 
Hello Sunday Wrap readers, The story of the moment is "Backrooms" and "Obsession" — and their Gen Z filmmakers Kane Parsons and Curry Barker. This week, Jeremy Fuster and I dove deep into how these two YouTubers broke box office records and toppled "The Mandalorian and Grogu." There are ramifications aplenty: what does this tell us about Gen Z moviegoing? What does it say about the state of major studio IP? And where does YouTube fit into all of this? Those questions answered and more in this week's Big Read story below. Adam Chitwood Trade Secrets: 14 showrunners spill the details of assembling their writers and offer advice on how to make an impression By Adam Chitwood and Jeremy Fuster 
It’s entirely possible that this past weekend at the box office will go down in history as a pivotal change for the film industry. Twenty-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons shattered box office records with his theatrical feature debut “Backrooms” to the tune of $81 million domestic take against a $10 million budget, becoming the youngest director ever to top the box office. Twenty-six-year-old filmmaker Curry Barker’s horror thriller “Obsession,” meanwhile, thwarted historical trends and went up at the box office for the second weekend in a row, turning a $17.1 million opening weekend into a once inconceivable $26.4 million third weekend on a $1 million budget. Both movies beat Disney’s $165 million-budgeted “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which cratered 70% from opening weekend to stand as the No. 3 release of the weekend despite playing in more theaters, defeated by two YouTubers who drew Gen Z and Gen A to the box office in droves. Two relatively fresh films shot by Gen Z directors toppling the largest franchise in the world underscores the drastic... 
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