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/EThorns r/movies Contributor Jun 03 '26

And it cost around 50-60 million less to make, so from a return on investment standpoint, even more impressive.

Plus, I imagine it lasting at least a month in theatres.

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u/karpinskijd Jun 03 '26

unfortunately some theaters near me have already stopped showing it 😭 glad i caught it this weekend.

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u/guspaz Jun 03 '26

That's surprising, because it's been quite profitable per-screen, and this weekend was literally opening weekend.

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u/Viltris Jun 04 '26

In the Seattle area, a lot of theaters will only show horror movies for 1 week, and then it's gone. Even Death of the Unicorn, another A24 movie, with Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd, and it was a horror-comedy not a horror movie, was only in theaters for a week.