Movies directed by YouTubers are suddenly blowing up at the box office. Backrooms and Obsession are both smash hits, and The Amazing Digital Circus had a big debut last week. Is this the moment YouTube truly takes over Hollywood? Julia Alexander, media correspondent at Puck, walks us through the much longer history of YouTube on the big screen, and helps us figure out where this all goes next. Is the future just really, really big YouTube videos?

Further reading:
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/938437/backrooms-youtube-kane-parsons-a12">⁠Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave⁠</a></li>
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/874500/iron-lung-theater-box-office-markiplier">⁠Iron Lung’s path to theaters was unique, even if the movie isn’t⁠</a></li>
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/youtube/654240/youtube-future-creators-ai-music-content">⁠YouTube is everything and everything is YouTube⁠</a></li>
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