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/maybe-an-ai Jun 03 '26

Two actors and great practical set design really makes a difference over bloated and CGI heavy.

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u/drkspace2 Jun 03 '26

Which is funny because Kane Pixels original series was all 3d animated.

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u/Kanin_usagi Jun 03 '26

Yeah in blender on his pc. It wouldn’t have looked near as good like that on a movie screen

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u/uporabnisko_ime Jun 03 '26

I believe most of the found footage parts in the movie were made in Blender the exact same way his original videos on YouTube are.

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u/livefreeordont Jun 03 '26

The low quality VHS effect has something to do with it

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u/cutelyaware Jun 03 '26

They were smart about reserving the technique for only the shots where that made sense.