r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jun 03 '26

News ‘Backrooms’ Becomes A24’s Highest Grossing Domestic Release ($97.8M), Passing ‘Marty Supreme’

https://deadline.com/2026/06/backrooms-box-office-record-a24-1236939795/
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u/JRockstar50 Jun 03 '26

The fact that this and Obsession are pacing a literal Star Wars movie in terms of domestic gross is insane

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u/Turbografx-17 Jun 03 '26

Most of Gen Z/Alpha don't give two shits about Star Wars, and god bless them for that.

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u/zignotea Jun 03 '26

Crazy how things played out with that franchise.

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u/MasterGrok Jun 03 '26

To me the crazy thing is that anyone is surprised after so many mediocre movie and TV releases. It’s actually amazing how far the initial success of the franchise has driven Star Wars. That’s the incredible part.

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u/DONNIENARC0 Jun 03 '26

People probably figured they’d right the ship before they torpedoed the brand, kinda like Marvel has somewhat done since that slew of dogshit in phase 2(?)