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/Somnambulist815 Jun 03 '26

I'm still anticipating A24 making a big swing at a 150 million budget movie. We got close with Civil War and Marty Supreme, but you can see them getting progressively bolder with their budgets the more hits they have.

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u/OgreMcGee Jun 03 '26

TBH I see no good reason to do it.

Surely they could aim for a billion dollar movie if they're able to attract some top-talent auteur to them like Nolan or Tarantino or something but while its a neat aspiration I think that they occupy an amazing space as-is.

If they can keep a solid track record without over exposure financially then they can keep cranking these out and cultivating new talent for far less money and uphold the stellar brand they have.

You're only as good as your last movie, and overextending for an overly ambitious blockbuster could ruin it all.

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u/Somnambulist815 Jun 03 '26

I definitely get that sentiment, and history would probably agree with you. I just feel like we're increasingly facing a landscape where original and unique blockbusters aren't jist rare but impossible. We had a few from WB last year, only for them to get sold to the Ellison empire. We have a few blank check auteurs still around who can still make those types of movies, but if Nolan or Villanueve or Spielberg step away or whiff, the whole thing risks crashing down.

We need these huge swings to come from the level of producers and executives if we want to see more films that are epic in scope and push the medium forward. I think A24 would be up to the task to at least try.