It was a great weekend for moviegoing as "Backrooms" and "Obsession" fueled record turnouts.

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

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

“Backrooms” and “Obsession” are poised to blast “The Mandalorian and Grogu” from the top of the box office as the “Star Wars” film heads into its second weekend of release.

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

It's the horror movie everyone is talking about.

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.

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

A24 said its 20-year-old director is the youngest ever to top the box office.

Backrooms arrives in theatres alongside another horror breakout, Obsession, directed by YouTube creator Curry Barker. | Hollywood

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

It was a great weekend for moviegoing as "Backrooms" and "Obsession" fueled record turnouts.

A pair of low-budget horror films created by young YouTube filmmakers drew large Gen Z audiences to theaters this weekend. It wasn't for the big...

Backrooms is a huge horror hit right alongside Obsession, and it has just broken a number of industry records.

Two independent horror films - Backrooms and Obsession - made on small budgets - have beaten the new Star Wars film at the box office. | Hollywood

The movie’s massive opening weekend haul is the largest ever for an original horror film.

Filmmakers from the internet are beating big franchises at the box office, with “Backrooms” and “Obsession” the latest to draw crowds back to theatres.

AP:Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theatres around the country this weekend for a small-budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the…

_Backrooms_ and _Obsession_, two YouTuber-directed low-budget horror films, topped the box office, with _Backrooms_ earning $81.45 million domestically this weekend.

The current love for horror movies isn't stopping with 'Obsession'—A24's 'Backrooms' is starting out as a hit in its own right.