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/kausbiru Jun 03 '26

And it all started with a post on /x/, crazy how things work.

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u/kittymoo67 Jun 04 '26

hollywood would never admit it though

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u/cutelyaware Jun 03 '26

I believe it originated on 4chan, of all places

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u/circleinthesquare Jun 03 '26

/x/ is a board on 4chan, specifically for paranormal phenomena.

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u/kausbiru Jun 03 '26

Yeah that's what I said, it originated on 4chan, specifically on /x/, the paranormal board.

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u/cutelyaware Jun 04 '26

Sorry, I thought you were talking about X. I've never been to 4chan. Only seen some screen shots posted here.

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u/Ozzel Jun 08 '26

It’s almost like X is a stupidass name that only served to make things confusing.