Unsubscribe (film)

Unsubscribe
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChristian Nilsson[1]
Screenplay byChristian Nilsson[1]
Produced byXiansson[2]
Starring
Music byHugo Lopez[2]
Production
company
TXE[2]
Release date
  • June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)[3]
Running time
29 minutes[6]
CountryUnited States[7][4]
Budget$0[3]
Box office$25,488[1]

Unsubscribe is a 2020 horror film created by filmmaker Christian Nilsson and YouTuber Eric Tabach.[8][9][10] It stars Tabach, Charlie Tahan and YouTuber Michelle Khare,[3] and other successful YouTubers like Thomas Brag and Zach Kornfeld.[11] The 29-minute film[6] follows five famous YouTubers who are tricked into joining an online call, only to find themselves stalked and hunted by an internet troll on camera.[5][3]

The film gained international publicity for earning a #1 spot in the worldwide box office and grossing US$25,488 on a $0 budget.[1][12][13] This was achieved via a technique known as "four-walling", which allows filmmakers who rent out a whole theater to gain all of the profits from that film.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Their film played for 1 day at 1 LI theater — and became the No. 1 movie in America". Newsday. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "Unsubscribe - Trailer 2020 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Nevett, Joshua (2020-06-19). "How a $0-budget movie 'topped the US box office'". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  4. ^ a b "$0 budget film 'Unsubscribe' tops Box office". Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  5. ^ a b c Elfrink, Tim (June 18, 2020). "Want to top the box office during a pandemic? Film for free on Zoom and then rent out a theater". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ a b All citations that can be found, such as these ones,[4][5] cite the film's length at 29 minutes.
  7. ^ "$0 Budget Movie 'Unsubscribe' Tops U.S. Box Office - Trill! Magazine". Trill! Magazine. 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  8. ^ Young, Julius (2020-06-19). "'Unsubscribe' is a $0-budget movie that cleverly 'topped the US box office'". Fox News. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  9. ^ Millican, Josh, ed. (23 June 2020). "Trailer: UNSUBSCRIBE (Horror Film That Used Loophole to Become #1 in America) Now Streaming". Dread Central. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ^ Hellerman, Jason, ed. (19 June 2020). "How This $0 Budget Short Film Managed to Hit #1 at the U.S. Box Office". No Film School. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  11. ^ "These YouTubers Had the No. 1 Film in America Thanks to a Pandemic Loophole". Decider. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  12. ^ "Box office busted: a short history of Hollywood's greatest ever hoaxes". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  13. ^ "'Unsubscribe': $0-budget film made by pranksters tops US box office | NME". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-07-19.