00:00YouTubers are taking over the movies. Obsession, the horror hit from YouTuber turned film director
00:05Curry Barker, is doing really well at the box office. Love, only the branch of a willow tree
00:11could conjure. Its budget was under a million dollars, but it's already made over 60 million.
00:16Multiple inside sources tell Page Six Hollywood that top industry players are seeking out YouTubers
00:21specifically because of their ability to shoot quickly and on a small budget, especially after
00:26the success of online creators turned directors like Danny and Michael Filippo with Talk to Me,
00:32Markiplier with Iron Lung, and Michael Shanks with his film Together. Another YouTuber film is hitting
00:37theaters soon and it's tracking even higher than Obsession. Kane Parsons' new horror movie Backrooms
00:42is eyeing a 50 million plus debut weekend and will likely become A24's biggest opening of all time.
00:49Hello? As the price of attending sought-after film schools like USC and NYU balloons into the six
00:54figure range, are YouTubers the future of film? Head to page6hollywood.com to subscribe to our free newsletter.
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