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Backrooms extends A24's domestic record run with another $5M Thursday and a $45M+ weekend projection; Scary Movie opens with $7.7M in previews and eyes mid-$40M domestic, while Obsession closes on $200M global off a $750K budget.
Blumhouse and Atomic Monster frame Backrooms and Obsession as proof the horror boom is being driven by creator-led concepts, viral provenance, and box-office momentum. The conversation positions YouTube-to-feature as one of the genre market’s most reliable pipelines right now.
Travis Knight says the live-action Masters of the Universe reboot got a fresh start at Amazon MGM after Netflix burned through $30 million in pre-pro and canceled its version; Knight directs with Chris Butler scripting, and the project is being positioned as a new franchise launch for He-Man.
Daniel Goldhaber’s debut feature Cam, acquired by Netflix in 2018 and made on a reported $1 million budget, has been removed from the streamer and is now available to watch free on the director’s website. It stars Madeline Brewer as cam girl Lola.
$149M worldwide on a $5M budget still anchors David F. Sandberg’s leap from viral shorts to studio horror; James Wan’s blueprint for turning YouTube-born concepts into features is now shaping the pipeline around Backrooms and Obsession.
WME signs horror filmmaker Caleb Phillips after his viral short Other Side of the Box and SXSW feature debut Imposters. The move puts a breakout genre director with a 30M-view calling card into a bigger rep pipeline.
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