{"id":676438,"date":"2026-05-31T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676438\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:22:08","slug":"youtuber-box-office-boom-backrooms-and-obsession-draw-gen-z-to-theaters-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676438\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber box office boom: \u2018Backrooms\u2019 and \u2018Obsession\u2019 draw Gen Z to theaters &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPcWVTM0sxVmd5ZVU1OUVtTmlFXzdZaVhJUG84V1RmNE5VU1VhOUFaa3ZKeUl0aEZMR202SWdRdWVxTHdFQTY3Z2o3b3EyeE00XzdJTTVwNzQ4NGtGeTlIQW5WNnhPdE9qV3lyS0dUNXR3cDFwMUV1SUlacC0tVDhqSjdPcURlQUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTuber box office boom: \u2018Backrooms\u2019 and \u2018Obsession\u2019 draw Gen Z to theaters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQQVBlcFA4RFhleU9RZjhtVXFrUTMtLU0xaDNyRHYweUZaZUw2bTVyenBULXljSE5NajcyRmRhbVJWVTA1YlZyYkJ3LWV4TWV1U21EYjBBcE9fU3ByVnh4WUJITFJndUdrZzRiRW1FWGpXOFBnOXdkdHhQSkIydTBxTEFWSWN1ZEwtYWgyWUNNdkhYZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Shocking Success of \u2018Backrooms\u2019 and \u2018Obsession\u2019 Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What\u2019s Outside the Box<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Malaysia<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxNMVQ4SERlNjVncnh1RnpIM1lSVVpRVF9qa2lIS0Q5b1pJakJsVHRLR0x6X0c5U2ZkWDduZW93aFpPSllIUmNDM2dySzVwcUQ4WmVwaW9EUmM4U2hwaF9xWGlHSFJQWkhpdGtKNWh1NFZkQkF5VGRCbFhsa3g1TFVyaVpYM2x3LWF1Z2RxYU5pdFE1dnB1MzF0S0ZRWnBTSl8wcTFGem9uckpOZ3lUd2lNSlBWMTJabE5vNHlQUmlIcmRjbFhQajBVc1loSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Box Office: \u2018Backrooms\u2019 Stuns With $81 Million Debut, \u2018Obsession\u2019 Has Another Unprecedented Jump, \u2018Mandalorian and Grogu\u2019 Suffers 70% Drop<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPNkd6NmctWVlFdDhEUFdXZjA2X0VZN1RMVmhsTkVZQ3g5SmhFcEtFMjloRDRDajFfa0M0N3FodXRxc2N3d2laLUstTENrS0ZaUWhwb3NBQTVZXzUwRVVrZGs5WHE2ZGYxNXhHRFMtM1VsT0dTZVg0VWs2T1BNOThHVmR1NEpYdFkxLUIzckpSU285cXdySU03d1N3eFlRajV2T25fXzMxaUh2T185clZFRlB2dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The horror filmmakers turning heads in Hollywood? YouTubers.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQaGZnZHNpR2NXOWoxd3RtcEw3X093Y3dXQlBSQWJZeFpNUGpGNUFzSEY0U2ZicnRzSzdkaERCZUhPRVkwQXZEZzRHRHphSUw5WjhPUVpydEM0SkxJa041eUFpWU5RVXZCZ093LUM5eTlrbFFqZ1M1UXM2Z21hUC1YN0JMMzNBRXVWVXdkZlJiQWRSUzdyZ0NLaEUxU1hvRkhqTldDNm5Vd2lWSkwtVlpBVC1GYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cBackrooms,\u201d \u201cObsession,\u201d and Hollywood\u2019s Zoomer-Horror Renaissance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New Yorker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YouTuber box office boom: \u2018Backrooms\u2019 and \u2018Obsession\u2019 draw Gen Z to theaters&nbsp;&nbsp;AP NewsThe Shocking Success of \u2018Backrooms\u2019 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[45895,2356,210745,88,793,89691,295000,206,3784,52261,85495,45712,795],"class_list":["post-676438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-brendan-fraser","tag-california","tag-chiwetel-ejiofor","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-james-wan","tag-luis-olloqui","tag-movies","tag-nate-bargatze","tag-paul-dergarabedian","tag-renate-reinsve","tag-shawn-levy","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}