The Amazing Digital Circus: Another YouTube sensation hits cinemas

The Amazing Digital Circus: Another YouTube sensation hits cinemas21 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleTom RichardsonandLizzy BellaGlitch ProductionsThe surreal cast of The Amazing Digital Circus has won over millions of fans onlineThe Amazing Digital Circus has become the latest YouTube hit to land on cinema screens.The show, made by Australian studio Glitch Productions, has notched up hundreds of millions of views on the streaming site since it launched in 2023.Glitch released the last two episodes of the series in cinemas around the world and, according to entertainment news website Deadline, it made $6.8m at the US box office on its opening day.That puts it ahead of horror hits The Backrooms and Obsession, both of which were directed by well-known YouTubers.The Amazing Digital Circus' (TADC) cast of characters are avatars of humans who have found themselves trapped inside the show's simulated universe.Its distinctive, computer-generated visual style, humour and willingness to tackle emotional themes has made it a big hit with fans, and inspired a huge meme culture around the show online.When Glitch Productions announced plans to show The Last Act - the title of the double-episode finale - in cinemas, fans were encouraged to contact cinema chains to demand that they screen it.It was a similar strategy to the one used by YouTuber Markiplier, whose debut film Iron Lung made $17.8m in its opening weekend in the USA.However, not all fans are happy that the final episodes of TADC are being released in cinemas before they appear on Glitch's official YouTube channel on 19 June.Some have accused the company of abandoning its online roots, and fans in countries that have missed out on screenings have complained at being excluded.Glitch ProductionsThe Amazing Digital Circus' ringleader is the AI being known as CaineTADC fans Lin Porter, Kat Dingwall and Emmanuel Akinnubi have been telling BBC Newsbeat why they love the show.Porter, 21, says...