Editing Blade: Trinity (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film's American box office gross was $52 million, and the total worldwide gross was $132 million.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade3.htm |title=Blade: Trinity (2004) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date=2005-02-24 |access-date=2022-01-01 |archive-date=January 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103024017/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> This matched the first ''Blade''{{'}}s take but came behind ''Blade II'', which had grossed $150 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade.htm |title=Blade (1998) |publisher=IMDB |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date=1998-10-16 |access-date=2011-01-07 |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123121231/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade2.htm |title=Blade II (2002) |publisher=IMDB |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-01-07 |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102030444/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on reviews from {{RT data|count}} critics, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's consensus reads: "Louder, campier, and more incoherent than its predecessors, ''Blade: Trinity'' seems content to emphasize style over substance and rehash familiar themes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blade_trinity|title=Blade: Trinity (2004)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202050057/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blade_trinity|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 38% based on reviews from 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title= Blade: Trinity |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blade-trinity |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= February 20, 2020 |archive-date= December 16, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211216182118/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blade-trinity |url-status= live }}</ref> Rotten Tomatoes included the film at 76 out of 94 on a countdown (from 94 to 1) of "worst to best" comic book to film adaptations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?r=76&mid=1139025 |title=Comix Worst to Best |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508050341/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?r=76&mid=1139025 |archive-date=2007-05-08 |access-date=2024-07-08}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]], who gave ''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]'' three stars out of four<ref>{{cite web |date=August 21, 1998 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Blade |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-1998 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620104856/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-1998 |url-status=live }} {{Rating|3|4}}</ref> and ''[[Blade II]]'' three and a half stars,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=March 22, 2002 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Blade II |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-ii-2002 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127202213/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-ii-2002 |url-status=live }} {{Rating|3.5|4}}</ref> gave ''Blade: Trinity'' one and a half stars, writing: "It lacks the sharp narrative line and crisp comic-book clarity of the earlier films, and descends too easily into shapeless fight scenes that are chopped into so many cuts that they lack all form or rhythm".<ref>{{cite web |date=December 7, 2004 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Even Blade fans will find Trinity a bloody bore |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-trinity-2004 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127202214/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-trinity-2004 |url-status=live }} {{Rating|1.5|4}}</ref> [[James Berardinelli]] also rated the film one and a half stars out of four: "''Blade: Trinity'' is a carbon copy of its predecessors. It's all kick-ass attitude and style without any substance to back it up. Yet, where the first two ''Blades'' satisfied on a visceral level, this one doesn't".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/b/blade3.html |title=Blade: Trinity - Reelviews Movie Reviews |author=James Berardinelli |publisher=Reelviews.net}} {{Rating|1.5|4}}</ref>

Later David S. Goyer was also very critical about the final product: "I don't think anyone involved in that film had a good experience on that film, certainly I didn't. I don't think anybody involved with that film is happy with the results. It was a very tortured production."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blade-trinity-wesley-snipes-fight-1234985307/ | title='Blade' Writer Breaks Silence on That Wesley Snipes Strangulation Rumor | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=July 22, 2021 | access-date=September 25, 2022 | archive-date=September 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925170902/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blade-trinity-wesley-snipes-fight-1234985307/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

The film was nominated for [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]] at the [[Saturn Awards]] but lost to ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/nominations-for-31st-annual-saturn-awards-announced/|title=NOMINATIONS FOR 31ST ANNUAL SATURN AWARDS ANNOUNCED|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[Film Threat]]|date=10 February 2005|access-date=2018-01-22|archive-date=2018-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072809/http://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/nominations-for-31st-annual-saturn-awards-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Home media===
[[New Line Home Entertainment]] released the film on DVD in April 26, 2005 on both regular and "Unrated" versions. Early copies of both versions included an exclusive comic book titled ''Blade Nightstalking''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comments |first=Ian Melton {{!}} |date=2020-06-18 |title=Obscure Comics: The Forgotten Blade Trinity Comic and Manga |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/obscure-comics-the-forgotten-blade-trinity-comic-and-manga/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}}</ref>

The film was released on Blu-ray in June 19, 2012. It contains only the "Unrated" version.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8374 |title=Blade & Blade: Trinity Announced for Blu-ray |access-date=2025-02-25 |via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>