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Guys, I'm so excited to do this episode today because it's always really redeeming when I get to celebrate our generation for something.

Because I feel like, and I've been a part of this, but, you know, Gen Z has faced so much rightful criticism over the years for, you know, the laziness, the political ridiculousness, hookup culture, all of the things, whatever it might be.

And so it's so amazing when we prove doubters wrong.

And when we are disruptors and industries and when other Gen Zers then get to celebrate that

and learn from that.

And that is exactly what is happening today because officially Gen Z is saving Hollywood, baby.

And we're here to talk about why and to celebrate that. So if you missed it, a film called Backrooms just grossed over $118 million globally and a film called Obsession, which I believe has been out for three weeks now, has earned over a hundred times its budget. He might be wondering, like Brett, are you talking about these two random horror movies? They are not random. They are actually doing crazy well in the theaters. But why we are talking about them is because both of these movies were made by Gen Z YouTubers. And they were made with budgets that were way smaller than your typical box office film. Take the new Star Wars movie, which obviously we're going to talk about today, the Mandalorian and Grku, it had a production budget of $160 million

that is not including all of the marketing that Disney did on top of that, and it bombed. And Disney is

panicking because this is a really important IP, and nobody cares. But these other films are

crushing. Contrary to what people on X are saying, I do not think that it bombed because of quote

unquote woke. I think maybe it's because

we are just so tired like we, the universal we as audience members, we are so tired of Hollywood

throwing the same recycled lazy crap in our faces 24-7 instead of just having the creativity

and the risk to try something new, which is exactly what these Gen Z YouTubers did. So the biggest two movies in theaters right now, like I said, were made by YouTubers in their 20s. Yes, you heard that correctly. And what is even crazier is that one of these young men is not mid-20s, no, he is literally 20 years old. Somebody commented and said, YouTube to box office pipeline is the only career path that makes sense now. Just kidding. Or am I? Should I? Just kidding. Anyway, back to the point. So the first of these films, this is the one that was made by the 20 year old. It is called backrooms. It's about a struggling furniture store owner who discovers this like mysterious portal in his basement. It leads to a maze-like series of never-ending back rooms. He gets sucked

into this alternative reality. His employees get stuck there. His therapist comes in to try to

rescue him. She also gets stuck there. And this film was directed by a 20-year-old YouTuber. His

name is Kane Barsin's 20 years old. And guys, it's so crazy. This film officially had the largest

opening weekend ever for the company A-24. And A-24's so crazy. This film officially had the largest opening weekend ever for the

company A24. And A24 is not some little like podunk random film production company. They might have

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