'Paranormal Activity 3' Slammed Over Misleading Trailer

Viewers cry foul over scenes that aren't in the movie

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Paranormal Activity 3 ruled the box office this weekend, taking in more than $50 million. But not everyone left the theater happy. Plenty of people are complaining on Twitter that the movie's trailer bears very little resemblance to the film itself. By one account, some 50 percent of the footage in the TV spots is not in the final film. As Inside Pulse points out, this isn't a completely new practice—many films have been advertised with some footage shot specifically for trailers.

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