Obsessed Around The Globe: Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ Is Focus Features’ Highest Grossing Movie Ever With $224M+ WW

Focus Features‘ Obsession is officially their highest grossing movie ever with the Curry Barker directed horror romance crossing $224.7M worldwide.

The pic already became Focus’ highest grossing movie at the domestic box office back on May 31.

Obsession beats Focus’ previous biggest global earner, 2019’s Downton Abbey ($194.6M worldwide) as well as all the other pics that might have asterisks next to them, i.e. London Has Fallen ($202M worldwide, but Focus only had domestic which made $62.5M, the rest were foreign sales handled by Lionsgate) as well as USA Films Oscar winning Traffic ($207.5M WW — though in the Focus library, it’s a title from a previous administration and previous Universal classic label, so doesn’t count. Also Graham King handled international via foreign sales).

The Blumhouse Atomic Monster movie Obsession was launched like you’d do any genre pics –screenings at cult festivals like SXSW, with cute stunts like the Post It ‘lovey’ tags from the pic’s girlfriend Nikki (Inde Navarrette). But at the end of the day, this movie is selling itself. On its own, it’s the best form of marketing. Couples are heading to this from ages of Gen Alpha through their 50s and it’s a battle of the sexes debate as they leave the cinema.

The feature directorial debut of YouTube genre creator Curry Barker was made for $750K and snapped up by Focus Features out of TIFF Midnight as we first told you for $15M+.

With a mind blowing $25.6M fourth weekend at the domestic B.O., -7%, Obsession reps the biggest fourth weekend ever for a horror movie ahead of 1999’s Blair Witch Project which did $24.3M. The pic’s fourth foreign weekend was $17.7M ($13.8M from Universal territories) for entire global $43.8M weekend from 6,825 screens and 57 territories. Broken out, domestic cume stands at $152.1M and overseas at $72.6M ($56.5M from Uni markets).

Obsession isn’t the only movie that’s breaking records this weekend: A24’s Backrooms became their highest grossing movie worldwide while Lionsgate’s Michael (with foreign handled by Uni) is that studio’s highest grossing title ever with $888M.