Moviegoers continued to submerge themselves into the Backrooms on Monday, shelling out $7.669M.
That’s the best Monday ever for a R-rated horror movie in June, outstripping the $4.3M made by New Line’s The Conjuring 2 on June 13, 2016. As we told you, Backrooms for the 3 Arts-repped Kane Parsons charted the best opening ever for A24 with an $81.4M domestic and $118M global start. The running domestic total over four days for Backrooms is $89M.
Backrooms came very, very close to toppling Paramount’s PG-13-rated World War Z to own the best Monday ever for a horror film in June. That Mark Forster-directed 2013 zombie movie, which was defined as action horror, earned $7.67M on its first Monday in June.
The under-$10M co-production from Atomic Monster-Blumhouse, 21 Laps, Odd Fellow and Chernin Entertainment is expected to hold -55% in its second frame, with around $36M-$37M, potentially upsetting a No. 2 opening for Amazon MGM Studios’ Masters of the Universe ($25M-$35M) this coming weekend. The frame is expected to be led by Paramount/Miramax’s reboot of Scary Movie ($35M-$45M).
RELATED: Horror Movies’ Next Wave: What’s Coming In 2026, From Auteur Nightmares To Indie Breakouts
We told you Monday that when it comes to a feature sequel for Backrooms, Parsons is scouting a screenwriter to collaborate with.
Focus Features/Blumhouse’s Curry Barker-directed Obsession was second on Monday with an estimated $5.2M, taking its running cume to $111M. As we told you, it’s already Focus Features’ top-grossing movie ever at the domestic B.O.
Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu was third with a estimated second Monday of $2.2M and running domestic cume of $139M. The Jon Favreau-directed feature is currently pacing 8% behind Solo: A Star Wars Story, which ended its North American run at $213.7M.
RELATED: ‘Backrooms’ Review: Chiwetel Ejiofor & Renate Reinsve Open The Door To Terror In YouTuber Kane Parsons’ Eerie Feature Debut
RELATED: The 60 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office
RELATED: Mark Duplass Says ‘Obsession’ And ‘Backrooms’ Box Office Wins Offer A “Glimmer Of Hope” In “Fractured” Industry