Backrooms Roars to $118M Opening Weekend as Phones Ring Off the Hook
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.