A24's Backrooms enjoyed a huge opening weekend at the box office, so much so that it's essentially guaranteed to give rise to a franchise now.

Against a production budget of $10 million, co-financed by A24 and Chernin Entertainment, the numbers represent one of the most profitable launches of 2026 and the clearest signal yet that the generation of filmmakers who built audiences on YouTube is now dominating theatrical cinema.

Backrooms’ turns an Oshkosh legend into found-footage horror built on silence, dread and claustrophobic yellow corridors.

The movie, which hits theaters Friday, is also produced by genre leaders James Wan and Osgood Perkins, and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass.

Backrooms is a runaway hit — a horror phenomenon that went from a YouTube series to a smashing debut from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons that just had a

Backrooms 2 feels all but certain after the film’s initial box office success. However, Kane Parsons‘ horror series faces an unexpected roadblock that might slow plans down for a sequel. Backrooms is off to an unprecedented start at the box office.

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A24’s “Backrooms” led with $81 million for its opening weekend with audiences that skewed toward Gen Z, while Focus Features’ “Obsession” parlayed its word-of-mouth success into an almost unthinkable third weekend — $26.