Curry Barker's 'Obsession' Debuts With $21 Million; Had a Micro Budget of $750K

Curry Barker's 'Obsession' Debuts With $21 Million; had a micro budget of $750K

Another triumph for original cinema, and in particular, horror. Focus Features y Blumhouse released this weekend in theaters, the psychological horror thriller Obsessionfrom the screenwriter and director Curry Barkerexceeding all expectations. With a domestic box office premiere of $16.1 million dollars, Obsession It remained in third place at the box office, behind Michael ($26.1 mdd) y The Devil Wears Prada 2 ($18 million), leaving behind proj…

Curry Barker and Zach Cregger Swap Horror Stories

Photo by Sela Shiloni The path from YouTube sketch comedy to the highest-grossing genre acquisition in TIFF history is not a well-worn one, but Curry Barker has walked it in about two years. His film Obsession, a supernatural horror about a lovesick music store employee who uses a cursed toy to make his childhood crush fall for him, with catastrophic results, opened this weekend to $16 million (it cost under $1 million to make), immediately laun…

Horror Has a New Obsession With Inde Navarrette

Obsession opened nationwide May 15, 2026, and it did not sneak up on anyone. Director Curry Barker sold the film out of TIFF’s Midnight Madness section for a reported $15 million after a bidding war, on a production budget of $1 million. The film opened to a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and an A- CinemaScore. ...