Chiwetel Ejiofor in “Backrooms.”
A24
Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, is reportedly coming soon to digital streaming as the A24 horror thriller continues its blockbuster run at the worldwide box office.
Directed by Parsons from a screenplay by Will Soodik and Parsons, Backrooms opened in theaters domestically on May 29. The film was a massive hit out of the gate for A24, earning $81.4 million from 3,442 North American theaters in its opening weekend, May 29-31, against a $10 million production budget before marketing expenses.
Backrooms earned nearly $1.3 million from 2,386 theaters domestically this weekend for a No. 6 finish, which boosted its domestic take to $184.1 million. Combined with the $145.9 million the film has earned in international ticket sales through Sunday, Backrooms has a running worldwide box office tally of $330 million.
Backrooms’ box office far and away the highest-grossing A24 release worldwide of all time, ahead of 2025’s Marty Supreme ($191.1 million), 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once ($147.9 million), 2024’s Civil War ($127.2 million) and 2025’s Materialists ($107.9 million)
Rated R, Backrooms is expected to arrive on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, July 7, according to When to Stream. While When to Stream is typically accurate with its PVOD reports, the streaming tracker noted that A24 has not announced or confirmed the release of Backrooms on digital and the date is subject to change.
When Backrooms arrives on PVOD, it will be available on such digital platforms as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video and YouTube Movies & TV for purchase for $24.99. Since digital rentals are typically $5 less than purchase prices, viewers can expect the film to rent Backrooms for a 48-hour period for $19.99.
What Is ‘Backrooms’ About?
Backrooms stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Clark, a struggling used furniture store owner who discovers in the basement of his facility an interdimensional portal that leads to a maze of creepy, yellow-walled liminal spaces that contain strange objects and evil beings.
Clark shares his experience in the spaces — known as The Backrooms — with his therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve), who at first doubts his accounts despite his detailed sketches of where he has visited.
However, when Mary receives a mysterious message from Clark about being trapped in The Backrooms, she enters and searches for him in liminal spaces and encounters oddly placed objects and a group of terrifying entities who threaten her.
Backrooms, which also stars Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell, is playing theaters and will reportedly arrive on PVOD on July 7.