YouTuber Makes Historic Hollywood Debut with "Backrooms"

Stop Trying to Combine ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Into a Single Trend

Hollywood is currently enjoying what NFL teams call a Victory Monday. The box office is booming thanks to two exciting new films that suggest that cinema’s commercial future is brighter than the pessimists think: A24 scored the biggest opening in its history thanks to Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms,” which brought in $118 million worldwide, and Curry Barker’s “Obsession” enjoyed a second consecutive weekend of increased ticket sales that led it across…

Exclusive | Inside the unassuming $450K California house behind the $118M ‘Backrooms’ horror phenomenon

Before he became the youngest director ever tapped by indie powerhouse A24, Kane Parsons was creating horror videos from a quiet suburban neighborhood.

YouTuber makes historic Hollywood debut with "Backrooms"

Kane Parsons' psychological thriller "Backrooms" earned $81.5 million on its first weekend. Carter Evan reports on how the film's success could change Hollywood.

Korea Box Office: ‘Colony’ Continues Dominant Run While ‘Backrooms’ Debuts in Second

Local action-horror feature “Colony” maintained its firm grip on the South Korean box office during the weekend of May 29–31. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film earned $6.7 million from 971,011 admissions over its second frame, securing a 56.67% share of the weekend market. Directed […]

Kane Parsons becomes youngest film-maker to open at No 1 in the US with Backrooms

Backrooms stunned industry observers by taking $81m in its first weekend, a record for studio A24Kane Parsons has become the youngest film-maker to open a film at number one at the North American box office for his directing debut Backrooms.Parsons, 20, is seven years younger than the previous record holder, Josh Trank, who was 27 when his debut Chronicle recorded a $22m opening in 2011. Backrooms stunned industry observers by taking $81m in its…

Yeon Sang-ho’s Cannes Midnight Title ‘Colony’ Passes 3 Million Admissions On Korean Release

Zombie thriller Colony, directecd by Korea’s Yeon Sang-ho, has flown past three million admissions during its second weekend of release in its home market, following its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section at Cannes film festival.  Released in Korea on May 21, the film has so far racked up 3,475,000 admissions and grossed $24.84M, according to data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), making it the second highest grossing film o…