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The Final Destination movies in order
Death has a design, and it has now spanned 25 years of films. Box office and story details per Wikipedia.
By the Horror Planet editors · Updated November 9, 2026
Release order
| Year | Film | Director | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Final Destination | James Wong | $112.9M |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | David R. Ellis | $90.9M |
| 2006 | Final Destination 3 | James Wong | $118.9M |
| 2009 | The Final Destination | David R. Ellis | $187.4M |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 | Steven Quale | $157.9M |
| 2025 | Final Destination Bloodlines | Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein | $317.9M |
How the timeline fits together
- Final Destination 2 picks up one year after the first film (Wikipedia).
- Final Destination 5 ends with its survivors boarding Flight 180, the plane from the first film. That makes it a prequel, and its final minutes play much better if you have already seen the original (Wikipedia).
- Final Destination Bloodlines opens in 1969 and moves to 2024, so it covers the widest stretch of time in the series (Wikipedia).
How we'd watch them
Release order, without question. The twist in Final Destination 5 depends on knowing the first film. If you only have two nights, watch Final Destination and then Bloodlines. Bloodlines is the most successful film in the series, at about $317.9 million worldwide (Wikipedia).
Final Destination 7
A seventh film was announced in August 2025, with Lori Evans Taylor writing and Michiel Blanchart directing. Warner Bros. dated it for May 12, 2028 (Wikipedia). It is on our upcoming horror calendar.