{"id":679326,"date":"2026-06-02T06:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/679326\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:36:09","slug":"backrooms-heres-the-current-state-of-a-sequel-for-kane-parsons-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/679326\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Backrooms&#8217;: Here&#8217;s the Current State of a Sequel for Kane Parsons Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Following the $118M opening for A24\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/backrooms\/\" id=\"auto-tag_backrooms\" data-tag=\"backrooms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backrooms<\/a>, yes, of course there will be a sequel. Filmmaker and face of Backrooms Kane Parsons has made no secret on the press tour for the film about his desire to expand into a feature anthology, and that he\u2019s taken the IP as far as possible on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBut what\u2019s up with the sequel, this minute, right now? Especially after this weekend\u2019s monumental success? Sources tell us that Parsons is looking for a screenwriting collaborator to work on the sequel with. That\u2019s the state that the Backrooms sequel is in right now. So, stay tuned. Parsons\u2019 contract for more Backrooms resides with A24, we\u2019re told. Again, it\u2019s super early, so no star attachments or green lights as of this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThere are many fathers associated with the success of the under $10M Backrooms including 21 Laps, Atomic Monster\/Blumhouse, Odd Fellows and co-financier Chernin Entertainment. Together with Markiplier\u2019s Iron Lung and Curry Barker\u2019s Obsession, and even next weekend\u2019s The Amazing Digital Circus (estimated $13M+ opening), Backrooms is part of a trend where YouTube creators and some content are finding newfound success at the box office. Finally, Hollywood has learned how to channel and dynamite the Gen Z crowd. Backrooms alone pulled in a crowd that was 88% under 35. Obsession alone, which is co-produced by Atomic Monster-Blumhouse, became Focus Features\u2019 highest grossing movie at the domestic B.O. ever this past weekend with $105.7M; that studio having picked up North American and some foreign out of TIFF Midnight for $15M+ spurred by Blumhouse. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCurrently, we\u2019re hearing that Backrooms is minting north of $6M today. The movie is expected to hold, -55%, against newcomers, Amazon MGM Studios Masters of the Universe ($25M-$35M opening) and Paramount\u2019s Scary Movie ($35M-$45M) at next weekend\u2019s box office. That translates into a potential $36M second frame for the Parsons pic.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Following the $118M opening for A24\u2019s Backrooms, yes, of course there will be a sequel. Filmmaker and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[247168,296071,88,14070],"class_list":["post-679326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-backrooms","tag-backrooms-2","tag-entertainment","tag-the-dish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}