{"id":676381,"date":"2026-05-31T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676381\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:35:12","slug":"box-office-global-backrooms-118m-obsession-148m-michael-near-900m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676381\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Global: ‘Backrooms’ $118M, ‘Obsession’ $148M, ‘Michael’ Near $900M"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBackrooms<\/a> wasn\u2019t just a stateside sensation, rather the top A24 opening in over 30 countries across Latin America, the UK, Australia\/New Zealand, South Korea, Middle East, Scandinavia, Taiwan, Israel and Turkey.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs we told you, global came in at $118M for the Kane Parsons movie, of which $36M came from abroad. In regards to that foreign take, it outstripped the first weekend of the previous big horror pic opening this year, Paramount\u2019s Scream 7, which was $33.1M. The global start here is also ahead of Scream 7\u2018s franchise record start of $97.1M WW\u2014which was 2026\u2019s previous big opening for a horror movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tVersus other comps, Backrooms outgrossed Weapons (+62%), Scream 7 (+22%), Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2 (+5%) and Final Destination: Bloodlines (+4%), all of which opened across wider international footprints in their first frames.<\/p>\n

\n\tLatAM led all territories with $12.7M, the No. 1 pic in the region overall, more than 3x the previous biggest A24 title opening. Latin America on Scream 7 was $7.7M in its first frame. <\/p>\n

In the UK, the film also ranked #1 overall with $5.6M. Not only is this the highest grossing opening weekend for an A24 title in the territory, but also the best horror opening of the year so far, besting Scream 7\u2018s $5.3M. <\/p>\n

Backrooms also led Australia\/New Zealand with $4.4M, making it the second highest grossing horror title of the decade and nearly doubling the previous biggest opening weekend for an A24 title. Scream 7 did $2.5M there in Australia in its first frame back at the end of February.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther territory shoutouts for Backrooms are South Korea ($2.7M \/ No. 2, but beating Mandalorian and Grogu\u2018s No. 3 $1M take), Middle East ($2.4M \/No. 2), Scandinavia ($2.2M \/ No. 1) and Italy ($2M\/No. 1, ahead of Scream 7\u2018s $1.8M).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Next weekend, the Kane Parsons directed movie opens doors in Spain, Russia & CIS, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Slovenia. France, Germany, Poland and Belgium will follow two weeks later.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tPedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver in \u2018Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu\u2019 (2026)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s Stars Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu saw an international weekend of $27.8M in 52 territories, drop 53%. Total global weekend was $52.8M, which also includes the $25M, -69% tumble in the North American. Running global is $246.6M with $109.2M from abroad, $137.4M domestic.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney says that Mando and Baby Yoda are still the top non-local movie this weekend in France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, NZ, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Updated total cumes are UK ($15M), Germany ($11.2M), Japan ($9.6M), China ($9.2M), Australia ($7.7M), France ($7.1M), Mexico ($5.9M), Spain ($3.9M), Italy ($2.9M) and Poland ($2.1M).<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Inde<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tInde Navarrette in \u2018Obsession<\/a>\u2018<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus Features\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tYouTube fever isn\u2019t just a North American thing, but around the globe with Focus Features\u2019 Obsession minting $40.2M from both Universal and non-Universal territories this weekend, after eight new markets opening for a total count of 45 territories. Global for the Curry Barker movie stands at $148M; it has a way to go before toppling London Has Fallen ($206M) and Downton Abbey ($195M) as Focus\u2019 highest grossing movie of all-time. However, in the U.S., the horror romance is the best that Focus has ever seen. <\/p>\n

\n\tTotal foreign weekend on Obsession is $13.8M ($10.6M from 45 Uni territories, and $3.2M from 11 non-Uni markets) along with an amazing $26.4M third weekend hold stateside. While domestic is +10% in weekend 3, international is up an awesome +39%. <\/p>\n

\n\tUni territory India posted a great $900K weekend at 362 screens, the No. 1 MPA title in the market, which is ahead of all key comps: more than double\u00a0Weapons,\u00a0more than 3x\u00a0Sinners\u00a0and\u00a0The Invisible Man, and more than 6x\u00a0Longlegs\u00a0and\u00a0Talk To Me. Israel opened to $300K at 29 screens, ranking No. 2 on Thursday and Friday before\u00a0surpassing Backrooms\u00a0on Saturday to claim the No. 1 spot. The start here is above\u00a0M3GAN,\u00a0The Black Phone,\u00a0The Invisible Man\u00a0and more than double\u00a0Get Out, Talk To Me, Weapons\u00a0and\u00a0Speak No Evil. Philippines was also strong with a $300K opening at 37 screens, launching into a national holiday on Wednesday and the top MPA movie in the market. That gross has surpassed the lifetimes of Speak No Evil, The Substance, and The Black Phone. The opening is also well above\u00a0The Invisible Man,\u00a0Longlegs, and more than double\u00a0Talk To Me.<\/p>\n

\n\tHoldovers in Uni markets include UK and Ireland with $2M and a $9M running cume, surpassing lifetimes of\u00a0Hereditary\u00a0and\u00a0Speak No Evil, and having previously overtaken\u00a0The Black Phone\u00a0and\u00a0The Substance. It\u2019s also the pic\u2019s highest grossing offshore territory. Mexico\u2019s third weekend of $1.3M had a Thursday and Friday more than doubling last week\u2019s grosses for a $3.1M cume (fourth highest territory so far for pic), ahead of Smile 2,\u00a0Hereditary and\u00a0Get Out\u00a0at the same point.\u00a0UAE weekend\u2019s 2 is $900K boosted by Eid al-Adha holidays for $2M cume, above\u00a0Weapons\u00a0at the same point, having already surpassed the lifetime of numerous titles including\u00a0The Black Phone,\u00a0Smile 2,\u00a0Speak No Evil,\u00a0Longlegs\u00a0and\u00a0Get Out.\u00a0Saudi Arabia is $700K second frame for a $1.7M cume well above\u00a0Invisible Man\u00a0and almost double\u00a0Talk To Me, having already surpassed the lifetimes of\u00a0Speak No Evil\u00a0and\u00a0Longlegs.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn non-Uni markets, Obsession did $2.1M third frame in Australia, +80% from last weekend for a running total of $5.5M (second highest grossing territory for movie). France added $900K in third weekend with a cume of $4.3M to date (third highest grossing country for pic). Germany and Spain are next on June 25 and 26, followed by Japan on July 17 and Korea on Aug. 26.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRhyan Hill as Tito Jackson, Tre\u2019 Horton as Marlon, Jaafar Jackson as Michael, Joseph David Jones as Jackie and Jamal Henderson as Jermaine in \u2018Michael\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Credit: Kevin Mazur<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate and Universal\u2019s Michael continues to be more epic than Epic Records with a running global cume of $846.2M, $339.9M and more than a half billion abroad with $506.3M. And Japan hasn\u2019t even opened yet. It\u2019s looking really good for producer Graham King to beat his own box office records with Michael poised to dance past Bohemian Rhapsody\u2018s $911M all-time record for a musical biopic.<\/p>\n

\n\tGlobal weekend for Michael was $31.8M with $20.1M from 83 offshore territories and 8,304 locations in its sixth weekend. <\/p>\n

\n\tNotables for the Antoine Fuqua-directed more include UK with a weekend 6 of $2.3M, despite the onslaught of sunny weather for a $64.7M cume, well ahead of Bohemian Rhapsody. Australia with a great sixth frame of $1.8M and $29M cume also above the Freddy Mercury biopic and Oppenheimer. Brazil with $1.5M and a $30.5M cume, beating Despicable Me 4 to become Universal\u2019s highest grossing movie in the market of all-time. Korea added $1.3M for a $10.3M cume. Sixth weekend in France is $1.2M with a near $51M total, yes, ahead of both\u00a0Oppenheimer\u00a0and\u00a0Bohemian Rhapsody.\u00a0Mexico has $1.1M for a $30.6M cume, ahead of both those comps as well. Germany, the most toured Jackson country, is $1.1M in weekend 6 with a $31.7M cume ahead of BoRhap. <\/p>\n

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\n\t20th Century Studios\/Disney\u2019s Devil Wears Prada 2 did a $19.2M fifth global frame with $13.3M from 52 offshore markets and $5.9M domestic for a global running cume of $641.6M, $432.2M of that from international markets. The movie is the top non-local release this weekend in Georgia and Taiwan and the second non-local release in Germany, Japan, Bosnia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Top territories are UK ($43.4M), Italy ($36.6M), Brazil ($31.4M), Germany ($29.7M), Japan ($28.7M), Mexico ($28.2M), Australia ($27.9M), France ($24.7M), China ($15M) and Spain ($11.8M). <\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u2019ll have more international updates for you tom\u2019w. <\/p>\n

\n\tRefresh on 2026\u2019s top global movies through May 31:<\/p>\n

Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u00a0(Uni)\u00a0$991.7M\u00a0WW ($564.7M Intl, $427M dom)<\/p>\n

Michael<\/a>\u00a0(Uni\/LG)\u00a0$846.2M\u00a0(see breakdown above)<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary\u00a0(Amz)\u00a0$677.7M\u00a0($335.4M Int\u2019l, $342.3M dom)<\/p>\n

Pegasus 3\u00a0(China release)\u00a0$653.9M<\/p>\n

The Devil Wears Prada 2\u00a0(Dis)\u00a0$641.6M\u00a0(see breakdown above)<\/p>\n

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