Although the A Quiet Place series hasn’t quite made enough money to join one exclusive genre club, A Quiet Place 3 is almost certain to push the series over the line. The A Quiet Place timeline is a little complicated, even for a horror franchise. 2018’s original sleeper hit takes place after the franchise’s sound-sensitive monsters have wiped out much of the world's population, beginning with the off-screen death of the central couple's young child at the claws of these aliens.