Obsession
Film · 2025 · Breakout
YouTube creator Curry Barker's horror film Obsession grossed $522 million worldwide.
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Spread Score
How it worksNumbers
- Worldwide box office
- $522.2M
- Box Office Mojo
- Seed to peak
- 9 months
- Sep 5 ’25 to Jun 7 ’26
- Platforms
- 7
- Started on Box office
- Leverage
- 522×
- $522.2M on $1M budget
How it spread
Curry Barker premiered Obsession at TIFF on Sept. 5, 2025, and Focus Features bought it. It opened to $17.2 million in the US on May 15, 2026, then rose in its second and third weekends as TikTok edits spread. It finished at $263 million domestic and $522 million worldwide.
Timeline (16)
Sep 5 ’25
Seed
Curry Barker / TIFF Midnight Madness on Box office
Curry Barker's first theatrical feature premiered at 11:59pm in TIFF's Midnight Madness section.[1][2]
Sep 5 ’25
Press
Variety on Press
Variety profiled Barker before the premiere. His $800 YouTube feature Milk & Serial had passed two million views.[3]
Sep 7 ’25
Commercial
Deadline on Press
Deadline reported Focus Features was in exclusive talks to buy the film for upwards of $15M.[1]
15M $15M+ deal
