Movie "« Obsession »Focus Features' "The Dark Knight" has officially become the company's highest-grossing film of all time, with the Carrie Barker-directed horror-romance surpassing $224.7 million worldwide.
The film has already become Focus' highest-grossing film at the US box office on May 31.
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Movie «"Obsession »" surpassed Focus's previous record for worldwide box office receipts - «Downton Abbey» 2019 ($194.6 million worldwide), as well as all the other films that could have been given stars, such as, «London Has Fallen» ($202 million worldwide, but Focus handled only domestic sales, which amounted to $62.5 million, the rest was foreign sales, which were handled by Lionsgate), as well as the Oscar-winning USA Films «Traffic» ($207.5 million worldwide—though in Focus's library, this film is from previous management and the previous label, Universal Classic, so it doesn't count. Also, Graham King handled international sales.).
Blumhouse film "« Obsession »" was launched like any genre film—screening at cult festivals like SXSW, with cute gimmicks like the sticky notes with "love" from the main character's girlfriend, Nikki (Indi Navarrette). But ultimately, the film sells itself. That's the best form of marketing. Couples of all ages, from Generation Alpha to 50, flock to see it, and once they leave the theater, the battle of the sexes begins.
YouTube genre content creator Curry Barker's feature directorial debut was made for $750,000 and, as we previously reported, was acquired by Focus Features at TIFF Midnight for over $15 million.
Movie «Obsession» delivered a stunning performance, grossing $25.6 million in its fourth weekend at the US box office (-7%), marking the biggest fourth weekend in horror film history, beating «"The Blair Witch Project"» 1999, which grossed $24.3 million. Overseas, the film grossed $17.7 million in its fourth weekend ($13.8 million in Universal territories), and its worldwide weekend total amounted to 43.8 million dollars on 6,825 screens in 57 countries. Overall, the film grossed $152.1 million domestically and $72.6 million internationally ($56.5 million in Universal markets).
«Obsession» — isn't the only movie breaking records this weekend: «"Behind the Scenes »" from A24 became the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide, and «"Michael"» Lionsgate's (with overseas distribution from Uni) is the studio's highest-grossing film of all time, grossing $888 million.
More information about the foreign version Obsession are given below:
In the UK and Ireland, the weekend's gross was $2.6 million, bringing the total to $13.8 million, higher than that of the film "« Away »" at the same stage. «Obsession» showed remarkable growth at the box office this weekend, showing the best result among all leading films. "Peak" surpassed the box office «"Long-legged"» for the entire rental period.
In India, the film made a splash, grossing $2.1 million in its second weekend and taking its total to $4.4 million, making it the eighth highest-grossing horror film in the market according to MPA, surpassing films such as «Annabelle Comes Home» , «"It"» и «"The Curse.".
Australia, a non-university market, generated significant additional revenue of $2.1 million. This weekend, the film "Whiplash" reached a worldwide box office total of $8.7 million, already surpassing the total box office for films «"Weapon", "Nosferatu"» и «Scream 7, and showing the best results among all competitors at the same time. «"Obsession"» took second place in the market, behind only the film "Scary Movie," which was released on its opening weekend.
France, another non-university film market, added $1.5 million, bringing its total to $6.3 million and surpassing the film's overall box office revenue. «"Substance"» и «"Nosferatu".
In Mexico, Barker's film took in $1.3 million more this weekend, reaching a total of $5.3 million, ahead of «"Long-legged"» и «Sinners» at the same stage of the rental. «Obsession» took 5th place in the market, demonstrating the best results in terms of position retention.
The film "UAE" has grossed $1 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to $3.5 million, ahead of «"Weapon"» and overtaking «"Sinners", "Black Telephone"» и «"Long-legged.". It is the fourth-highest-grossing horror film at the MPA box office and the first-highest-grossing film for the weekend, beating the next-highest film by a factor of two.
Saudi Arabia's box office this weekend remained flat (despite the end of the Eid holiday), rising $900,000 to reach a total of $3.3 million, in line with Weapons and surpasses all other similar films at the same time. Obsession It already ranks as the 8th highest-grossing horror film of all time in the MPA market.
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