“Iron Lung” also earned $3 million internationally for a global tally of $21.7 million. This opening weekend is notable because “Iron Lung” wasn’t far behind a major release from Disney — Sam Raimi’s thriller “Send Help,” which launched to $30 million — but without mainstream resources. Markiplier (whose real name is Mark Fischback) self-financed and distributed “Iron Lung,” which reportedly cost $3 million to produce. He also wrote, directed and stars in the film, a post-apocalyptic video game adaptation about a fugitive who has to scavenge natural resources in an ocean of blood after a rapture.
“I’m tearing up at the beginning of this,” Markiplier said during a YouTube livestream on Sunday night. “It’s been a bit of an emotional day in the best way possible.
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