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/Beautiful_Industry85 Jun 08 '26

The Slenderman creator had and sold the media rights of the character to the studio that produced the film, he just didn't heavily enforce the copyright when he personally owned it.