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Backrooms Becomes A24’s Highest Grossing Movie Domestically

Backrooms Becomes A24’s Highest Grossing Movie Domestically

Kane Parson’s Backrooms is making another piece of A24 history. The feature is expected to pass the $100 million mark domestically on Wednesday, after officially becoming A24’s highest grossing film of all time in North America Tuesday with a cume of $97.7 million. The $10 million movie takes the crown from the Timothée Chalamet starrer Marty Supreme, which brought in $96 million domestically and was the studio’s most expensive movie. The achievement comes just days after Backrooms notched A24’s biggest opening weekend ever at $81.4 million and made Parsons, 20, the youngest filmmaker ever to top the domestic box office. The film has not slowed down and has been big during the week, collecting $7.6 million on Monday and $8.6 million on Tuesday. Parsons began Backrooms as a series of popular YouTube Shorts and maintains the rights to the IP. After building up a massive online following, the movie has hit a nerve with Gen Z, with half of the opening weekend audience under 25 and 75 percent under 35. Backrooms‘ producers include Chernin Entertainment, …