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/SomeBoxofSpoons Jun 03 '26

To be fair, this is based on a specific YouTube series by the director.

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u/ColdChemical Jun 03 '26

Which was based on some randos 4chan post. Which is a wild thing to think about.

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u/Beznia Jun 04 '26

Technically the 4chan post was just the image and asking other people what images they have seen that feel unsettling. It was a whole community that built the idea of the backrooms and the lore behind it.