
The only two entries in the franchise that don't feature Katie are The Marked Ones, featuring an entirely new set of Latin-American characters, and Next of Kin, the most recent entry and the first after a six-year gap.
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This gave way to a full franchise, with numerous sequels (almost all prequels) centering around Katie's childhood, the origins of her haunting and her connections to similarly haunted family members. It has since made over $193 million, making it - number verifiability and possible exclusion of marketing costs aside - the single most profitable film ever made. Written, directed, shot and edited by one man (Oren Peli), it was filmed in a week for $15,000 and had a modest festival run, after which it was given a Steven Spielberg-approved limited theatrical release in late 2009 and eventually received a wider release a month later thanks to an effective fan-driven marketing campaign. The first film chronicles a woman named Katie who's spent most of her life haunted by a supernatural presence, the efforts of her and her boyfriend Micah to set up a video camera to discover what it is, and the paranormal activity that ensues - with dire consequences. Off of the immense success of the first installment, the films played an instrumental role in turning found footage into a prominent and profitable horror subgenre from the end of the 2000s onwards, with many comparing its impact to what The Blair Witch Project did for the subgenre at the end of the 1990s. Paranormal Activity is a supernatural found footage horror film franchise that began in 2007.
