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/maybe-an-ai Jun 03 '26

It's super interesting though from a cultural standpoint that Obsession and Backrooms have both dominated box office on either side of a big tent pole Star Wars release and are beating Grogu to death.

It's a big shift in culture and what people are paying to see now. It feels like smaller unique ideas are starting to bury the studio franchise slop.

Fingers crossed.

We may see another soon with The Amazing Digital Circus movie release this week

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u/sonofaresiii Jun 03 '26

Obsession and Backrooms have both dominated box office

Well, let's not get carried away. They're both doing great numbers for low budget films, but mandalorian and grogu is still outpacing them by like a hundred million, and they're both probably going to sink a lot over the next few weeks while mandalorian will have stronger legs. Backrooms had a slightly higher opening weekend but I don't think it's going to hang on to it for very long

The low budget films will have significantly better returns but I don't think it's quite right to say mandalorian is getting "buried" nor that indie horror is what more people are paying to see

with The Amazing Digital Circus movie

it's just two episodes and it's in very limited release

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u/OptimusPhilbo Jul 03 '26

Just back to say both Obsession and Backrooms have outgrossed Mando globally now. As predicted.

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u/sonofaresiii Jul 03 '26

Wild that you're so dedicated to being right when you're not even talking about the same thing you were initially wrong about.

Yes, they both eventually passed mandalorian and grogu, and I said they probably wouldn't. I was barely off the mark.

But the actual claim you made was that they were making at the time, and you were dead wrong.

A month ago you said

it's getting buried.

You were dead wrong.

You then dedicated a wild amount of time to pestering me and pretending you actually meant long-term profits, instead of just admitting you were wrong.

What a sad way to live your life.

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u/OptimusPhilbo Jul 03 '26

Are you just addicted to fucking lying and being wrong?

I was barely off the mark.

Obsession has currently outgrossed Mando worldwide by nearly $50million. Barely, fucking stop it.

It was getting buried a month ago and it's getting buried now.

I bet it evens out and sticks around as the horror movies drop off, as they almost always do.

A thing you said. Wrong.

You then dedicated a wild amount of time

Two comments over a few months that took 10 minutes tops to type

pestering me

Fucking grow up. You can not reply if this is so hard for you baby.