If you were to tell a film bro that guaranteed moneymaker movies like Obsession, Backrooms, Michael, and The Mandalorian and Grogu were getting trounced at the box office by an independent YouTube animated show’s theatrical finale, they’d probably think you were joking. Turns out that’s exactly the case with The Amazing Digital Circus: The Final Act. Similar to how creators like Markiplier, Curry Barker, and Kane Parsons have made immensely successful transitions from YouTube to the big screen with their ambitious projects, fan-driven independent animated projects are experiencing a similar boom. And the current talk of the town (or more appropriately, the circus coming to Tinseltown) is The Amazing Digital Circus. While Deadline reports that the film was projected to make $6.8 million on the opening day of its limited-time theatrical run, the film has reportedly earned $8.3 million on Thursday, edging out Scary Movie ($7.7 million) from the top of the box office charts, according to box office and film marketing analyst Exhibitor Relations Co. Originally created by animator Gooseworx and produced in partnership with Glitch Productions, The Amazing Digital Circus is a surreal psychological comedy animated series that follows a group of humans trapped in a circus-themed virtual world ruled by an AI ringmaster. Each episode of the show sees its ensemble, reimagined as cartoon characters, tackle their own baggage while attempting to escape the absurd, existential horror of the chaotic world they’re trapped in, lest they become smoke monsters. In layman’s terms, the show is a lot like Lost, but with a colorful assortment of characters trying to escape their eponymous purgatory.