Kane Parsons’ ‘Backrooms’ smashes box-office records as A24’s youngest No. 1 director; global earnings cross $118 million in 10 days
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- •Kane Parsons, 20, becomes the youngest director ever to have a No. 1 film globally with *Backrooms*, surpassing Josh Trank’s record from *Chronicle* (2012)
- •Backrooms* earned $81.5 million in its opening weekend in North America, setting a new record for A24 and becoming the biggest debut for an original horror and non-franchise film
- •The film has amassed $118 million worldwide within 10 days, though it has not yet released in India
- •Parsons began as a YouTuber in 2022, creating the *Backrooms* web series using free 3D software, which gained over 200 million views before A24 optioned it for a feature film
In a stunning display of digital-to-cinema power, 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons—better known as Kane Pixels—has rewritten the rules of modern filmmaking with his feature debut *Backrooms*, which debuted with a record-breaking $81.5 million in its opening weekend across 3,442 screens in the US and Canada. The sci-fi horror film, produced by A24, now stands at $118 million in global box-office earnings just 10 days after release, establishing Parsons as the youngest director ever to top the global charts—surpassing Josh Trank, who directed *Chronicle* at age 27.
