YouTube filmmakers are ascendant, with 'Obsession' topping the second weekend of 'Mandalorian and Grogu' and becoming the first film in more than 40 years to increase in both its second and third weekend, outside of Christmas.

Studio execs are seeing what's happening with 'Obsession' and the upcoming 'Backrooms' — both from filmmakers who cut their teeth on YouTube — as a watershed moment in Hollywood.

It's no wonder that every studio executive in Hollywood would kill to be in business with Curry Barker, the Gen Z auteur who first gained attention on YouTube. His horror film,…

The movie, which hits theaters Friday, is also produced by genre leaders James Wan and Osgood Perkins, and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass.

“The Backrooms” is based on a viral short film series on YouTube that has amassed more than 220 million views.

'Backrooms' has made $10.4 million at the box office Thursday previews, a record for A24

YouTube filmmakers are ascendant, with 'Obsession' topping the second weekend of 'Mandalorian and Grogu' and becoming the first film in more than 40 years to increase in both its…

'Backrooms' earned $38 million on Friday, already shattering the record for A24's best opening weekend.

It’s already the biggest opening weekend for an A24 movie ever.

Horror film ‘Backrooms’ has already recorded the biggest opening weekend at the box office in A24 history