‘Backrooms’ Sets A24 Record With $81 Million Opening Weekend—Beating Out ‘Obsession’ And ‘Mandalorian’
Key takeaways
- A24 said its 20-year-old director is the youngest ever to top the box office.
- A24 claimed the opening weekend made director Kane Parsons the youngest to top the box office charts, far surpassing the then-27-year-old Josh Trank for “Chronicle” in 2011 ($27 million), according to Deadline.
- The $118 million global opening weekend for “Backrooms” is nearly 12 times its production budget, which came in at just under $10 million.
Topline. The psychological thriller “Backrooms” grossed $81 million to top the domestic box office during its opening weekend, according to multiple reports, a record for the A24 studio, which claimed the flick made its 20-year-old director the youngest to have a top-selling film.
A24 said its 20-year-old director is the youngest ever to top the box office. A24Key Facts“Backrooms,” a film based on a popular You Tube series, collected $81 million from North American theaters and $36 million elsewhere as of Sunday, the highest-grossing opening weekend for an A24-distributed film, Deadline reported (the studio’s “Civil War” grossed $25.5 million in 2024).
A24 claimed the opening weekend made director Kane Parsons the youngest to top the box office charts, far surpassing the then-27-year-old Josh Trank for “Chronicle” in 2011 ($27 million), according to Deadline.