Backrooms Overtakes M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable at Global Box Office

A24's supernatural thriller Backrooms has overtaken M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable at the global box office. In 18 days, Backrooms has grossed $160.2 million domestically and $88.4 million internationally, for a total of $248.7 million, edging past Unbreakable's $248.1 million lifetime haul.

The film, based on the Backrooms creepypasta and directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, has made him the youngest filmmaker in cinema history to reach those U.S. box office numbers. The milestone echoes Shyamalan's late-1990s breakout—when The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable established him as a major young talent—but Parsons reached it before he was legally allowed to drink.

Backrooms joins a year of unexpected box office winners. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has passed $1 billion, Project Hail Mary stands at $681.5 million worldwide, Disclosure Day opened to $94 million, and The Devil Wears Prada 2 grossed $675 million.

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