Overview
- HBO Max will make Backrooms available in the United States on September 25, 2026, and HBO will broadcast the film on television on September 26, 2026.
- The film opened in the U.S. with roughly $81.4 million, a new opening-weekend record for A24, and has gone on to earn large global totals that outlets report between about $330 million and $393 million.
- Backrooms began as Kane Parsons’s viral YouTube shorts (Kane Pixels) and was adapted into an A24 feature that Parsons directed when he was around 20 years old.
- The cast and crew include Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, a screenplay by Will Soodik, and producers such as James Wan and Shawn Levy, and the movie was reissued in cinemas on July 3 with extra footage.
- Parsons has signaled interest in expanding the Backrooms universe but no sequel or franchise has been officially announced, and the home release will broaden the audience and likely shape next steps.