{"id":665749,"date":"2026-06-30T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665749\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:46:15","slug":"backrooms-getting-re-release-by-a24-with-15-minutes-of-bonus-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665749\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Backrooms&#8217; Getting Re-Release by A24 With 15 Minutes of Bonus Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/backrooms\/\" id=\"auto-tag_backrooms\" data-tag=\"backrooms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backrooms<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/a24\/\" id=\"auto-tag_a24\" data-tag=\"a24\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A24<\/a>\u2018s surprise horror hit, is looking to scare up more business over the July 4th holiday. The indie studio is re-releasing \u201cBackrooms\u201d with 15 minutes of bonus footage in a bid to bring back fans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a listing on AMC\u2019s website, the film has been rechristened the \u201cBackrooms: Everything Must Go Edition.\u201d The exhibitor describes it as having a \u201ctheatrically exclusive post-credit\u201d with additional footage from Kane Parsons, the film\u2019s 20-year-old director. Parsons stunned Hollywood, both because of the film\u2019s outsized success and because he had built up an impressive group of followers through the YouTube videos he shot while still a teenager. The new version of \u201cBackrooms\u201d will clock in at 2 hours and 6 minutes and hits theaters on July 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tProduced for just $10 million, \u201cBackrooms\u201d has grossed more than $330 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing film in A24\u2019s history, as well as one of the year\u2019s most profitable releases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe film follows a furniture store operator (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who discovers an endless array of liminal spaces in the store\u2019s basement.  Renate Reinsve plays his therapist, and the ensemble includes Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBackrooms\u201d isn\u2019t the only low-budget horror hit this summer. Focus also scored with \u201cObsession,\u201d which was made by 26-year-old Curry Barker, who also got his start on YouTube. That film has gone to gross more than $370 million globally and cost $750,000 to produce. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe re-release of \u201cBackrooms\u201d will open in time for one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. In addition to competing with summer hits like Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d Universal and Illumination will release \u201cMinions &amp; Monsters,\u201d a spinoff of \u201cDespicable Me\u201d over the holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA spokesperson for A24 did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBackrooms,\u201d A24\u2018s surprise horror hit, is looking to scare up more business over the July 4th holiday. 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