LOS ANGELES, June 3 — The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks Obsession and Backrooms have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are...

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…

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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

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…

The films are both made by 20-something YouTubers turned filmmakers.

El mundo del entretenimiento celebra los éxitos inesperados de dos directores veinteañeros, Kane Parsons y Curry Barker, creados para la Generación Z: logran llevar a miles de…

Variety spoke with Hollywood producers, filmmakers, distributors and YouTube execs about the horror films shaking up the industry.

Dos increíbles éxitos de bajo costo y exponencial retorno se originaron en la plataforma de videos más famosa del planeta. Hollywood suele sacar las conclusiones erradas de estos…

Las dos películas de terror indie, que fueron dirigidas por youtubers en sus 20s, han superado las expectativas en taquilla.

What made the box office debuts of both "Obsession" and "Backrooms" so surprising is how well they fared against major studio releases.

LOS ANGELES, June 3 — The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks Obsession and Backrooms have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are...

Las películas de terror indie de jóvenes directores se han vuelto las nuevas joyas cinematográficas.

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…

A wave of YouTuber-turned box-office-record-breaking horror auteurs have Hollywood nervous and rethinking the filmmaking playbook