Markiplier: 'Hollywood was willfully ignoring the potential of YouTubers'

Then his indie film Iron Lung made $50 million at the box office, with a budget of only $4 million.
Forbes

Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Has Now Made 11x Its Budget After Its Second Weekend

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. While Markiplier’s horror film, Iron Lung, was meant to be a limited release, limited-time ...
Mashable

Markiplier confirms 'Iron Lung' movie's theatrical run extended

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Forbes

Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Removed From Box Office Charts, Returns Making 7x Its Budget

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Deadline.com

‘Iron Lung’ Director Markiplier On YouTube, Moviemaking & 79,800 Gallons Of Fake Blood – The Deadline Q&A

A bloody cool thing happened at the domestic box office in recent weeks as a low budget sci-film busted out in wide release with an $18 million opening, seemingly out of nowhere but not really if ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Movie by Cincy's Markiplier is a box office hit. When will it hit streaming?

A new movie, written and directed by Cincinnati native and YouTube sensation Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach, landed in theaters late last month. Markiplier's directorial debut, "Iron Lung," which ...
The Hollywood Reporter

How Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Proved the Studios Wrong: “There Is Still a Stigma Against YouTube”

The filmmaker and longtime YouTube personality tells The Hollywood Reporter about self-distributing the surprise horror hit after meeting with studio execs who "were 100 percent not about me." By Ryan ...
IGN

Markiplier's Iron Lung Is a Smash Hit at the Box Office — and Already Hugely Profitable

Iron Lung, the low-budget horror film written and directed by YouTuber Markiplier based on the video game of the same name, launched big at the global box office this weekend. It earned $21.5 million ...
Polygon

Markiplier's next big disruption? Getting people to buy DVDs

It's a good time to be Markiplier. The YouTuber is basking in the success of his self-funded horror movie Iron Lung — which opened to nearly $18 million at the box office on a budget of less than $3 ...
IndieWire

What Markiplier Learned from Releasing ‘Iron Lung’

Inside a conversation with the creator behind a $22M opening weekend, no studio required. (And yes, the film's already in profit.) When I first spoke to Markiplier a few weeks ago about “Iron Lung,” ...
GMA Network

Markiplier's 'Iron Lung' to screen in Philippine cinemas

Markiplier's horror film “Iron Lung” is coming to the Philippines! In a recent YouTube livestream, Markiplier announced that the film will have a theatrical release in several international ...