Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day

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According to The Verge’s source item, Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day, The Kane Parsons’ film Backrooms is expected to earn up to $90 million in its opening weekend after pulling down $38 million on Friday alone. That’s not only above expectations, but absolutely obliterates A24’s previous opening weekend record of $25.5 million for Alex Garland’s Civil War. It’s also a better opening day than The Mandalorian […] The wallpaper is the real star of the film. | Image: A24 The Kane Parsons’ film Backrooms is expected to earn up to $90 million in its opening weekend after pulling down $38 million on Friday alone. That’s not only above expectations , but absolutely obliterates A24’s previous opening weekend record of $25.5 million for Alex Garland’s Civil War . It’s also a better opening day than The Mandalorian and Grogu , which only pulled down $33.7 million on its way to a total $81.6 million for the weekend. That also means that Backrooms is an incredib

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