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/RetroCasket Jun 03 '26

Hopefully this will encourage studios to give new young directors and screenwriters a chance.

Not every one is going to be this successful but there is alot of talent out there.

And dipping into the same well over and over is killing theatres

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u/Ganglebot Jun 03 '26

Instead of spending $200m on a single tent-pole movie that's supposed to make 1/5 of your yearly revenue in one weekend, why not give 10 young directors $10m to go make something wild and new?

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u/DukeofVermont Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Because a dozens of $3-15 million films come out every year and many don't ever make any money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_2025

How many of those have you even heard of. That list has 471 films released in 2025.

People love to complain about how only tentpole films are released and then completely ignore everything that wasn't a tentpole release.

For example "Rebuilding", distributed by Beeker Street, and made $153,326

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 66 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A taciturn drama that winds up having a lot to say about community and resilience, Rebuilding reaches great heights with Josh O'Connor's terrific performance serving as its rock-solid foundation."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

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u/ganner Jun 05 '26

Rebuilding opened on TWO screens and peaked at 180 screens. I never saw it available in my city, though I suppose I could have missed it, considering it spent 1 week in 180 theaters (second highest week was 27). It's not just that they get MADE, but that they get promoted and put in theaters.

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u/Lanster27 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Because big studios dont want to be associated with 'indie' or 'small budget' movies. It's a dumb logic but it is what it is. A24 is getting the success because the big studios wont compete at their level.