'Backrooms' Shatters an A24 Record in One Day, Set to Earn $90 Million in First Weekend
The viral YouTube adaptation earned $38 million on Friday and is projected to reach $85 million to $90 million for the weekend.
- On Friday, horror film Backrooms earned $38 million in the United States, shattering A24's opening record. Director Kane Parsons' film is projected to gross $85 million to $90 million through the weekend.
- Adapted from Parsons' viral YouTube series, the film is highly profitable with an estimated $10 million budget. It surpasses A24's previous record holder, Civil War, which opened to $25.5 million in 2024.
- Starring Oscar-nominated actors Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Backrooms received a four-star review from The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey. She called it "mesmeric and wildly unique," capturing a "collective Gen Z nightmare."
- Competing newcomers include Nate Bargatze's family comedy The Breadwinner and Focus Features' war drama Pressure. Curry Barker's Obsession earned $8.1 million on its third Friday in theaters.
- A24 aims to replicate the success of Marty Supreme, which opened to $17.5 million last year and became the studio's highest-grossing film ever with around $191 million globally.
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The Straits TimesBackrooms, based on YouTube horror series, breaks box office records
The movie’s massive opening weekend haul is the largest ever for an original horror film.
`Backrooms' Opens with $81 Million to Lead Box Office
The sci-fi horror movie “Backrooms” opened with $81.4 million in North American theaters this weekend, blowing away the competition and setting a record for A24, the 14-year-old studio behind such critical favorites as “Marty Supreme” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” It’s an astonishing total for an independent film with a modest budget, directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons. Based on a web series created by Parsons, “Backrooms” stars Chi…
Low-Budget Horror Films From YouTubers Conquer the Box Office
(Bloomberg) — Backrooms, a film based on 20-year-old Kane Parsons’s popular YouTube series of the same name, debuted to $81.4 million at the US and Canada box office this weekend, setting a record for independent distributor A24.
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USA Today'Backrooms' shocks with record opening weekend, tops 'Star Wars'
YouTubers in their 20s are shaking things up in Hollywood. "Backrooms," the new horror movie based on an internet meme, has stunned box office analysts with a record opening weekend.
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