'Obsession' Crosses the $300 Million Mark at the Box Office
The horror film is now one of the year’s biggest hits, with strong audience response helping drive its global box office past $294 million.
- With a budget of roughly $750,000, Obsession has grossed more than $294 million worldwide, establishing itself as one of the year's biggest hits.
- Obsession offers resonant commentary on modern dating and how infatuation triggers our worst impulses, grounding its appeal in timely themes about relationships and agency.
- Inde Navarrette's performance has been universally praised, establishing her as an exciting acting prospect, with critics noting clear references to her work in Pearl.
- Director Barker has numerous films in development, including an eight-figure deal for an unnamed project and a new take on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- For audiences seeking similar experiences, 11 films—from Misery to Talk To Me—share thematic DNA with Obsession, exploring agency, obsession, and horror across genres.
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The Arizona performer triumphs with Obsession, a horror film that accumulates 300 million and faces the great superproductions.
11 scary movies to watch if you love Obsession
Obsessionis one of the year's biggest hits. Written and directed by Curry Barker, of YouTube fame, the film is the kind of runaway horror hit that's poised to shake up the industry, with studios taking note to replicate its success in future projects. With a budget of roughly $750,000 and a global box office gross of more than $294 million, the film is likely to launch many careers and remain in discussion in the years to come. Barker has numero…
'Obsession' Crosses the $300 Million Mark at the Box Office
Focus Features Obsession is continuing to go the distance. The hit Curry Barker-directed indie horror film just crossed the $300 million mark globally in its sixth weekend at the box office. The movie brought in another $14 million at the domestic box office, and $10.9 million internationally, for a total haul of $215 million domestically and $333 million globally to date, per Variety. It’s now the highest-grossing release of all time for Focus …
The horror film 'Obsession' has become an unexpected blockbuster, shoveling money into cinemas worldwide. This has not benefited the film workers on the production.
The One Word The Obsession Guys Have After The Movie Blew Box Office Expectations Out Of The Water
Every so often, a new horror movie comes along and turns the box office on its head. This year Obsession has become that movie everyone’s been talking about. What started as a low-budget swing by filmmaker Curry Barker has grown into one of the 2026 movie calendar’s wildest theatrical stories, the kind of breakout that makes everyone in Hollywood suddenly look to YouTube filmmakers for the next big thing. Well, the guys behind Obsession have a o…
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