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'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.

If you're a young movie director, you get your start on YouTube. Next: graduating to movie theaters, and crushing the competition.

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'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.

YouTube-native directors Kane Parsons ("Backrooms", ~$60M projected) and Curry Barker ("Obsession", $74M) outgrossed Disney's Star Wars on their theatrical debuts. Studios now treat YouTube as a director farm team — pre-built audiences cut theatrical risk on small-budget films.

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venerdì 29 maggio 2026·theverge.com
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'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.

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'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.

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