‘Obsession’ Becomes Phenomenon After Turning $750K Budget Into $300M Global Hit

From YouTube to the multiplex: How low-budget horror films are beating big-budget studio bets

The box office success of "Obsession" and "Backrooms" isn't something that could've been predicted. By drawing a young audience and honing in on original storytelling, these two horror films are clearing a new path in Hollywood.

Box Office: 'Obsession' Crosses $300M WW, 'Backrooms' Beats 'Mandalorian & Grogu'

Curry Barker can throw more steaks on the barbeque this weekend (not cat meat, eww gross), for in addition to him landing his third film with Universal-Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, his Obsession at Focus Features has easily crossed the $300M mark at the global box office. As we told you a while ago, the Inde Navarrette-Michael Johnston-Cooper Tomlinson movie is Focus Features’ highest ever. Obsession also crossed the two-century mark at the dom…

‘Obsession’ Becomes Phenomenon After Turning $750K Budget Into $300M Global Hit

‘Obsession’ Becomes Phenomenon After Turning $750K Budget Into $300M Global Hit

Backrooms Officially Passes Mandalorian & Grogu At Box Office (and Obsession Hits Another Milestone)

The Mandalorian and Grogu was never expected to rank among the highest-grossing Star Wars movies of all time, but there was still a path for it to post healthy numbers. Budgeted at “only” $165 million (the lowest for a Disney-era Star Wars film) and releasing over Memorial Day weekend as the biggest new release, it looked like The Mandalorian and Grogu could do well for itself facing minimal competition. Then, a funny thing happened. As lukewarm…

'OBSESSION' surpassed $300 million at the global box office

Obsession shows no signs of stopping. The so-called horror sensation of 2026 continues to fill movie theaters around the world, in its fifth week of exhibition in theaters. One day before starting its sixth weekend in theaters, the indie project by the writer and director Curry Barker reached $300 million at the global box office. It becomes the sixth horror film to surpass that mark this decade. The projections estimate that Obsession ends its …