As reported by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Backrooms is big. How big? Bigger than Jesus The Beatles The Mandalorian and Grogu. Backrooms grossed $38.4 million with its opening day and previews, leaving it on track for an $85-$88 million opening weekend.
A24's previous top dog, Civil War, managed $25 million across its entire opening weekend, while Mando netted a $33.7 million opening day and $81.6 million opening weekend—it's also a better movie than people are giving it credit for. The Tippett Studios stop-motion stuff in there is really good. Grogu did nothing wrong.
That's a lot of numbers, but basically: An adaptation of an internet meme just beat out Star Wars, at least according to Mr. Market. However you slice it, that's impressive, and it rhymes with what we've seen from games in the 2020s. Big franchises and sure bets aren't so sure anymore, while stuff you wouldn't necessarily expect will break out and take the world by storm. See also how publisher Playstack...
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