{"id":217,"date":"2026-05-31T16:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T16:45:19","slug":"backrooms-sets-a24-record-with-81-million-opening-weekend-beating-out-obsession-and-mandalorian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Backrooms\u2019 Sets A24 Record With $81 Million Opening Weekend\u2014Beating Out \u2018Obsession\u2019 And \u2018Mandalorian\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Surprising Fact<\/h2>\n<p>The $118 million global opening weekend for \u201cBackrooms\u201d is nearly 12 times its production budget, which came in at just under $10 million. \u201cObsession\u201d similarly outperformed its budget, drawing in almost 80 times its reported costs of around $750,000 to $1 million, with an $82 million debut last week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=213\">WHO Chief Says 5 Patients In Africa\u2019s Ebola Outbreak Have Recovered (Live Updates)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>Box office success for \u201cBackrooms\u201d follows Parsons uploading his short film, \u201cThe Backrooms (Found Footage)\u201d on YouTube in 2022. The story, which drew from an internet meme across Reddit and 4chan, amassed tens of millions of views in weeks and the series has since accumulated more than 220 million views as of Sunday. Parsons told Vanity Fair he was approached by studios almost immediately after uploading his films, and the then-16-year-old said he pitched to A24 the same week his college applications were due. He signed with A24 at 19, making Parsons the studio\u2019s youngest-ever director. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=212\">Applicants For Trump\u2019s $1.8B Fund Include Proud Boys Leader, J6 Rioters And George Santos<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>New Horror Movie\u2014With 20-Year-Old Director\u2014Could Beat \u2018Mandalorian\u2019 At The Box Office<\/span><small>By <span>Mary Whitfill Roeloffs<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>&#8216;Obsession&#8217; Slated For Historic Weekend As &#8216;The Mandalorian And Grogu&#8217; Scores $82 Million 3-Day Debut<\/span><small>By <span>Antonio Peque\u00f1o IV<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A24 said its 20-year-old director is the youngest ever to top the box office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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