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Damien Leone has locked a Lionsgate deal to write, direct and produce Tortures of the Damned, with Sam Raimi and Ghost House aboard; the original horror follows Terrifier 4 in pre-production and is set up with a bigger budget than Leone’s franchise roots.
A24’s Backrooms opens with $10M in Thursday-night previews; Obsession crosses $100M, underscoring horror’s box-office leverage.
A24’s Backrooms is tracking to a $76M-$79M opening, a record-setting launch for the indie banner and a breakout driven by under-35 turnout and repeat business. The huge run comes as co-financier Chernin Entertainment and A24 look poised to make Kane Parsons’ internet-born horror IP one of the year’s defining theatrical events.
Sarah Snook fronts a buyers-facing Birds limited series package, with Tom Spezialy writing and David Heyman’s Heyday Television teaming with Universal International Studios on a present-day Alaska reimagining built around bird attacks and a murder mystery.
$10.4M Thursday previews set a new A24 record for Backrooms; Kane Parsons' breakout is on track for the studio's biggest opening yet and cements the 20-year-old as a fast-rising horror name.
Focus’s $15 million TIFF pickup of Obsession has paid off with a $95.8 million global cume and Tea Shop’s best result yet; James Harris and Mark Lane are using the hit to validate their first-time-director, off-system financing model.
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