Teen-Driven Horror Backrooms Smashes A24 Box-Office Records
TL;DR
A24’s Backrooms, a $10M horror film directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, earned $82M in North America over opening weekend with about 86% of the audience under 35 (44% under 21), making it the studio’s biggest debut in 14 years and the youngest director to top the box office. Internationally it added $36.5M; the success—alongside other Gen Z-driven hits like Obsession—highlights that young moviegoers will still flock to theaters for the right indie offerings.
- Young Moviegoers Power ‘Backrooms’ to $82 Million in Ticket Sales The New York Times
- The Shocking Success of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What’s Outside the Box Yahoo News Malaysia
- The Movie Business Is About to Get VidCon-ized The Hollywood Reporter
- “Backrooms,” “Obsession,” and Hollywood’s Zoomer-Horror Renaissance The New Yorker
- Box Office: ‘Backrooms’ Stuns With $81 Million Debut, ‘Obsession’ Has Another Unprecedented Jump, ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Suffers 70% Drop IMDb
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