsey Perez | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} | Athena Karkanis | {{N/A|Athena Karkanis}}{{ref|archive|A}} | Athena Karkanis | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Dan Erickson | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | Mark Rolston | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Brit | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} | Julie Benz | rowspan= "2" {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Mallick | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} | Greg Bryk | Greg Bryk | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! Pamela Jenkins | colspan="4" {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | Samantha Lemole | {{NA|''Mentioned''}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |- ! William Easton | colspan="5" {{cEmpty}} | Peter Outerbridge | {{N/A|Peter Outerbridge}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="3" {{cEmpty}} |}

==Additional crew and production details== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" | Film ! colspan="7" | Crew/Detail |- ! Composer ! Cinematographer ! Editor(s) ! Production company ! Distributing company ! Running time |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw'' | rowspan="11" | Charlie Clouser | rowspan="6" | David A. Armstrong | rowspan="3" | Kevin Greutert | rowspan="5" |Twisted Pictures | rowspan="11" | Lionsgate Films | 103 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw II'' | 93 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw III'' | 108 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw IV'' | Brett Sullivan<br/>Kevin Greutert | rowspan="2" | 92 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw V'' | Kevin Greutert |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw VI'' | rowspan="2" | Andrew Coutts | Twisted Pictures<br/>A Bigger Boat | rowspan="2" | 90 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw 3D'' | Brian Gedge | Twisted Pictures<br/>A Bigger Boat<br/>Serendipity Productions |- ! scope="row" | ''Jigsaw'' | Ben Nott | Kevin Greutert | Twisted Pictures<br/>Serendipity Productions<br/>A Bigger Boat | 92 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Spiral'' | Jordan Oram | Dev Singh | Twisted Pictures<br/>Serendipity Productions<br/>Dahlstar LLC | 93 min |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw X'' | rowspan="2" | Nick Matthews | rowspan="2" | Kevin Greutert | Twisted Pictures<br/>Galaxy 8 Entertainment<br/>Serendipity Productions | 118 min |- |}

==Series overview==

{{All plot|section|date=December 2022}}

===Story=== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible floatright" ! scope="colgroup" colspan="5" style= | ''Saw'' story chronology{{efn|According to ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''Jigsaw'' is first in the timeline because it takes place both before and after the events of ''Saw''. Though released later, it serves as both a prequel and sequel, making it the starting point of the story.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |title=How to watch the Saw movies in order (chronologically and by release date)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/how-to-watch-saw-movies-in-order-11709526|access-date=2025-05-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>}} |- | scope="rowgroup" colspan="6" | {{Unbulleted list center | ''Saw'' (2004) | ''Saw X'' (2023) | ''Saw II'' (2005) | ''Saw III'' (2006) | ''Saw IV'' (2007) |''Saw V'' (2008) |''Saw VI'' (2009) |''Saw 3D'' (2010) |''Jigsaw'' (2017) |''Spiral'' (2021)}} |- |}

The series takes place primarily in an unnamed city in the United States. Flashbacks from ''Saw IV'' reveal the roots of the series, presenting John Kramer as a successful civil engineer and devoted husband to his wife Jill Tuck, who opened a rehab clinic for drug addicts. Jill loses her unborn child, Gideon, due to the unwitting actions of a drug addict named Cecil, who flees the scene. ''Saw VI'' later showed that another drug addict, Amanda Young, had been with Cecil on the night that he unwittingly caused Gideon's death, unbeknownst to John or Jill. Grieving the loss of his child, John distances himself from his friends and wife.

John and Jill eventually drift apart and divorce. John finds himself trapped by his own complacency until he is diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Extremely bitter over his squandered life and the loss of his unborn son, he begins observing the lives of others and becomes even more depressed as he sees them squandering the gift of life that he had just been denied. He approaches an insurance executive named William Easton, asking for coverage for an experimental cancer treatment, but is denied. Flashbacks from ''Saw II'' show that, after surviving a suicide attempt where he drives his car off a cliff, John is "reborn", and nurtures the idea that the only way for someone to change is for them to change themselves. Then, in ''Saw IV'' flashbacks, he designs the first trap and test for Cecil, and decides to use the rest of his existence to design more of these "tests" or "games" as a form of "instant rehabilitation" that would change the world "one person at a time". John is soon given the nickname "The Jigsaw Killer" (or "Jigsaw"), because he removes a puzzle piece-shaped chunk of flesh from those who do not escape his traps. John states that this name was given to him by the media, and that the cut piece of flesh represent that the victims were missing what he called the "survival instinct".

Few of John's victims can survive his brutal mechanical traps, which are often ironically symbolic representations of problems in the victim's life and require them to undergo severe physical and/or psychological torture to escape.

''Jigsaw'' depicts one of John's first games, which never becomes public. The only survivor is Logan Nelson, the man who accidentally mislabeled John's x-rays, causing his cancer to go undiagnosed until it was too late. Believing Logan should not die over an honest mistake, John saves him before he is killed by one of the traps, and recruits him as his first apprentice. Logan helps John build several traps for future games, but for unknown reasons seemed to part ways with John by the events of ''Saw VI'', since he is not mentioned in John's will or seen in any capacity.

In ''Saw V'', police lieutenant Mark Hoffman's ties with John are revealed in a series of flashbacks. During John's first years of activity, Hoffman's sister was murdered by her boyfriend, Seth Baxter. Seth is sentenced to life imprisonment; however, a technicality allows him to go free after only five years. Hoffman then kills him in an inescapable trap designed to resemble a Jigsaw trap; everyone then believes that Jigsaw was behind the killing. John then kidnaps Hoffman and blackmails him into becoming his apprentice in his "rehabilitation" methods. Though initially forced to help, Hoffman later becomes a willing apprentice, and helps set up most of John's tests.

After beating her test, Amanda becomes the first publicly-known survivor of a Jigsaw game. She comes to see John as a hero who changed her life for the better and, on John's request, becomes his protégée and next apprentice. John shows her rehabilitation to Jill, who becomes aware of his traps and somewhat of an accomplice as well.

In ''Saw'', John chains the man who diagnosed his cancer, Dr. Lawrence Gordon, in a dilapidated industrial washroom with Adam Stanheight, a photographer who has been tailing the doctor, believing he is cheating on his wife. Lawrence has instructions to kill Adam by six o'clock or his wife and daughter will be killed. Flashbacks show Detectives David Tapp and Steven Sing, who suspect Lawrence of being Jigsaw, following a trail of clues from other Jigsaw traps. Sing's death from a shotgun trap after saving a victim causes Tapp to obsess over catching Jigsaw. Later, he chases Zep Hindle, who monitors Adam and Lawrence's tests, and is shot in the chest. Eventually, Lawrence saws off his own foot to escape, leaving Adam in the bathroom while Lawrence tries to save his family and get help for Adam. It is later seen in ''Saw 3D'' that Lawrence finds a steaming hot pipe and cauterizes his wound, stopping the bleeding and ultimately surviving the trap. John catches up with Lawrence and makes him his next apprentice, a fact he hides from his other accomplices. Flashbacks from ''Saw III'' show that Amanda kidnapped Adam and later returned to suffocate him as an act of "mercy killing".

[[File:Saw-cast.jpg|thumb|left|Central actors of the series. From top-left to bottom-right: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor, Danny Glover, and Betsy Russell|250px]]

''Saw X'' takes place between the events of ''Saw'' and ''Saw II'', and sees John traveling to Mexico in hopes that a Norwegian cancer treatment will cure him. However, when the operation is proven to be a scam, John, with the help of Amanda and Hoffman, kidnaps those responsible and subjects them to his traps, ultimately ending with the death of all but Dr. Cecilia Pederson.

''Saw II'' begins with the police tracking a severely weakened John to his lair. However, another test is in place, as he and Amanda have kidnapped the son of Detective Eric Matthews and trapped him and a group of seven convicts, previously framed by Eric, in a house that is slowly being filled with sarin gas, with Amanda among them. He will trade Daniel Matthews' life for Eric's time, conversing with him until the game is concluded. Eric loses his patience and assaults John, forcing him to take him to the house, only to discover that the video feed from inside the house had been pre-recorded; the events in it actually took place much earlier. Eric's son was locked in a safe in John's warehouse and kept alive with an oxygen tank. Eric is knocked unconscious by a masked figure and wakes up imprisoned in the bathroom from ''Saw'', which is part of the house's foundation. Amanda reveals herself to Eric as John's protégée before leaving him to die. In a flashback from ''Saw III'', Eric manages to escape the bathroom by breaking his foot. He confronts and beats Amanda, demanding to know where his son is. Amanda fights him off and leaves him for dead. A flashback from ''Saw IV'' shows Hoffman later dragging Eric to a prison cell, keeping him alive for a future game.

The events of ''Saw III'' and ''Saw IV'' occur concurrently. ''Saw III'' begins with John, weakened and near death, confined to a makeshift hospital bed. Amanda has taken over his work, designing traps of her own; however, these traps are inescapable, as Amanda is convinced that John's traps have no effect and that people do not change. Lynn Denlon, a kidnapped doctor, is forced to keep John alive while another test is performed on Jeff Denlon, a man obsessed with vengeance against the drunk driver who killed his son. John, unwilling to allow a murderer to continue his legacy, designs a test for Amanda as well; she ultimately fails, resulting in the deaths of herself, John, Lynn, and Jeff. ''Saw IV'', meanwhile, revolves around tests meant for Officer Daniel Rigg, which are overseen by Hoffman, who masquerades as a participant in the game. Rigg fails his test, resulting in Eric's death. Rigg is left to bleed to death by Hoffman, who later discovers the bodies of John and Amanda. When an autopsy is performed on John, a cassette tape coated in wax is found in his stomach; the tape informs Hoffman that he is wrong to think that it is all over just because John is dead, and he should not expect to go untested.

The events of ''Saw V'' show Hoffman's first solo test: five people connected to a disastrous fire that killed several others are put into four interconnected tests of teamwork, killing off one person in each trap. The two remaining test subjects realize at the final trap that each previous trap was meant to be completed by each of the five people doing a small part, rather than killing one person per trap. With this knowledge, they work together and barely manage to escape. They are found alive by Special Agent Dan Erickson. Meanwhile, Hoffman has set up FBI Agent Peter Strahm to appear to be Jigsaw's accomplice, while Strahm pursues Hoffman and is eventually killed due to his inability to follow Hoffman's rules, leaving Hoffman free to continue Jigsaw's "work".

''Saw VI'' begins with Hoffman setting up a game as per John's instructions left in a box for Jill during ''Saw V''. This game centers on the health insurance executive, William, who oversees a team responsible for rejecting two-thirds of all insurance claims. As William progresses through four tests, he saves as many people as he can and learns the error of his ways, which inherently "kill" the rejected. His last test is a test of forgiveness by the family of Harold Abbott, whom William refused a claim. Harold's son ultimately chooses to kill William with hydrofluoric acid. Meanwhile, Agent Erickson and the previously thought-dead Agent Lindsey Perez search for Agent Strahm with Hoffman's assistance. Finding irregularities in previous murder scenes, Perez and Erickson discover Hoffman's identity, but he kills them before they can go public with it. Hoffman travels back to the site of William's tests, where Jill attacks him to obey John's final request. She leaves him in a new trap John has left behind and does not leave a key for him to free himself. He is able to manipulate the trap and escapes wounded.

''Saw 3D'' picks up with Jill and Hoffman battling for control of John's legacy. As Jill enters protective custody and makes Hoffman's identity public, Hoffman sets up a new game involving skinheads to find a way to Jill. Meanwhile, Bobby Dagen, a fraud who has written a book about escaping a Jigsaw trap he never experienced, is captured and forced to confront people who knew that he lied about being in a trap. Three of Bobby's friends die and his test concludes with him being forced to re-enact the trap he claimed to have escaped. He fails, causing the death of his wife. Meanwhile, Hoffman poses as a corpse and kills several officers to infiltrate the police station. He finds and kills Jill using the reverse bear trap. Hoffman attempts to leave town but is captured by Lawrence and his accomplices, then placed in the bathroom from ''Saw''. Lawrence leaves Hoffman shackled in the bathroom to die.

The present-day portion of ''Jigsaw'' takes place roughly ten years after John's death in ''Saw III''. When a new Jigsaw game leaves several people dead, the police come to believe that either John has been resurrected, or a Jigsaw copycat is involved. It is eventually revealed that Logan is the new Jigsaw Killer, and that he recreated the game he was once part of using new victims. Logan abducts corrupt detective Brad Halloran and kills him as revenge for him being indirectly responsible for the death of Logan's wife. Having successfully framed Halloran as the killer, Logan escapes and is free to continue Jigsaw's work.

''Spiral'' takes place an unknown amount of time after John's death, as another Jigsaw copycat creates their own games to punish corrupt police officers and detectives. The case is investigated by Detective Zeke Banks, who eventually discovers that his new partner, Detective William Schenk, is the killer. Schenk kidnaps Zeke's father Marcus, who is largely responsible for the corruption in the police department, and reveals that his own father was killed by a dirty cop and that he hopes to recruit Zeke as a partner in cleansing the department of corruption. Zeke is then forced to choose between killing Schenk or saving his father; he manages to rescue Marcus, but Schenk calls a SWAT team and makes it appear that Marcus is the aggressor and is holding a gun. Schenk then escapes as the SWAT team restrains Zeke and shoots Marcus to death.

===Recurring elements=== '''Billy the Puppet''' {{Main|Billy the Puppet}} [[File:Saw billy.jpg|thumb|Billy the Puppet in the 2003 short film]] Billy is a puppet resembling a ventriloquist's dummy, sometimes seen riding a tricycle, that has appeared throughout the films and has become a type of mascot for the series. It is used by the Jigsaw Killer to communicate with his victims by delivering televised messages or occasionally in person to describe details of the sadistic traps and the means by which the victims could survive. Viewers have sometimes incorrectly identified the puppet itself as Jigsaw, because of its presence and connection to the killer.

Age and use of the puppet over the course of the films necessitated its reconstruction. According to James Wan, the original puppet's face for ''Saw'' involved clay, papier-mâché, and black ping-pong balls with the irises painted in for the eyes, but in later films more sophisticated construction included waterjet-cut foam for the body and remote-controlled animatronics.<ref name="GreggJoBlopt2">{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Gregg |author-link=Gregg Hoffman |date=May 13, 2005 |title=Saw 2: Diary #2 |url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/saw-2-diary-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023160410/http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/saw-2-diary-2 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2011 |publisher=JoBlo.com |page=2}}</ref>

The endurance and popularity of the franchise has resulted in the production of ''Billy'' merchandise, as well as references in other media and its use in promotions for the films.

'''"Hello Zepp"''' {{Main|Hello Zepp}} "Hello Zepp" is a piece of instrumental music that was originally composed by Charlie Clouser for the first film in the series. In ''Saw'', the implied villain, Zep Hindle, is revealed to actually be a victim of the Jigsaw Killer. The character's name in the script is spelled "Zep", whereas the music titles are spelled "Zepp" as a reference to the popular '80s band Zapp.<ref>[https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Saw.html ''Saw'' script] on IMSDb. Accessed July 23, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://saw.ugo.com/?cur=saw-i-soundtrack ''Saw'' track listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127165352/http://saw.ugo.com/?cur=saw-i-soundtrack |date=January 27, 2008 }} on UGO. Accessed July 23, 2010.</ref> As the series continued, the piece was reused in every film as a leitmotif, often being renamed and remixed to accommodate the changing situations and characters. The music was used in every ''Saw'' ending, usually during the revealing of plot revelations and twists which ''Saw'' films often use and it serves as the main theme tune for the whole series.

'''Traps'''<br/> An important component of each film is the variety of (usually mechanical in form) traps Jigsaw and his apprentices use on their captives to communicate his message.

According to David Hackl, all of the traps are real objects, and not CGI. They were designed to look horrific but ultimately be safe for the actors in them. Writer Marcus Dunstan said: "It's built to function there on the day", and added: "It works. So if there's a scalping chair—there really was a chair with working gears to grind and pull your scalp back." The most potentially dangerous item was a "water box" used in ''Saw V'', in which one of the actors (Scott Patterson, as Peter Strahm) had to keep his head submerged as long as possible. Another element of the traps is that Hackl desired a specific look of rust and menace, but he also wanted them to have a type of beauty about them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monfette |first=Christopher |date=October 29, 2009 |title=The Anatomy of a Trap: Saw |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/103/1039913p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628111136/http://movies.ign.com/articles/103/1039913p1.html |archive-date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2010 |website=IGN |publisher=News Corporation}}</ref>

==Reception== ===Box office performance=== [[File:Saw Guinness award cropped.jpg|thumb|The ''Saw'' series was placed in the Guinness World Records as the "Most Successful Horror Franchise".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Zorianna |date=July 22, 2010 |title="Saw" movie franchise to get Guinness world record |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-saw-idUSN2215375420100723 |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926031244/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/23/film-saw-idUSN2215375420100723 |archive-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> Pictured here is director Kevin Greutert receiving the award at the 2010 Comic-Con.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundas |first=Scott |date=August 30, 2011 |title=Splattered: An Interview with James Wan Talking torture, politics and not-so-sweet revenge |url=http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/61775/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309195342/http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/61775/ |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |website=LA Weekly}}</ref>]]

''Saw'' grossed $18.2 million its opening weekend and had become Lionsgate's second-best opening, after ''Fahrenheit 9/11''{{'s}} {{nowrap|$23.9 million}} (2004).<ref name="BOMOpening">{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=November 1, 2004 |title='Ray,' 'Saw' See Robust Bows |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1540&p=.htm |access-date=August 17, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> ''Saw'' went on to gross {{nowrap|$103 million}} worldwide,<ref name="SawBOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw (2004) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw.htm |access-date=August 16, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> and is the fourth-lowest-grossing film in the series after ''Jigsaw'', ''Saw VI'', and ''Spiral''.<ref name="Saw.vs">{{Cite web |title='Saw' Vs. 'Saw' |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=sawvs.htm |access-date=August 19, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> At the time, it became the most profitable horror film after ''Scream'' (1996). It is the seventh-highest-grossing Halloween opening weekend.<ref name="Halloween opener">{{Cite web |title=Halloween Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/halloween.htm |access-date=September 21, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> ''Saw II'' opened at number one with $31.7 million,<ref name="BOMWeekend">{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=October 31, 2005 |title='Saw II' Gores 'Zorro' on Halloween Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1930&p=.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829005954/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1930&p=.htm |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |access-date=August 24, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> and set a Lionsgate Halloween opening-weekend record and is also the third-highest-grossing Halloween opener. It became at the time, the widest release in Lionsgate history and one of the best opening weekends for a horror sequel. It is Lionsgate's fourth-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada.<ref name="LionsgateBO">{{Cite web |title=Lionsgate All Time Box Office Results |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=lionsgate.htm |access-date=September 19, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> ''Saw III'' placed first by grossing $33.6 million its opening weekend, making it the biggest Halloween debut ever<ref name="Halloween opener"/> and at the time, Lionsgate's highest-opening weekend.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=October 30, 2006 |title='Saw' Sharp in Third Outing |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2191&p=.htm |access-date=September 12, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> It is the highest-grossing film in the series worldwide.<ref name="Saw.vs"/><ref name="Saw3BOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw III (2006) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw3.htm |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> It has the highest-grossing weekend in the series and also Lionsgate's fifth-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada.<ref name="Saw.vs"/><ref name="LionsgateBO"/>

''Saw IV'' premiered at number one with $32.1 million making it the second-best Halloween weekend opener.<ref name="Halloween opener"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=October 29, 2007 |title='Saw IV' Loses Little Blood |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2409&p=.htm |access-date=September 21, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> In ''Saw V''{{'}}s opening weekend it placed second, being beat by ''High School Musical 3: Senior Year'', and made $30.1 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=October 27, 2008 |title='High School Musical' Cuts Footloose with 'Saw' |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2509&p=.htm |access-date=September 21, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> It is Lionsgate's tenth-highest-grossing film.<ref name="LionsgateBO"/> ''Saw VI'' opened in second place behind ''Paranormal Activity'' to $14.1 million,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2009 |title=Weekend Box Office Results for October 23–25, 2009 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=43&p=.htm |access-date=November 24, 2009 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> which is the lowest of all the ''Saw'' films worldwide. It is also the lowest-grossing film in the series.<ref name="Saw.vs"/> ''Saw 3D'' placed first grossing $22.5 million its opening weekend, with 92% of tickets coming from more than 2,100 3D-equipped locations.<ref name="BoxOpeningWeekend">{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2010 |title=Weekend Box Office Results for October 29–31, 2010 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2010&wknd=44&p=.htm |access-date=November 1, 2010 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref><ref name="VarietyBox">{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Andrew |date=October 31, 2010 |title='Saw 3D' slices competish |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/box-office/saw-3d-tops-box-office-1118026633/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107032602/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026633 |archive-date=November 7, 2010}}</ref> It had the fifth-best opening weekend in the ''Saw'' series.<ref name="SawOpenings">{{Cite web |title=Saw Movies Opening Weekends |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?view=openings&id=saw.htm&p=.htm |access-date=November 14, 2010 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> It is the most successful film in the franchise since ''Saw IV''.<ref name="Saw7BOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw 3D (2010) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw7.htm |access-date=December 1, 2010 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> In the United States and Canada, ''Jigsaw'' was released alongside ''Thank You for Your Service'' and ''Suburbicon'', and is projected to gross around $20 million from 2,941 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref name="preview">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Jigsaw' Looks To Keep 'Saw' Franchise Sharp During Pre-Halloween Weekend With $20M+ Opening |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/jigsaw-boo2-a-madea-halloween-george-clooney-suburbicon-box-office-weekend-preview-1202194368/ |access-date=October 25, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> It made $1.6 million from Thursday night previews at 2,400 theaters, just below the $1.7 million ''Saw 3D'' made from midnight screenings seven years prior, and $7.2 million on its first day. It went on to open to $16.64 million, finishing first at the box office but marking the second lowest debut of the franchise.<ref name="opening">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=October 29, 2017 |title=Horror Has Few Scares At B.O. As 'Jigsaw' Dulls To $16M+, 'Suburbicon' Condemned With D- CinemaScore |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/jigsaw-george-clooney-suburbicon-madea-halloween-thank-you-for-your-service-1202196050/ |access-date=October 29, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> In its second weekend the film dropped 61% to $6.56 million, finishing third behind newcomers ''Thor: Ragnarok'' and ''A Bad Moms Christmas''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 6, 2017 |title='Thor: Ragnarok' Flexes His Box Office Muscles To $120M-$122M Opening – Early Sunday AM Update |url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/thor-ragnarok-a-bad-moms-christmas-huge-box-office-weekend-1202200942/ |access-date=November 5, 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> In its third weekend, the film dropped another 47% and made $3.43 million, finishing fifth.

The ''Saw'' series, when compared to the other top-grossing American horror series—''A Nightmare on Elm Street'', ''Child's Play'', ''Friday the 13th'', ''Halloween'', ''Scream'', and ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''—and adjusting for 2023 inflation, is the fifth highest grossing series with $688.3 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=saw.htm|title=Saw box office rankings|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-09-05}}</ref> ''Halloween'' is the highest-grossing horror series in the United States at approximately $1.09 billion,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.halfhill.com/inflation_js.html|title=Tom's Inflation Calculator|publisher=Halfhill.com|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=halloween.htm|title=Halloween box office rankings|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-05-22}}</ref> with ''Friday the 13th'' in second at $908.4 million,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=fridaythe13th.htm|title=Friday the 13th box office ranking|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-05-22}}</ref> The ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' series is in third with $793.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=nightmareonelmstreet.htm|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street box office rankings|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-05-22}}</ref> The ''Scream'' film series is in fourth place with $779.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=scream.htm|title=Scream box office rankings|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-01-17}}</ref> ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' series is in sixth with $459.7 million,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=texaschainsawmassacre.htm|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre box office rankings|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-01-17}}</ref> and the ''Child's Play'' film series rounding out the list with $305.2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=childsplay.htm|title=Child's Play box office rankings|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2008-01-17}}</ref>

The box office numbers, unadjusted for inflation are as follows:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" |Film ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="3" | Revenue ! rowspan="2" | Budget ! rowspan="2" | References |- ! United States and Canada ! Other markets ! Worldwide |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw'' | 2004 | $56,000,369 | $48,003,849 | $104,004,218 | $1–1.2 million | <ref name="SawBOM"/><ref name="Collider2011">{{Cite web |last=Messer |first=Ron |date=April 4, 2011 |title=James Wan & Leigh Whannell Insidious Interview; The Saw Creators Also Discuss Their Untitled Sci-Fi Project, Nihtfall, and Recent Horror Remakes |url=https://collider.com/james-wan-leigh-whannell-interview-insidious/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811010241/http://collider.com/james-wan-leigh-whannell-interview-insidious/83806 |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |publisher=Collider.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw II'' | 2005 | $87,039,965 | $60,708,540 | $147,748,505 | $4 million | <ref name="Saw2BOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw II (2005) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw2.htm |access-date=March 5, 2011 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw III'' | 2006 | $80,238,724 | $84,635,551 | $164,874,275 | $10 million | <ref name="Saw3BOM"/> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw IV'' | 2007 | $63,300,095 | $76,052,538 | $139,352,633 | $10 million | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Sheila |year=2007 |title=Darren Lynn Bousman Interview, SAW 4 |url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12255.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814121042/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12255.html |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=March 5, 2011 |publisher=MoviesOnline.ca |quote=Bousman: The budget is exactly the same as it was for ''Saw 3''.}}</ref><ref name="Saw4BOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw IV (2007) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw4.htm |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw V'' | 2008 | $56,746,769 | $57,117,290 | $113,864,059 | $10.8 million | <ref name="Saw5BOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw V (2008) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw5.htm |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw VI'' | 2009 | $27,693,292 | $40,540,337 | $68,233,629 | $11 million | <ref name="Saw6BOM">{{Cite web |title=Saw VI (2009) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw6.htm |access-date=November 10, 2010 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw 3D'' | 2010 | $45,710,178 | $90,440,256 | $136,150,434 | $17 million | <ref name="budget">{{Cite news |last=Miska |first=Brad |date=February 15, 2010 |title=Kevin Greutert Talks to BD from the Set of 'Saw VII 3D' |work=Bloody Disgusting |publisher=The Collective |url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19116 |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219084326/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19116 |archive-date=February 19, 2010 |quote=At this point I view it as getting paid to go through a $17 million dollar one-man 3D film school program, so how's that for looking at the bright side of a dark situation?}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Jigsaw'' | 2017 | $38,052,832 | $64,900,056 | $102,952,888 | $10 million | <ref name="JigsawBOM">{{Cite web |title=Jigsaw (2017) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw2017.htm |access-date=October 29, 2017 |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Spiral'' | 2021 | $23,216,862 | $17,392,032 | $40,608,894 | $20 million | <ref>{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=10342730 |title= Spiral (2021) |website=Box Office Mojo|accessdate= May 11, 2021}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw X'' | 2023 | $53,607,898 | $71,711,816 | $125,319,714 | $13 million |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw X (2023) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Saw-X-(2023) |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=The Numbers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw X |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt21807222/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" |Total ! $529 million ! $583 million ! $1.1 billion ! $120 million ! |}

===Critical and public response=== {{Expand section|date=May 2024}} On IGN's list of the top twenty-five film franchises of all time, the ''Saw'' series ranked as 25th.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2006 |title=IGN: Top 25 Movie Franchises of All Time: #25 |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746875p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202074915/http://movies.ign.com/articles/746/746875p1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2006 |website=IGN}}</ref> Rotten Tomatoes ranked the series as the 7th-best horror franchise of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2023 |title=TOP 10 HORROR FRANCHISES RANKED |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/the-top-10-horror-franchises-by-the-numbers/|website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! Film ! Rotten Tomatoes ! Metacritic ! CinemaScore<ref name="CinemaScore">{{Cite web |title=CinemaScore |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |website=CinemaScore }} {{Better source needed|date=February 2024}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw''<!--Note: All of the films are linked above, we do not need to link again.!--> | 50% (193 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/saw/ |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 46 (32 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw/ |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|C+}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw II'' | 37% (124 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw II |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_ii/ |access-date=March 20, 2020 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 40 (28 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw II |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-ii/ |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B+}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw III'' | 29% (95 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw III |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_3/ |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 48 (16 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw III |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-iii/ |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw IV'' | 18% (84 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw IV |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_4 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 36 (16 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw IV |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-iv/ |access-date=January 4, 2008 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw V'' | 13% (77 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saw V |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_v |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=13 November 2023 |date=27 December 2023}}</ref> | 20 (13 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw V |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-v/ |access-date=November 15, 2008 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|C}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw VI'' | 39% (75 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw VI |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_vi |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 30 (12 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw VI |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-vi/ |access-date=October 24, 2009 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw 3D'' | 9% (82 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw 3D |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw3d |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media }}</ref> | 24 (17 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw 3D |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-3d/ |access-date=March 3, 2011 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B-}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Jigsaw'' | 32% (91 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jigsaw |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jigsaw_2017 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 39 (18 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jigsaw |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jigsaw |access-date=October 29, 2017 |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Spiral'' | 37% (229 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spiral |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spiral_2021 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media}}</ref> | 40 (33 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spiral: From the Book of Saw |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/spiral-from-the-book-of-saw |access-date=May 12, 2021 |website=Metacritic |publisher=Red Ventures}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B-}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Saw X'' | 81% (149 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Saw X |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saw_x |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> | 60 (24 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw X |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/saw-x/ |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom, Inc.}}</ref> | {{Sort grade|B}} |}

==Other media==

===Video games=== Japanese video game company Konami currently owns the rights to the ''Saw'' interactive video game property. Konami stated in mid-2009 that they wanted to make ''Saw'' a series of video games to supplement the films. They also wished to make ''Saw'' their next big survival horror franchise next to their other property, ''Silent Hill''. They stated that because ''Saw'' focuses on visual intensity and ''Silent Hill'' focuses on psychological terror, both could exist in the video game industry without directly competing against each other.<ref name="Will Saw Be Konami's Second Great Horror Franchise?">{{Cite news |date=April 2, 2009 |title=Will Saw Be Konami's Second Great Horror Franchise? |work=The Cut Scene |url=http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2009/04/silent-hill-say-hello-to-your-new-brother-jigsawkonami-has-confirmed-an-earlier-cut-scene-report-that-it-has-bought-the-pub.html |url-status=dead |access-date=August 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503094736/http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2009/04/silent-hill-say-hello-to-your-new-brother-jigsawkonami-has-confirmed-an-earlier-cut-scene-report-that-it-has-bought-the-pub.html |archive-date=May 3, 2009}}</ref>

The first game in the series, ''Saw'', set between the first and second film in the series, was initially released on October 6, 2009,<ref name="WanWhannell">{{Cite web |title=Producer James Wan On Saw The Video Game &#124; 360-HQ.COM |url=http://www.360-hq.com/article-2382-thread-1-0.html |access-date=October 7, 2019 |website=360-hq.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wingfield |first=Nick |date=June 4, 2007 |title=A Start Up's Risky Niche: Movie-Based Videogames |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118092768266523504}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2008 |title=Saw announced |url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/848/848533p1.html |access-date=January 30, 2008}}</ref> with a sequel ''Saw II: Flesh & Blood'', released on October 19, 2010, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, ten days before the release of the seventh film, ''Saw 3D''.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Jigsaw Returns! |date=April 9, 2010 |publisher=Gamasutra |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/57520/Jigsaw_Returns.php |url-status=dead |access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref>{{New archival link needed|date=April 2026}}

David Tapp and Amanda Young were released as part of the downloadable ''Saw Chapter'' for the video game ''Dead by Daylight''.<ref name="Dead by Daylight">{{Cite web |date=January 22, 2018 |title=Dead By Daylight Confirms Saw DLC, Releasing Tomorrow |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/01/22/dead-by-daylight-saw-dlc-confirmed-jigsaw-coming-tomorrow/ |access-date=January 22, 2018 |publisher=Comic Book}}</ref>

Billy the Puppet has appeared as a skin in the video games ''Call of Duty: Warzone'', ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare'', ''Call of Duty: Mobile'', and ''Fortnite'', and in a decal and as a goal explosion in ''Rocket League''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=III |first=Trey Hilburn |date=2020-10-19 |title='Call of Duty: The Haunting of Verdansk' Goes Full Halloween With Leatherface Skin and More |url=https://ihorror.com/call-of-duty-the-haunting-of-verdansk-goes-full-halloween-with-leatherface-skin-and-more/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=iHorror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=Connor Sheridan |date=2021-10-18 |title=Call of Duty: Mobile season 9 gets spooky with Saw and the return of Undead Siege |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/call-of-duty-mobile-season-9-gets-spooky-with-saw-and-the-return-of-undead-siege/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Matthew |date=2022-10-14 |title=Haunted Hallows returns to Rocket League next week with Saw and Chucky items |url=https://egmnow.com/haunted-hallows-returns-to-rocket-league-next-week-with-saw-and-chucky-items/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=EGM |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallory |first=Ethan |date=2024-10-19 |title=Fortnite's Boom Billy Mythic Explained |url=https://gamerant.com/fortnite-boom-billy-mythic-explained-saw/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref> Billy the Puppet was also appeared on ''Delta Force'' in addition to the franchise-based chainsaw and weapon skins.<ref>{{cite web |last=Marnell |first=Blair |title=Delta Force X Saw May Be The Wildest Crossover Collaboration This Year |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/delta-force-x-saw-may-be-the-wildest-crossover-collaboration-this-year/1100-6534757/ |website=Gamespot |date=15 September 2025 |access-date=24 September 2025}}</ref>

In October 2021, Twisted Productions co-founders Burg and Koules confirmed a third ''Saw'' video game was in development for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/saw-game-playstation-xbox-jigsaw-ps5-xsx/|title=Saw Video Game Confirmed For Next-Gen Consoles|date=October 28, 2021|website=ScreenRant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/new-saw-video-game/|title=New Saw video game "will 100% happen"|first=Cody|last=Hamman|date=November 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/games/saw-game-next-gen-consoles.html|title=Saw Game For Next-Gen Consoles In The Works|first=Dylan|last=Balde|date=October 29, 2021|website=GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3690728/saw-film-franchise-producers-open-to-new-video-game-adaptation/ | title='Saw' Film Franchise Producers Open to New Video Game Adaptation | date=November 5, 2021 }}</ref> In January 2026, Lionsgate mentioned the upcoming Saw game during an earnings call.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apptrigger.com/lionsgate-confirms-john-wick-saw-aaa-games-are-coming-01keakfcw52g|title=Lionsgate confirms John Wick, Saw AAA games are coming|work=AppTrigger|date=6 January 2026}}</ref>

===Comic books=== ''Saw: Rebirth'', a comic book prequel to the original film released to promote ''Saw II''. Its canonicity was later contradicted by events in ''Saw IV''. It is, however, the first canonical appearance of Jigsaw's wife, Jill, who was later introduced into the film series in ''Saw III'' and established still-canonical elements of Jigsaw's backstory (an engineer who is dying from brain cancer).

===Theme park attractions=== thumb|Saw – The Ride at Thorpe Park * "Saw – The Ride" is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster themed around the franchise, which opened on March 13, 2009, at Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom. It features an enclosed dark ride section with special effects, before traveling outside and climbing a 100-foot vertical lift hill into a steep 100-degree beyond-vertical drop passing under large rotating saw blades. * Thorpe Park opened a temporary ''Saw'' attraction called "Saw – Movie Bites" for their 2009 Fright Nights event. * Thorpe Park added a permanent, year-round live action horror maze themed around the ''Saw'' movies. Named "Saw: Alive", it opened at the start of the 2010 season, and featured six scenes representing one iconic trap from the first six films. It ceased year-round operations at the start of the 2012 season, instead only operating during Fright Nights (Thorpe Park's annual Halloween event). It closed permanently after the 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saw Alive, Thorpe Park |url=https://www.themeparkjames.co.uk/theme-parks/europe/uk/thorpe-park/fright-nights/saw-alive/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Theme Park James |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525010938/https://www.themeparkjames.co.uk/theme-parks/europe/uk/thorpe-park/fright-nights/saw-alive/|archive-date=25 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Saw: Game Over" was a 2009 horror maze made by Universal Studios for Halloween Horror Nights, based on characters, traps and scenes from the films.<ref name="Sneek Peak At Universal's Saw: Game Over Maze!">{{Cite web |date=August 19, 2009 |title=Sneek Peak At Universal's Saw: Game Over Maze! |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=11469 |access-date=November 12, 2009 |publisher=Shock Till You Drop}}</ref> At the Universal Studios Hollywood rendition of Horror Nights it was titled ''Saw: Game Over'', while at the Universal Studios Florida rendition, it was simply titled ''Saw''. * "Saw", a themed haunted house, operated during the month of October at [http://www.frightdome.com Fright Dome], Circus Circus Las Vegas. It featured interactive, handcrafted replicas of the "games" set by Jigsaw. It was introduced in 2009 and partnered with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures. * In 2018, a themed escape room called "Saw Escape Las Vegas" was made by the creators of Fright Dome. It is officially licensed by LionsGate and is also located in the city of Las Vegas in Nevada, USA as the name suggests. * In 2010, "Halloween Fright Nights" at Warner Bros. Movie World featured a maze created by Sudden Impact Entertainment, featuring characters, traps and scenes from the films. The maze was simply titled "Saw Maze". * "Saw Haunted Attraction" was a maze at the Brea Plaza Shopping Center in 2008 created by Sinister Pointe Haunted Attractions. * "SAWMANIA" was a fan event in New York. Eventgoers were able to meet actors and directors, and view props used in the films.

===Merchandising=== Merchandising includes Billy the Puppet dolls, Jigsaw figurines and costumes, and Pig mask figurines and masks.

==See also== {{Portal|Film|Speculative fiction/Horror}} * Extreme cinema

==Notes== {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Saw (franchise)}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb title}}

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