“Iron Lung” pulled in an estimated $8.9 million on Friday for a first-place finish, an impressive result considering the film was self-distributed and funded by YouTube superstar Mark Fischbach, aka Markiplier. Domestic gross should climb to $17 million through Sunday, well past… pic.twitter.com/WtKjatr0Kn

— Variety (@Variety) January 31, 2026

BCSWguru said:

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Saw it Saturday.

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BCSWguru said:

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It was different. There's basically just one person in the entire movie. I enjoyed it, although I wouldn't rate it as a must see.

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jokershady said:

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I'm just now hearing about this. Apparently was pretty dang good.

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Let's start with Fischbach himself. This is a YouTuber with very little serious acting experience, and yet, he takes to this role as if he were born to it. Normally, when YouTubers try to take on larger products, the lack of acting chops tends to creep through, but Fischbach's acting is so good that I forgot he was Markiplier after the first ten minutes. Do I think he's going to get any awards for best actor? No. He's no Daniel Day-Lewis or Gary Oldman, but I have the feeling that if he were to appear in a few more movies, he'd easily be considered Mark Fischbach the actor and not Markiplier the YouTube gamer by the greater population in a handful of years.

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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Critical Drinker also have it a favorable review

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BCSWguru said:

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Give me original material any day.

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