Why "Backrooms," a horror film from director Kane Parsons, defied box office expectations.

'Backrooms' has made $10.4 million at the box office Thursday previews, a record for A24

Director Kane Parsons explains the lore of 'Backrooms' for people who aren't yet initiated, and talks about future installments.

Before “Backrooms” made it to the big screen, Kane Parsons was creating a creepy Youtube series of found footage videos of the same name.

Backrooms spawned from a YouTube series, and if you want to familiarize yourself with the world, these are the videos to check out.

YouTube filmmakers are ascendant, with 'Obsession' topping the second weekend of 'Mandalorian and Grogu' and becoming the first film in more than 40 years to increase in both its…

'Backrooms' earned $38 million on Friday, already shattering the record for A24's best opening weekend.

Kane Parsons' beguiling debut leaps from YouTube to chronicle our inadvertent journey into a beige emotional void.

It’s already the biggest opening weekend for an A24 movie ever.

Horror film ‘Backrooms’ has already recorded the biggest opening weekend at the box office in A24 history

Director Kane Parsons’ horror thriller "Backrooms" opened with an estimated $81 million over the weekend against a $10 million production budget, an amount more than enough to…

A24 said its 20-year-old director is the youngest ever to top the box office.

Kane Parsons’ "Backrooms" is off to a blazing start in theaters, something that will no doubt alter A24’s strategy when it comes to the film’s digital streaming release.

Backrooms arrives in theatres alongside another horror breakout, Obsession, directed by YouTube creator Curry Barker. | Hollywood

Three YouTubers' theatrical hits this year — including Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' this weekend — hint at a new economic order even many in the business may not be ready for

Backrooms is a huge horror hit right alongside Obsession, and it has just broken a number of industry records.

Kane Parsons' 'Backrooms' is now the second Gen-Z led film breaking records this weekend.

The movie’s massive opening weekend haul is the largest ever for an original horror film.

AP:Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theatres around the country this weekend for a small-budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the…

'Backrooms' arrasa en taquilla con 118 millones de dólares y supera a los grandes estudios

Backrooms stunned industry observers by taking $81m in its first weekend, a record for studio A24