20-Year-Old Director’s Movie Shatters Records at Box Office

Amanda Edwards / Getty Images It’s been a huge win for Gen Z this weekend, with 20-year-old director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms smashing expectations and bringing in $81 million domestically and $118 million total with international sales. The movie follows Parsons’s hit YouTube series of the same concept, in which a furniture store owner is led into a world of endless, nondescript rooms. With a production budget of just $10 million, the film has broken numerous records with its staggering opening: the biggest opening weekend for A24, Parsons as the youngest director to have a No. 1 box office film, the biggest debut in history for original horror, and the best start for a first-time filmmaker behind a non-franchise film. Obsession , also directed by Gen Z YouTuber Curry Barker, continued to impress in its third week, still holding second place at the box office with $26.4 million earned this weekend. The production budget for the flick was less than $1 million. More disappointing was the shocking 70percent drop in ticket sales for the Star Wars spinoff, The Mandalorian and Grogu . It seems the franchise’s historic popularity just isn’t bringing the money in for Disney. Read it at Variety Read more at The Daily Beast.

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