Box Office: 'Obsession' Makes $2.6M In Previews

Box Office: 'Obsession' Makes $2.6M In Previews

Curry Barker’s romantic horror movie Obsession, which Focus Features/Blumhouse’s picked up for $15M+, has grossed $2.6M in previews between Thursday night and Wednesday shows. Now get this, that number is higher than the previews for Paramount’s Smile, which were $2M, but that movie opened to $22.6M. It remains to be seen whether Obsession plays to that level. The pic’s comps are indie horror movies like A24’s Heretic and Talk to Me, and Obses…

Obsession could be horror's next big surprise hit

Curry Barker's new movie Obsession seems to have gotten off to a really strong start at the box office. According to reports the horror film has grossed 2.6 million dollars during its previews and early screenings, which is a clearly promising opening for a smaller genre film without the backing of a massive blockbuster. The film is described as a supernatural horror story about a young man whose wish for his crush to love him actually comes tr…

‘Obsession’ Eyes Strong $15M Weekend After $2.6M Preview Start”

“Obsession,” Curry Barker’s feature debut, was acquired by Focus Features last year out of TIFF for around $15M. It looks like that’s basically how much it’s going to earn this opening weekend.Barker’s film, which sits at 79 on Metacritic, nabbed $2.6M in previews on Thursday and is headed towards a $15M weekend, maybe more if word of mouth manages to spread fast enough through Sunday.In fact, even though “Obsession” will be this weekend’s bigge…