Backrooms Roars to $118M Opening Weekend as Phones Ring Off the Hook
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The Vancouver-shot horror film Backrooms opened to about $118 million worldwide on a $10 million budget, surpassing trackers by tens of millions. Producer Chris Ferguson says the demand is non-stop as Hollywood inquiries flood in, praising Kane Parsons’s talent and detailing how his team integrated the YouTube creator into a tight feature-film crew. The project, backed by Neon and Ferguson's Phobos with partners including A24, Chernin Entertainment, 21 Laps, and Atomic Monster, continues to shape Parsons’s longform career and hints at future Longlegs projects.
- ‘Backrooms’ Producer On Wild $118 Million Opening Weekend Ride: “The Phone Doesn’t Stop” The Hollywood Reporter
- Young Moviegoers Power ‘Backrooms’ to $82 Million in Ticket Sales The New York Times
- YouTubers were supposed to replace theaters. Now, they are filling them Yahoo
- Bay Area-set film 'Backrooms' pulls in $81M at the box office SFGATE
- Box Office: 'Backrooms' Stuns, 'Obsession' Stays Strong, 'Mandalorian and Grogu' Craters Variety
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