Di internet horror wey start as simple creepy image don turn to big cinema film. A24, Chernin Entertainment, 21 Laps Entertainment, and Atomic Monster join hand to bring Backrooms to big screen. Di movie go open for post-Memorial Day weekend, May 29-31, 2026. According to tracking wey just land, di film fit carry around $20M for domestic opening. Dis na big win for movie wey cost under $10M to produce.
Di story follow a therapist wey hin patient disappear inside anoda dimension. She go venture inside di unknown to save am. Cast include Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, Renate Reinsve as Dr. Mary Kline, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, and Avan Jogia. Kane Parsons, wey create di original YouTube series, direct di film. Di series wey start for 4chan and spread for Reddit and fan wikis don collect over 190 million views online.
Di IP first blow for 2019 as Kane Pixels video wey show empty yellow rooms with buzzing light and damp carpet. Di concept na “no-clipping” out of reality like video game glitch wey land you for infinite liminal space. Fans under 25 dey rabid for di film, wey dem see as “by us, for us” project. Di movie go open without PLF or Imax screens, but box office sources believe e get strong stickiness with young audience.
Backrooms dey open two weekends after Focus Features and Blumhouse release Obsession, anoda horror film from YouTube genre. But unlike Obsession wey be fresh IP, Backrooms get cult appeal. Di film production finish just now, and tracking arrive dis morning. If di $20M projection hold, e go be sweet success for A24 and di producers wey include James Wan, Shawn Levy, Osgood Perkins, and Peter Chernin.
Sony also get dia own film for same weekend: The Breadwinner, family comedy with Nate Bargatze, wey dey expect $8M-$10M opening. Dat movie get highest unaided awareness with women over 25. But for Backrooms, di buzz na for young fans wey don dey follow di lore since 2019. Di film dey set to bring di internet horror to life for cinema, and many dey wonder if e go match di viral fame.
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