Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want

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

The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong.

Backrooms shattered A24's record. Obsession beat Star Wars. Two Sleepy People sold to mk2. Three films from YouTube creators just remade the box office.

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

A24’s “Backrooms” — from 20-year-old Kane Parsons — broke box office records this weekend, marking the latest example of an indie horror hit helmed by a YouTuber.

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...

The success of “Obsession” and “Backrooms” may mean some studio bosses will place a few more bets on original concepts rather than predictable franchises and sequels.

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

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…

Two young YouTube filmmakers achieved a historic milestone, surpassing Star Wars in a major box office weekend, signaling a transformative shift in the entertainment industry.

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Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want

How 'Backrooms' producers helped a 20-Year-Old YouTube director Kane Parsons turn his viral videos into a box office smash.

The horror films, both from filmmakers with origins on YouTube, could mark the start of a new era.

"This is just a chronic pattern of contempt for the next wave of cultural production," an industry insider tells The Hollywood Reporter about baseless online conspiracies…

The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks "Obsession" and "Backrooms" have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are driving Generation Z…