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Backrooms is a blockbuster

Rob Beschizza
May 30, 2026
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Image: A24

A wild $35m Friday night haul put Kane Parsons’ Backrooms on track for a $75m weekend (including Thursday’s $10m preview take)—far more than what was even hoped for on its $10m budget. The total will easily surpass studio A24’s previous best, Civil War, which cost $50m and made $127m all told.

Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro writes that it’s do…

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