It’s the summer of surprises, and one in which studios are finally getting their arms around the lost YouTube generation, as they call it, when it comes to younger moviegoers. Chernin Entertainment, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and A24’s thrifty financed feature take of Kane Parsons’ IP Backrooms is looking to Force-choke Lucasfilm/Disney’s Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu […]

Backrooms wasn’t just a stateside sensation, rather the top A24 opening in over 30 countries across Latin America, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, South Korea, Middle East, Scandinavia, Taiwan, Israel and Turkey. As we told you, global came in at $118M for the Kane Parsons movie, of which $36M came from abroad. In regards to that […]

Below in all its glory is this weekend’s top 10 at the global box office, courtesy of Comscore. Note that domestic figures are Memorial Day weekend 4-day. As we continue to propel through summer, a reminder of what the top 5 films are so far this year around the globe: 2. Michael (Universal/Lionsgate) $55.1M WW […]

SUNDAY AM: A24’s Kane Parsons movie Backrooms is at $81.4M domestic, and $118M WW in what looks to be on a global basis this AM, the No. 1 movie. A24 claims that this is a No. 1 record opening for what is the youngest filmmaker ever, Parsons now 20 years old. The previous youngest filmmaker […]

UPDATED, MONDAY AM: ComScore is weighing the four-day Memorial Day weekend at $221.9 million, which is off 33% from last year’s all-time record ($330.1M) for the holiday stretch. However, that’s the third-best for the frame since Covid, following last year and 2022, when Top Gun: Maverick led all titles to a $224.4M marketplace. We’ve already […]

MONDAY AM UPDATE: The last time a Star Wars movie under Disney ownership registered a low opening, it was 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story with an $84M 3-day, $103M 4-day and $153M WW (in like for likes). We bashed that result, the ambitious expansion of Star Wars lore’s ticket sales impacted by behind-the-scenes drama, […]