"Backrooms" and "Obsession" prove that internet-bred directors can turn small films into multi-million dollar global hits.

This weekend, 20-year-old Kane Parsons’s Backrooms absolutely dominated the box office, scoring $81 million domestically and $118 million worldwide. In second place was Curry Barker’s Obsession, which grew its box office for a historic third weekend in a row,

Total foreign weekend on Obsession is $13.8M ($10.6M from 45 Uni territories, and $3.2M from 11 non-Uni markets) along with an amazing $26.4M third weekend hold stateside. While domestic is +10% in weekend 3, international is up an awesome +39%.

This weekend was one for the box office history books. 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,

After Curry Baker’s horror breakout Obsession made waves, a 20-year-old YouTuber’s horror film, Backrooms, also climbed up the box office ladder as soon as it released. Backrooms has also become a box office phenomenon just after its opening weekend.

Backrooms Box Office: Opening Weekend Update(Photo Credit –YouTube) Backrooms by Kane Parsons creates history at the box office in its opening weekend alone. It exceeds expectations and has already collected an estimated 1080% more than its production cost worldwide.

Yeon Sang-ho's action-horror feature 'Colony' maintained its grip on the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 29–31 with $6.7 million.