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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: How YouTube Might Save Movie Theaters · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: You hear it sometimes said that YouTube will be the
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  Speaker 2: death of cinema because, simply put, gen Z loves their YouTube.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the most popular streamer by a mile, way
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  Speaker 3: more than Netflix or.
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  Speaker 1: Disney, and it's the most popular thing online period. It
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  Speaker 1: also outperforms Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok by a lot.
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  Speaker 2: But after the box office results this weekend, it appears
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  Speaker 2: YouTube isn't the end of cinema, it might be its savior.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. The second movie in the Rakings is a little
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  Speaker 3: horror movie called Iron Lung, and the man behind it
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  Speaker 3: is YouTube sensation Marketplaier.
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  Speaker 1: Iron Lung was shot with only three million dollars, but
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  Speaker 1: it made over eighteen million in just one weekend.
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  Speaker 2: He's a massive presence on YouTube twenty three billion views today,
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  Speaker 2: so he could promote it to a built in huge audience.
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  Speaker 2: And get this, He's self financed, directed, and stars in
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  Speaker 2: Iron Lung, which means he's having a very good weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and he was toe to toe with senhelp for
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  Speaker 3: at the number one spot at the box office, which
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  Speaker 3: was produced and promoted by his knee. So what Marketplier
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  Speaker 3: pulled off is.
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  Speaker 2: Incredible influencers are proving they can feel seats. Iron Lung
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  Speaker 2: now playing that's direct from Hollywood.