
With gross receipts of 14 million in its opening weekend, Saw VI placed second to Paranormal Activity s 21 million. It was released almost a year later on Octoin Spain with an 18 rating, after the producers had the offensive content edited out, according to the rating board. Melton and Dunstan, the writers for both Saw IV and Saw V, returned to write the screenplay and Charlie Clouser, who provided the score for all previous Saw films, composed the score.įilming took place in Toronto from March to May 2009 with a budget of 11 million. Meanwhile, the FBI comes to suspect that Peter Strahm, who was framed by Hoffman as being Jigsaws successor, is not actually a Jigsaw accomplice and reopens the investigation, drawing Hoffman into motion to protect his secret identity. The plot follows an insurance executive who must complete a series of deadly games set up by Hoffman in order to rescue his employees. Similar to its predecessor, Saw VI maintains the focus on the posthumous effects of the Jigsaw Killer and the progression of his successor, Mark Hoffman. The film stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith.
