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$100M domestic in six days; Backrooms overtakes Marty Supreme as A24’s top North American earner and is closing in on the studio’s global record, with weekday holds staying unusually strong.
Backrooms has crossed $100M domestic in six days, making it A24’s highest-grossing stateside release; Parsons is developing a sequel and a new original with Osgood Perkins, with A24 or Neon expected to be in the mix.
Neon says Backrooms and Obsession prove Gen Z and Gen Alpha will still show up theatrically; Tom Quinn also says the company has picked up Asif Kapadia’s 70 Up and remains in stake-sale talks with Department M.
UTA adds Emma Roberts as Belletrist keeps its scripted slate moving across Hulu, Netflix, Peacock and Amazon MGM. Roberts is also set to return for American Horror Story season 13.
Binding bids for Casey Wasserman’s The Team are due June 8 as UTA, Permira, and Goldman Sachs-backed Excel Sports Management circle the $4 billion media empire; the piece also maps how Obsession and Backrooms point to longer-term stability in microbudget horror theatrical playability.
Peacock and A24’s Crystal Lake is targeting an October 15 launch with Linda Cardellini as Pamela Vorhees; Brad Caleb Kane is framing the Friday the 13th prequel as a paranoid ’70s psychological thriller with rivers of blood. Callum Vinson plays Jason Voorhees, with William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins and others rounding out the cast.
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