‘Backrooms’ Box Office: 5 Takeaways After Kane Parsons’ Horror Hit Obliterated Opening Weekend Expectations

This weekend, “Backrooms” entered the mainstream. A24’s buzzy horror film, directed by 20-year-old YouTube phenom Kane Parsons, obliterated box office expectations with $81 million domestically and $118 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales rank as the largest debut ever for A24, more than tripling the record once established by Alex Garland’s 2024 […]

By Rebecca Rubin

A YouTube horror series took over US theaters. Now it's quietly winning over Korea.

A sheet of mono-yellow wallpaper, an empty office hallway, the hum of fluorescent lights: In a certain corner of the internet, that mundane image has been shorthand for dread for years. The concept comes from the "Backrooms," a creepypasta that originated on the message board 4chan in 2019 and became a wildly viral YouTube series by American creator Kane Parsons, who began posting the episodes as a teenager. The 20-year-old has now carried the concept to the big screen. His feature debut, from i

By The Korea Herald

Backrooms, based on a YouTube horror series, breaks box office records

The movie’s massive opening weekend haul is the largest ever for an original horror film.

'Backrooms', based on YouTube horror series, breaks box office records - The Jakarta Post

'Backrooms', based on YouTube horror series, breaks box office records  The Jakarta Post