Backrooms Box Office: $400M+ Horror Quietly Beats Sydney Sweeney’s Biggest Hit, The Housemaid, Worldwide!
Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is under the radar and at the end of its journey at the box office. The movie crossed a major milestone at the worldwide box office a few days back. It has also beaten Sydney Sweeney’s biggest hit to date, the erotic thriller The Housemaid. With so many new releases, Backrooms’ achievements are going unnoticed. Keep scrolling for the deets.
It is a psychological horror film by Parsons, his feature directorial debut. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve feature in key roles alongside Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell in supporting roles. The movie is the second-highest-grossing horror of the year and the fifth-highest-grossing independent film of all time worldwide.
Backrooms at the worldwide box office
According to Box Office Mojo, Backrooms collected $81.4 million in its opening weekend domestically. The horror movie has earned over $197.5 million at the North American box office to date. The Kane Parsons film crossed the $200 million milestone internationally, bringing the worldwide total past $400.7 million. It is right behind Obsession at #11 on the 2026 global grossers list.
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Box office summary of Backrooms
- Domestic – $197.5 million
- International – $203.2 million
- Worldwide – $400.7 million
Backrooms beats The Housemaid worldwide
The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, is an erotic psychological thriller based on a novel by Freida McFadden. It became a solid box-office success in its original release, and a sequel is reportedly in development. According to the box office database, The Housemaid collected $400.5 million worldwide in its run. Kane Parsons’ movie has surpassed the worldwide haul of Sydney Sweeney’s all-time biggest hit worldwide.
More about the movie
The film follows Clark, a furniture store owner, and his therapist, Mary, who stumble upon a mysterious dimension of seemingly endless liminal spaces hidden beneath the store’s basement. As they venture deeper into this eerie world, they find themselves trapped in a terrifying maze with no clear way out. Backrooms was released on May 29.
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