Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines earned over $ 400 million globally and was the third highest-grossing film of the Terminator franchise .
Skynet failed to kill Sarah Connor before her son John Connor ( Stahl ) was born ( The Terminator ) , and also failed to kill John Connor as a child ( Terminator 2 ) .
Terminator 3-COLON- Rise of the Machines