YouTuber Markiplier broke down in tears after his self-financed horror movie "Iron Lung" opened to $21 million at the worldwide box office: “It’s kind of a hero moment to showcase indie filmmaking is possible.” “It’s been a bit of an emotional day in the best way possible. So I’ll first say, ‘Thank you guys so much'... I personally don’t care about the numbers, other than, ‘Woohoo, success.’ I’m going to be able to give the crew a big bonus. That’s awesome. I’m not a big studio. So the split with the theaters is basically 50-50. It’s really cool because everybody wins.”