Backrooms Sets A24 U.K. Record With £4.2M Debut
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- A24's 'Backrooms' opened at No. 1 in the U.K. and Ireland with £4.2 million ($5.7 million), marking the biggest opening weekend in A24's history for the territory.
- 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' slipped to second in its sophomore frame with $3.5 million, lifting its 10-day cumulative to $15.2 million.
- Universal's 'Michael' held third in its sixth week, adding $2.3 million to push its U.K. lifetime total to $64.7 million.
- Universal's 'Obsession,' Curry Barker's horror-romance, placed fourth in its third frame with $2.1 million, bringing its cumulative to $9.2 million.
- Black Bear's 'Tuner,' starring Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman, debuted at No. 7 with $486,660.
- Lionsgate U.K.'s 'Power Ballad,' a John Carney musical comedy starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, opened at No. 9 with $274,191.
- Sony's 'Masters of the Universe,' directed by Travis Knight and starring Nicholas Galitzine, launches June 3 in 300-plus locations.
Why it matters: A24 breaking its own U.K. opening record with an original horror property confirms the genre's commercial ceiling in the territory, where it outpaced Disney's tentpole 'Mandalorian and Grogu' by roughly $2.2 million in the latter's second frame. With 'Masters of the Universe,' a 'Scary Movie' revival, and 'Savage House' arriving June 3–5, the U.K. summer pipeline leans heavily on established IP and genre fare to fill screens.
