#BOXOFFICE: “BACKROOMS” DEBUTS IN FRONT

20-year-old Filmmaker Kane Parsons’ BACKROOMS makes a very impressive debut this weekend, opening with a stellar $85 million for A24 and Elevation Pictures, with 89% on the Tomatometer. This gives him the distinction of being the youngest Filmmaker with the highest Box Office opening of all time, and he also is the youngest Filmmaker ever to make a film for indie giant A24.

Second goes to OBSESSION with $28.5 million impressively in its third weekend for Focus Features, now going on to earn $106.8 million domestically for Focus Features/Universal Pictures.

STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU also has a strong second frame with $25 million, a two-week total of $137.3 million for Disney.

Fourth goes to MICHAEL with $14 million for Lionsgate/Cineplex Pictures, taking it now to $343 million in North America.

Rounding things out is THE BREADWINNER starring funnyman Nate Bargatze, with $8 million for Sony Pictures, from 3,252 theatres. It gets 29% on the Tomatometer.