$3 mil to make, $25 mil at the box office.

Its already financially successful a few days after its opening.

Note: I know jack shit about markiplier, this movie, or the game its apparently based on. I was curious and looked it up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Lung_(film)

In the United States and Canada, Iron Lung was released alongside Send Help, Melania, and Shelter. The film opened with $3.5 million on Thursday previews and was initially projected to make $9–10 million domestically on opening weekend.[2] After an $8.9 million opening day including Thursday previews,[43] projections were increased to $14–17 million.[44][45] The film opened with an estimated $17.8 million from 3,015 theaters per Variety and Deadline; Markiplier Studios did not report official figures.[46][47][48]

Iron Lung (film) - Wikipedia

Can we all just appreciate that movie goers would rather watch in self financed, independent movie that is about being in tiny submarine over the sloppy propganada that is Melania.