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The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong.
Backrooms” was the top-grossing movie over the weekend in the US and Canada, with “Obsession” in second place.
What do Star Wars, a YouTuber and sleuthing sheep have in common? They all led to a surprisingly robust Memorial Day weekend box office, after it looked as though the second half of May would turn into a slowdown.
As Variety reports, that puts the film on course to make somewhere around $85 million to $90 million over its opening weekend. It has already surpassed A24’s previous record holder, Civil War, which opened to $25.