'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' just humbled 'Star Wars' at the box office. It could be a turning point for the industry.
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Audiences are seeing movies like "Obsession" and "Backrooms" instead of "The Mandalorian and Grogu," proving that franchises and IP don't always win.
'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' just humbled 'Star Wars' at the box office. It could be a turning point for the industry.
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Two independent horror films - Backrooms and Obsession - made on small budgets - have beaten the new Star Wars film at the box…

Obsession, the $1 million horror movie, is now beating The Mandalorian and Grogu, the $165 million Star wars movie.

“Backrooms,” which was directed and co-written by YouTube creator Kane Parsons, cost only $10 million to produce.

_Backrooms_ and _Obsession_, two YouTuber-directed low-budget horror films, topped the box office, with _Backrooms_ earning…

An indie horror with internet origins has beaten the legacy franchise Star Wars at the box office this weekend.

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