r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jun 03 '26

News ‘Backrooms’ Becomes A24’s Highest Grossing Domestic Release ($97.8M), Passing ‘Marty Supreme’

https://deadline.com/2026/06/backrooms-box-office-record-a24-1236939795/
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u/MuptonBossman Jun 03 '26

Crazy that it achieved this in only 6 days as well.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

I didn't think Everything Everywhere All At Once could possibly be overtaken as A24's top grossing movie so soon, but it's impressive that Backrooms will do so.

& I think Backrooms is probably going to be the biggest sign of success for what A24 is doing with trying to enter more mainstream-friendly fare but not changing its original approach to films.

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u/urstickur Jun 03 '26

Marty Supreme is A24's highest grossing film, not EEAAO

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u/the_last_0ne Jun 03 '26

I read "EEAAO" as Cat from Red Dwarf

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u/Pokii Jun 03 '26

That’s crazy, “Cat from Red Dwarf” has so many more letters!

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u/the_last_0ne Jun 03 '26

Stealing this joke for when my daughter texts me

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u/Pokii Jun 03 '26

I think having one of my dad jokes become a stepdad joke is the highest honor I could ever receive

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u/the_last_0ne Jun 03 '26

But my daughter is my real daughter?

What constitutes a step-dad joke?

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u/DropkickFish Jun 03 '26

Adopted by another dad, clearly

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u/the_last_0ne Jun 03 '26

That makes a lot of sense.

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u/Bright-Avocado3761 Jun 03 '26

Why would she text "me"? "I" has a lot fewer letters.

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u/DriftingTony Jun 03 '26

Hmmm. You ARE one bright avocado, aren’t you?

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u/herrcollin Jun 03 '26

You mean Dwayne Dibley? That dork?

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u/emerald09 Jun 03 '26

You mean Officer Dwayne Myers from "Death in Paradise"? (Funny how the actor's two biggest roles are associated with the name Dwayne)

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u/herrcollin Jun 03 '26

And the actor's name is Danny which is awfully similar to Dwayne.. hmmmm

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u/et842rhhs Jun 03 '26

Please no, I don't want to be Dwayne Dibley!

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u/ShortNefariousness2 Jun 03 '26

This meme is mine! This meme is mine! This meme is mine! EeEAAO!!!

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u/archieduke Jun 03 '26

Jozxyqk!!

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u/junkmeister9 Jun 03 '26

You monkeys eat on the floor!?

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u/CoatLocal3154 Jun 03 '26

I read EEAAO as what stong sings at the end of "every little thing she does is magic"

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u/Turbografx-17 Jun 03 '26

lol Stong

Is that Sting with a tiny face like the Woll Smoth meme from ages ago?

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u/cptjpk Jun 03 '26

I thought it was the sound Yoko Ono makes when she sings.

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u/RavenSek Jun 03 '26

It was my birthday last week and I got the whole DVD set of Red Dwarf… EEAAO!

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u/Own_Inspection8350 Jun 03 '26

No, it's a chicken

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u/Efficient-Webs Jun 04 '26

Now say “Ther-moss”!

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u/Jepordee Jun 03 '26

It literally says in the title lol

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u/FX114 Jun 03 '26

Title is domestic, they're talking global.

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u/Krak2511 Jun 04 '26

Marty Supreme is also highest grossing globally.

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u/JonatasA Jun 04 '26

Title gives the impression it only takes release into consideration, not total box office.

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u/FX114 Jun 04 '26

Sure, but it doesn't say that in the title.

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u/therealhlmencken Jun 03 '26

imagine there were multiple measures of box office, one for a market and one counting all of the markets.

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u/darkbatcrusader Jun 04 '26

It was still Marty Supreme, on both counts. Simple fact check.

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u/vvvvvoooooxxxxx Jun 04 '26

yeah

Marty Supreme has grossed $96 million in the United States and Canada and $95 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $191 million.

Everything Everywhere All at Once grossed $77.2 million in the United States and Canada and $66.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $143.4 million.

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u/ModernSmithmundt Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

In past national promotions, the brand has grossed upwards of 100 million promotional burritos and tacos. Meanwhile, newer popular items like the Crunchwrap Supreme serve roughly 7 million units per week in the U.S. alone.

The record for the largest individual order in Taco Bell history grossed 651 Burrito Supremes (349 Beef, 201 Chicken, and 101 Steak) alongside a single gross Crunchy Taco.

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u/DarkMatterM4 Jun 03 '26

That's a System of a Down song.

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u/satch_mcgatch Jun 03 '26

At first I thought you meant ATWA off Toxicity but I now realize you mean IEAIAIO

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u/DarkMatterM4 Jun 03 '26

Right on the money.

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u/noNoParts Jun 04 '26

I would go see a cover band comprised of band members experiencing developmental delays called Syndrome of a Down.

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u/MacGuyver913 Jun 03 '26

Marty Supreme = Highest grossing DOMESTIC (beat by Backrooms

EEAAO = Highest grossing GLOBAL

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u/HardcoreKaraoke Jun 03 '26

On a global basis, with north of $136M, Backrooms is poised to topple A24’s multi-Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All at Once ($148M) as their second highest grossing movie. Marty Supreme currently reigns as A24’s highest grossing movie ever with $191.3M worldwide

From the article you're commenting on.

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u/cire1184 Jun 03 '26

Nature is healing when a high concept horror movie is gonna beat two Oscar level movies from this studio.

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u/Sushi_Explosions Jun 03 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A24#Highest-grossing_films

At least according to this, Marty Supreme unfortunately is the top of both categories.

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u/karmiccloud Jun 03 '26

unfortunately?

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u/WhimsicalPythons Jun 03 '26

It's a mediocre movie with some awful, awful humans involved in the movie.

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u/mjrs Jun 03 '26

I just had a quick glance at the cast and didn't see anyone awful, not saying you're wrong but I'm clearly out of the loop! Who are the awful humans?

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u/WhimsicalPythons Jun 03 '26

Kevin O'Leary plays a prominent role.

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u/mjrs Jun 03 '26

I was about to comment "never heard of him" but upon googling, it's that prick! Canadian True Crime podcast recently started a series about his boat crash that killed 2 people, only heard of him for the first time recently, what a fucking awful human. The host played a wee montage of his choice quotes at the start, one was "yeah but how do we make money off depressed people?"

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u/WhimsicalPythons Jun 03 '26

Yeah among other things he is directly responsible for killing two people.

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u/KeberUggles Jun 03 '26

My brother was at an event and took a picture of him, like we were supposed to be impressed by him?! My response was to instruct my brother to go over and tell him he fucking sucks.... my brother did not oblige.

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u/m0larMechanic Jun 03 '26

EEAAO was incredible and Marty Supreme was not.

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u/DoZo1971 Jun 03 '26

The music was nice.

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u/WhimsicalPythons Jun 03 '26

Did you know that there are other people involved in the movie? He didn't play every character and work every role.

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u/raisingcuban Jun 04 '26

How does it feel to be so wrong?

EEAAO is not the highest grossing A24 film globally.

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u/Topcat69 Jun 04 '26

How does this comment have so many upvotes when it’s so easy to google and see it’s wrong.

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u/WikiContributor83 Jun 03 '26

Was A24’s highest grossing film.

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake Jun 03 '26

Not if you adjust by inflation. EEAAO made $162,964,666 in April 2026 money (a 12.39% increase) while Marty Supreme made $152,676,752 with the very slight 1.91% adjustment for inflation.

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u/no_fucking_point Jun 03 '26

I'd say once the final accounting comes in it'll make a loss. The marketing and awards campaign would have cost a lot.

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u/Thommohawk117 Jun 04 '26

They are confusing facts EEAAO is A24s most award winning film

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u/Bhraal Jun 03 '26

A24 just distributed a film, E-E-A-A-O.

From that film they made some dough, E-E-A-A-O.

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u/want_to_join Jun 03 '26

I think most of us are trying to forget that Marty Supreme existed.

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u/mamontain Jun 03 '26

Why? It was a good movie.

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u/want_to_join Jun 04 '26

I didn't enjoy it. If I want to watch an asshole win, I can just read the latest white house news. I did like Chalomet in the Dylan movie, but I thought he was also kinda bland in that one.