La taquilla de Backrooms supera a casi todas las demás películas de terror de 2026 en solo 3 días

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La taquilla de Backrooms se extiende hasta el infinito.

La nueva película de terror de A24, dirigida por Kane Parsons, de 20 años, está basada en su popular serie online. La película se centra en el dueño de una tienda de muebles, interpretado por Chiwetel Ejiofor, que encuentra una puerta misteriosa en su sótano que conduce a un inquietante y aparentemente infinito laberinto de habitaciones vacías. El elenco también incluye a Renate Reinsve, nominada al Oscar conocida por su trabajo en Sentimental Value, junto a Finn Bennett (Un caballero de los siete reinos), Lukita Maxwell (Shrinking) y Mark Duplass (The Morning Show).

Según Variety, se espera que la película Backrooms recaude 118 millones de dólares en todo el mundo al final de su primer fin de semana. De eso, 81 millones de dólares provendrán de los cines de EE. UU., lo que lo convierte en el cuarto fin de semana de estreno más alto del año hasta el momento, después de The Mandalorian and Grogu, Michael y The Super Mario Bros. Movie. También se prevé que la película gane 37 millones de dólares a nivel internacional. Este rápido éxito coloca a Backrooms en camino de convertirse potencialmente en una de las 20 películas más taquilleras del año en sólo tres días.

By Sunday’s end, the horror film Backrooms will have earned more at the box office than all but two horror movies released in 2026. The surprise hit Obsession—the first feature film from comedian Curry Barker, known as “that’s a bad idea”—is expected to reach a worldwide gross of $148 million by the weekend’s close. Only Scream 7 ($208 million, the best performance in the Scream series) has earned more.

Over the past three days, the movie Backrooms has quickly become a huge success, surpassing the total worldwide earnings of all other horror films released in 2026. This includes popular franchises like Lee Cronin’s The Mummy ($90.1 million), 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ($58.5 million), Return to Silent Hill ($47.5 million), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come ($39.5 million), and The Strangers: Chapter 3 ($10.8 million). It also outperformed newer hits and adaptations like Iron Lung ($50 million), Send Help ($94 million), Hokum ($23.5 million), and undertone ($21.6 million).

This impressive first film benefited from the popularity of Backrooms with Gen Z viewers. Deadline reports that young women under 25 make up the largest group of domestic moviegoers, accounting for 24% of ticket sales. However, movies geared towards specific fan groups often see most of their audience attend early in their release.

The horror film Iron Lung, directed by YouTuber Markiplier, saw a significant drop in ticket sales its second weekend, falling 66.3%. Other video game adaptations, Five Nights at Freddy’s and its sequel, experienced even larger declines of 76.2% and 69.7% respectively, after strong initial openings. However, A Minecraft Movie bucked this trend, with a smaller 51.8% drop from its impressive first weekend, ultimately becoming one of the year’s biggest box office successes.

It’s still unclear how well Backrooms will hold audience interest long-term, but even if it stops earning money after this weekend, it’s already a big hit. Most movies need to earn two and a half times their production cost to break even, and Backrooms, which cost around $10 million to make, has already earned over twelve times that amount. These impressive numbers suggest that director Kane Parsons could become a prominent figure in the horror genre if he makes another film like it.

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2026-05-31 18:28