How a filmmaker's zero-budget horror topped the box office in virus-hit America

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The Zoom-shot short film Unsubscribe topped the US box office after the producers bought out an entire cinema in New York. 🤣

New York filmmaker Christian Nilsson has revealed how he made a zero-budget horror movie the number one film in America during the coronavirus lockdown.

“We joked any film put in a theatre would instantly top the box office,” he said. “Realising the unique situation presented a loophole, we hatched a plan.”Within 24 hours, Nilsson had written the script for 29-minute short Unsubscribe, in which five YouTubers join a video call and are haunted by a mysterious troll.

Nilsson and Tabach did exactly that, buying out every seat in the cinema, sending the zero-budget movie right to the top of the box office charts with its $25,000 haul.The movie managed to secure official recognition from IMDb and therefore is now listed as the top film in the US via Box Office Mojo, ahead of indie horror The Wretched and Kevin James thriller Becky, which have been playing at drive-in cinemas.

 

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