'Backrooms' Crosses $100 Million, Becomes Highest-Grossing A24 Film at Domestic Box Office
A24’s internet-born horror hit reached the milestone in six days and is now the studio’s top domestic performer, with more than $136 million worldwide.
- On Wednesday, A24's horror film Backrooms became the studio's first domestic release to surpass $100 million, a milestone director Kane Parsons, 20, achieved just six days after opening.
- Based on a popular web series by YouTuber Parsons about eerie liminal spaces from Reddit and TikTok, the film was co-financed by A24 and Chernin Entertainment for roughly $10 million.
- The movie resonated with Gen Z audiences, with 75 percent of opening weekend attendees under 35, driving an unprecedented $81.4 million domestic launch—A24's best start in the studio's 14-year history.
- Backrooms overtook the $96 million domestic benchmark set last December by Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet, while collecting $8.6 million on Tuesday alone.
- Globally, the film has earned $144 million and is poised to overtake Marty Supreme's $191 million worldwide record, while Parsons has teased the possibility of turning Backrooms into a franchise.
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After raising more than $100 million at the box office, the tape dethroned "Marty Supreme" as the highest picket on the independent label in the United States.
The success of independent terror Backrooms: Sin Salida, from the A24 studio, exceeded 100 million dollars in the US box office after six days of premiere. Its figure worldwide, so far, is just over 134 million. This figure represents the highest box office success of A24 in the United States, surpassing the Oscar nominee, Marty Supreme, who raised 96 million dollars. The film starring Timothée Chalamet still holds the studio's world box office …
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'Backrooms' crosses $100 million, becomes highest-grossing A24 film at domestic box office
Chiwetel Ejiofor in ‘Backrooms.’ (A24) Backrooms is now the highest-grossing A24 film at the domestic box office. The Kane Parsons-directed film crossed $100 million in the North American box office on Wednesday, A24 confirmed to ABC Audio. This makes it the studio’s first film to reach such an achievement. It surpassed the Timothée Chalamet film Marty Supreme‘s domestic total of $96 million in only six days. According to the studio, Backrooms’ …
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