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May 31, 2026
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Low-Budget Horror Films From YouTubers Conquer the Box Office
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-0.06 · CENTER
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0.242 · RIGHT
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0.121 · CENTER
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Article content (Bloomberg) — Backrooms, a film based on 20-year-old Kane Parsons’s popular YouTube series of the same name, debuted to $81.4 million at the US and Canada box office this weekend, setting a record for independent distributor A24. Article content The performance of the $10 million science fiction horror movie — about the discovery of endless, interdimensional maze-like spaces — is roughly on par with the opening of the latest Star Wars film, The Mandalorian and Grogu, on Memorial Day weekend. Article content Article content Article content It’s also the third straight box office…
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