‘Backrooms’ Passes $350M Globally as It Sets A24 Records

Backrooms, already A24’s top grossing movie of all time domestically and lgobally, continues to find cash in all corners of the world. The A24 film crossed a milestone $350 million globally Sunday after 37 days in theaters.
It’s been one of the breakout success stories of the summer, with the $10 million film outgrossing tried and true franchises such Star Wars entry The Mandalorian and Grogu.
To date, its global gross stands at $357 million worldwide, elevating young director Kane Parson to in-demand filmmaker status after he became an online fixture thanks to his viral Backrooms shorts.
Backrooms is now A24’s top grossing film in a number of countries, including China, where it is nearing $15 million and has had solid legs, earning $4.7 million this past weekend, declining just 12 percent from its opening. The story is the same in France, where it has toppled Marty Supreme as A24’s top movie, enjoying a drop of just 22 percent over the weekend. It is also the indie studio’s top grossing film of all time in Russia & CIS, Poland and Thailand.
Other places it is holding well include Germany, which increased 5 percent weekend over weekend with $1.1 million, and Taiwan, where it was down just 26 percent from the previous weekend with a total haul of $2.5 million.
In Belgium & Luxembourg, the film has passed 1 million euros, and in the Netherlands, its gross dropped just 9 percent weekend over weekend. In the Benelux territory overall, it has grossed $4 million.
Backrooms arrived two weeks after Curry Barker’s Obsession became a breakout success. That film, also from a director who cut his teeth on YouTube, has grossed $403 million globally to date.




