Forbes

Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Quadruples Its Budget In A Day, Winning Friday Box Office

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Mashable

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

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Polygon

Independence Day is still the ultimate alien invasion movie

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...
GeekTyrant

Markiplier Says He’s Taking a Break After IRON LUNG and Wants To Focus on Directing

Iron Lung surprised a lot of people when it hit theaters. What started as a scrappy indie adaptation of a 2022 horror game ...
Forbes

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

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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 ...

‘Iron Lung’: Losing the premise

As a directorial debut, Markiplier shows he has what it takes to craft a superior product.
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,” ...
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 ...
BGR

Apple TV's Extremely Underrated Alien Invasion Series Raises Fascinating Questions

It's always nice when a new TV show drops, and it does more than just entertain. Sometimes we need shows that demand we look deeper beneath the surface, and Apple TV's "Invasion" is one of them. When ...
Variety

‘Iron Lung’ Director Markiplier Cries After Self-Financed Movie Debuts to $21 Million Globally: ‘A Hero’s Moment to Show Indie Filmmaking Is Possible’

YouTuber Markiplier got emotional about the remarkable turnout for “Iron Lung,” a very independent filmmaking adventure that debuted at No. 2 in North America with $17.8 million from 3,015 theaters.