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

That also means that Backrooms is an incredibly profitable movie, with an estimated $10 million budget. By comparison, the latest Star Wars disappointment cost $165 million and was considered affordable compared to other entries in the series.

It may seem like having all the money in the world will grant you the ability to do anything, but I think it’s clear that there’s no way Disney could’ve made a film like Backrooms. Not because they don’t have the resources. Rather, their investors wouldn’t let them. It wouldn’t be too “mainstream” enough to justify the “risk”, and they have to justify the money they spent for the rights to Star Wars. So their stuck making mediocre things based on these tired franchises. Money entraps us all, both high and low.