The top three movies at the US box office on Thursday were The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act, Backrooms and Obsession. All three were made by young directors who began on YouTube and have brought Gen Z viewers to cinemas in droves for very little money.
It's a sign of a fundamental shift in the film industry. YouTube and other social platforms are now seen as the saviour rather than the destroyer of cinema. We'll hopefully see more creative films like these recent releases as a result (see our guides to the best laptops for video editing and the best video editing software if you're getting started yourself), but the new reality of filmmaking isn't going to be all good.
