Backrooms was not the only film to set records and have theater owners squeal with delight, though.
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Backrooms & Obsession Turn The Box Office On Its Head
No, the other just as big story is the three-week run of Curry Barker's Obsession For the second straight weekend, it gained box office from the[...]
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Star Wars has Its Thunder Stolen By A Horror Film
The bigger story over the weekend over Star Wars was the second-week performance of Curry Barker's horror film, Obsession It brought in $30 million over the weekend, bringing its total to $60 million and putting it well on its way to a $100 million[...]
Gaining back the PLF's this weekend really helped it out, and all but assured that the film would regain the throne; that was smart planning on Lionsgate's part.
Michael Tops, Prada Rakes In Cash, Obsession Impresses
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in Michael Photo Credit: Glen Wilson Photo by Glen Wilson/Lionsgate © 2026 Lionsgate
Michael isn't the only[...]
In this case, it's a distribution deal as Obsession first made its debut at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and paid a sweet $15 million for the rights The concept itself remains fascinating, even to someone who isn't into horror much Using horror to explore unhealthy relationship dynamics, see Together last year, is going[...]
The entire idea behind love potions, spells, and the like has always been much darker than people are willing to admit because they throw the entire concept of consent out the window. So, Obsession takes the idea of a wish that your crush will love you and twists it into something horrific, which isn't exactly original; we've[...]
We got our first look at Obsession at the beginning of December, and it didn't tell us much This second trailer also teases the film's concept: a wish going very, very wrong The idea of "wishing someone loves me" is an old one, but when you think about it for more than a couple of minutes, it's[...]
Blumhouse and Focus Features are officially joining forces for this little film. Obsession, which is written and directed by Curry Barker, has been making the festival rounds for the latter part of the year since it made its initial premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September Focus acquired the rights not long after and[...]




