> be Curry Barker
> 26-year-old YouTuber known for a free short called "Milk & Serial"
> watch a Simpsons episode where Bart gets a cursed monkey paw
> think "that's a movie"
> shoot a horror film in 20 days for $750,000
> premiere at midnight at TIFF
> studios start a bidding war. Focus Features pays $14 million for it
> they spend 19x your entire budget just to buy it
> release it. goes UP 39% in week two - something no wide horror film has ever done
> people start seeing it 3 and 4 times
> passes $100 million worldwide - 125x the budget
> outgross The Mandalorian & Grogu on weekdays - a movie that cost 220x more
a guy made a Simpsons-inspired horror movie for $750.000 and just beat Star Wars at the box office.