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Kane Parsons is the new king of the box office with Backrooms. His $10 million adaptation of his viral YouTube short film series is eyeing the biggest opening in A24 history, with at least $80 million. Rival studios even think it could go as high as $90 million.
It will easily take the No. 1 spot, after landing around $38 million on Friday, including Thursday previews. It focuses on a failed architect (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who stumbles across an endless series of rooms in the furniture store he manages.
The ascension of Parsons, 20, comes just two weeks after fellow YouTuber Curry Barker became the hottest 20-something filmmaker in Hollywood thanks to surprise hit Obsession. The $750,000 feature, now in its third week, is making history as the first film outside of Christmas since 1982 to increase in both its second and third weekends. It is expected to be up 19 percent from last weekend, with an estimated $28.5 million. That’s after defying box office gravity last weekend, earning an unheard of 39 percent more in its second outing than its first.
It has grossed $106.8 million globally, Focus’ top movie ever.
