The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H10Br2O3, consists of three crystallographically independent molecules (A, B and C). The phenyl rings in molecules A, B and C make dihedral angles of 6.1 (3), 3.2 (2) and 54.6 (2)° to each other, respectively. In the crystal, molecules are linked into two-dimensional layers parallel to the ab plane by intermolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The crystal structure is further stabilized by C—H⋯π interactions. The studied crystal is an inversion twin, the refined ratio of the twin components being 0.128 (8):0.872 (8).