<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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, received mixed reviews from critics, and has grossed $183 million worldwide . It became the second highest - grossing musical comedy film of all time, behind only the second film . </P> <P> Two years after the events of the second movie, 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 - Rose (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 . </P> <P> 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 convinces 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 (Troy Ian Hall) introduce them to their competition, revealed to be three other groups who use instruments, unlike the Bellas . When the band Evermoist, led 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 . </P>

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