Film Review - Backrooms

This image released by A24 shows Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from "Backrooms."

Tags

As featured on

'Scary Movie' tops box office, slaying 'Masters of the Universe' and adding to low-budget streak

'Scary Movie' tops box office, slaying 'Masters of the Universe' and adding to low-budget streak

The summer box office is booming — but not because of the usual suspects. After three weeks of indie horror dominance at the box office, the slasher spoof “Scary Movie” topped ticket sales with $55 million over the weekend, easily besting the far-from-mighty “Masters of the Universe.” The sixth “Scary Movie” notched a franchise-best $105.5 million global launch. After just two weeks of release, “Backrooms” became A24's highest-grossing release ever. It's made $212 million worldwide. Focus Features’ “Obsession” grossed $25.6 million in its fourth weekend. That marked a slight 7% drop from the previous weekend for 26-year-old Curry Barker’s horror sensation. Not accounting for inflation, no horror movie has ever had a better fourth weekend.