Backrooms Stakes a New Opening-Weekend Record for A24 with $81M Debut
TL;DR
A24’s Backrooms opened to about $81.45M from 3,442 theaters, setting a new opening-weekend record for the distributor and lifting the weekend’s domestic total to roughly $178.9M; Focus Features’ Obsession followed with about $26.4M, pushing its domestic tally past $100M. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu declined to roughly $25M in its second weekend, while The Breadwinner and Pressure opened with $7.5M and $5.75M respectively. With Scary Movie (2026) and Masters of the Universe debuting next weekend, the race for top spot is set to continue.
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