Backrooms and Obsession Extend Box Office Dominance as Scary Movie and Masters Open Strong

Backrooms and Obsession continue their record box-office runs this weekend, with Backrooms adding $5 million on Thursday and projected to top $45 million for the weekend, cementing its status as A24’s highest domestic grosser, while Obsession enters its fourth weekend and is closing in on $200 million worldwide. New wide openings include Scary Movie, which earned $7.7 million in Thursday previews at 2,800 locations and will expand to 3,400 for a mid-$40 million domestic total, and Masters of the Universe, which posted $4.4 million in previews and is headed toward a mid-$30 million domestic box office. The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act launched with $7.8 million across roughly 2,200 sites. Notably, Kane Parsons becomes the youngest director ever to lead a weekend box-office No. 1.