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$212.6M worldwide makes Backrooms A24’s highest-grossing movie ever after just 10 days; the viral horror adaptation is already at $135M domestic and $77.6M overseas. The under-$10M Chernin co-finance is proving out as a global breakout, with the UK posting A24’s best horror opening of the year.
$750,000 microbudget horror breakout has surged past $234 million worldwide; Obsession is now Focus Features’ highest-grossing film ever, with India still adding traction via a Rs 5.75 crore Day 16. The run keeps reinforcing the theatrical upside for creator-led, word-of-mouth genre plays.
Season 3 is in production at Prime Video after the March renewal; Ben Watkins says he’s mapping a four-season arc while threading addiction through Alex Cross’ hunt. Season 1 pulled 40M global viewers in 20 days, making Cross one of Prime Video’s biggest 2025 launches.
AUD$60,000 Sydney Film Prize for Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Cannes winner Minotaur; the festival says attendance climbed to 170,000 and box office was the highest in its 73-year history. James Gray’s thriller Paper Tiger closed the event after the award ceremony.
$93M global debut for Disclosure Day puts Spielberg’s original alien sci-fi launch ahead of tracking; Universal/Amblin also get a strong fifth-week hold from Obsession, while A24’s Backrooms crosses $300M worldwide and Scary Movie 6 tumbles 70% on a $30M budget.
Juliette Lewis boards Cape Fear as Nick Antosca keeps the Apple TV+ reboot tethered to its legacy DNA. The casting nods back to Lewis’ 1991 turn and keeps Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg in the franchise conversation as EPs.
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