Young YouTubers dominate the box office with 'Backrooms,' 'Obsession'

Young YouTubers are making big waves at the box office.Twenty-year-old Kane Parsons became the youngest director to have the No.1 film at the box office with his new horror flick "Backrooms," which earned a whopping $81 million."Backrooms" is a big screen adaptation of Parsons' 2022 found footage-style web series inspired from a 2019 image posted on the social platform 4chan.

The series follows a group of scientists who discover an eerie dimension that comes in the form of seemingly-never-ending vacant indoor spaces.‘PRESSURE’ REVIEW: BRENDAN FRASER IS DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER IN GRIPPING WWII DRAMA ABOUT RUN-UP TO D-DAY"Backrooms," which stars Renate Reinsve, earned a whopping $81 million during its opening weekend.

(Courtesy of A24)His YouTube account, dubbed Kane Pixels, has more than 3 million subscribers.And the first installment in his "Backrooms" series has over 81 million views.Parsons' feature film, which stars Oscar-nominated actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, reportedly had a $10 million budget and had early projections of grossing $20 million its opening weekend.

However, as the release date steadily approached, projections began to explode, shooting towards $40–50 million and only crept upward.‘OBSESSION’ REVIEW: AN INNOCENT WISH TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE IN A HORROR FLICK FROM TALENTED UP-AND-COMERSVariety reported "nearly 85% of audiences" were under 35 years old, according to PostTrak data, and "more than 50% were 25 or younger." It would quickly become the highest-grossing film for the independent entertainment company A24."This is an extraordinary achievement that is putting butts in seats in a measure that could not have been anticipated," Rotten Tomatoes box office columnist Erick Childress reacted. 20-year-old "Backrooms" director Kane Parsons, known as Kane Pixels on YouTube, is now the youngest director to have a No.1 film at the box office.

(Lisa O'Connor/AFP via Getty Images)Parsons isn't the only content creator to defy the ...

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