Box Office Record: 'Backrooms' Opens with $81M, 'Obsession' Crosses $100M as Horror Films Dominate
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Rebecca Rubin
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Summary
A record-breaking weekend at the box office saw A24's horror film "Backrooms" earn $81 million in its opening weekend from 3,442 theaters, while Focus Features' "Obsession" crossed the $100 million domestic mark in its third weekend with $26.4 million. Both films were directed by YouTube stars and produced on minimal budgets, drawing massive Gen Z audiences to theaters.
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Movie theaters across the nation were jamming with Gen Z crowds, who showed up en masse for not one but two buzzy horror films.
A24's 'Backrooms' collected a jaw-dropping, record-breaking $81 million from 3,442 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
Both movies were directed by YouTube stars and cost nearly nothing to produce, upending conventional Hollywood wisdom.
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