Before of the last }).call(this); from Backbone.js or Backbone.js.min add the next to allow to work with options like in the previous versions before it was removed since version 1.1Previously the options argument were attached as this.options automatically.

extendViewOptions.js

var BackboneView = Backbone.View;
Backbone.View = BackboneView.extend({
    constructor: function (options) {
        this._configure(options || {});
        BackboneView.prototype.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
    },
    _configure: function (options) {
        if (this.options) options = _.extend({}, _.result(this, 'options'), options);
        //_.extend(this, _.pick(options, viewOptions));
        this.options = options;
    }
});