“Backrooms,” the horror hit that became A24’s highest-grossing release ever, will arrive on digital platforms for purchase or rental Tuesday, July 14, the studio confirmed this week, just 46 days after the film opened in theaters.
The film will be available through Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, Google TV and YouTube Movies & TV, with Prime Video already listing preorders at $24.99. The date marks a one-week delay from an initially targeted July 7 release, which passed without explanation before the studio confirmed the later timeline.
Directed by 21-year-old Kane Parsons, “Backrooms” opened in U.S. theaters May 29 and has grossed nearly $367 million worldwide, including more than $192 million domestically, making it A24’s biggest box office success to date and pushing Parsons past Brad Pitt’s “F1” at the domestic box office. Parsons, who first created a viral “Backrooms” video on YouTube at age 16 in 2022, became the youngest director to helm a number one film worldwide. The movie holds a Certified Fresh 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes from more than 290 reviews, with a 74% audience score.
The film follows a furniture store owner played by Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor who discovers a strange doorway in his shop’s basement leading to an endless, unsettling maze of yellow rooms and fluorescent corridors. Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell round out the cast. Production designer Danny Vermette built more than 30,000 square feet of sets across four soundstages to physically replicate the disorienting, rendering-error aesthetic of the digital “liminal space” concept that inspired the film.
The digital release lands just 11 days after A24 returned an extended cut, dubbed the “Everything Must Go” edition, to theaters with 15 minutes of previously unseen footage exclusive to that release. The studio has not said which version of the film will be available digitally, suggesting it may be preserving the extended cut as a theatrical draw even as the standard version heads to home viewing. A subscription streaming release is expected on HBO Max under A24’s exclusive deal with the service, though no date has been set; based on the studio’s typical pattern, that debut would likely arrive in September.
