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Obsession

2026 • R • 1h 50m • Horror • Focus Features

Be careful what you wish for.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$263.5M

Week 13

Worldwide Total

$516.8M

$253.3M international

Domestic Legs15.3x

Budget$15M

2026 Rank#7

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCurry Barker ScreenplayCurry Barker Produced byJames Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris CinematographyTaylor Clemons MusicRock Burwell Prod. DesignVivian Gray StarringMichael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter StudioFocus Features

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$146M–$177M

$137M $161M $215M

$263.5M so far

The prediction updated after the third weekend. Based on the weekend 2 and 3 drops and factoring in other movies with similar performance, the model predicts a final range of $146–$177 million. The wider range of $137–$215 million represents about 90% of outcomes after the third weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$106M

Baseline

Banked through 3 weekends

66%

Earned by Wk 3

Typical for this drop profile

+27%

Weekend drops

+39% then +14%

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 15-17 (opening) 3 $17.2M — 2,615 $6,576 $17.2M

2 May 22-24 2 $24.0M +39% 2,655 $9,025 $54.3M

3 May 29-31 2 $27.4M +14% 2,781 $9,851 $105.8M

4 June 5-7 4 $25.4M −7% 2,900 $8,754 $151.9M

5 June 12-14 2 $19.0M −25% 3,068 $6,196 $188.4M

6 June 19-21 3 $13.4M −30% 3,053 $4,388 $215.0M

7 June 26-28 3 $9.7M −28% 2,965 $3,272 $233.8M

8 Jul 3-5 6 $5.2M −46% 2,640 $1,970 $245.2M

9 Jul 10-12 7 $3.8M −26% 2,069 $1,860 $253.4M

10 Jul 17-19 8 $2.4M −38% 1,524 $1,572 $258.4M

11 Jul 24-26 10 $1.5M −35% 1,203 $1,286 $261.4M

12 Jul 31-Aug 2 11 $503.3K −67% 430 $1,170 $262.8M

13 Aug 7-9 14 $209.4K −58% 186 $1,126 $263.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 14 (p) — $2.6M — $2.6M 2,542 $1,023 0

Fri May 15 #2 $7.0M — $7.0M 2,615 $2,668 1

Sat May 16 #4 $5.4M −22% $12.4M 2,615 $2,071 2

Sun May 17 #3 $4.8M −11% $17.2M 2,615 $1,837 3

Mon May 18 #1 $2.9M −39% $20.1M 2,615 $1,113 4

Tue May 19 #1 $3.6M +25% $23.8M 2,615 $1,394 5

Wed May 20 #1 $3.2M −11% $27.0M 2,615 $1,237 6

Thu May 21 #1 $3.4M +5% $30.4M 2,615 $1,299 7

Fri May 22 #2 $6.1M +79% −13% $36.5M 2,655 $2,293 8

Sat May 23 #2 $8.6M +42% +59% $45.1M 2,655 $3,249 9

Sun May 24 #2 $9.2M +7% +93% $54.3M 2,655 $3,483 10

Mon May 25 #2 $8.0M −13% +176% $62.4M 2,655 $3,019 11

Tue May 26 #2 $5.5M −31% +52% $67.9M 2,655 $2,081 12

Wed May 27 #1 $5.6M +2% +74% $73.5M 2,655 $2,122 13

Thu May 28 #1 $4.8M −14% +42% $78.4M 2,655 $1,821 14

Fri May 29 #2 $8.2M +69% +35% $86.5M 2,781 $2,945 15

Sat May 30 #3 $10.1M +24% +17% $96.7M 2,781 $3,642 16

Sun May 31 #2 $9.1M −10% −2% $105.8M 2,781 $3,264 17

Mon Jun 1 #2 $5.3M −42% −35% $111.0M 2,781 $1,888 18

Tue Jun 2 #2 $5.8M +10% +4% $116.8M 2,781 $2,069 19

Wed Jun 3 #2 $5.1M −12% −10% $121.8M 2,781 $1,822 20

Thu Jun 4 #3 $4.7M −7% −3% $126.5M 2,781 $1,693 21

Fri Jun 5 #4 $7.5M +59% −8% $134.0M 2,900 $2,586 22

Sat Jun 6 #4 $9.7M +30% −4% $143.8M 2,900 $3,361 23

Sun Jun 7 #2 $8.1M −16% −10% $151.9M 2,900 $2,807 24

Mon Jun 8 #1 $4.2M −48% −20% $156.1M 2,900 $1,452 25

Tue Jun 9 #2 $5.1M +21% −12% $161.2M 2,900 $1,754 26

Wed Jun 10 #1 $4.2M −17% −17% $165.4M 2,900 $1,455 27

Thu Jun 11 #1 $3.9M −7% −16% $169.4M 2,900 $1,360 28

Fri Jun 12 #2 $6.3M +59% −16% $175.6M 3,068 $2,042 29

Sat Jun 13 #2 $7.0M +11% −29% $182.6M 3,068 $2,269 30

Sun Jun 14 #2 $5.8M −17% −29% $188.4M 3,068 $1,884 31

Mon Jun 15 #2 $3.2M −45% −25% $191.6M 3,068 $1,032 32

Tue Jun 16 #2 $3.8M +21% −25% $195.4M 3,068 $1,251 33

Wed Jun 17 #2 $3.3M −15% −23% $198.7M 3,068 $1,063 34

Thu Jun 18 #1 $3.0M −9% −24% $201.6M 3,068 $971 35

Fri Jun 19 #3 $4.7M +59% −24% $206.4M 3,053 $1,554 36

Sat Jun 20 #3 $5.2M +9% −26% $211.6M 3,053 $1,698 37

Sun Jun 21 #3 $3.5M −33% −40% $215.0M 3,053 $1,136 38

Mon Jun 22 #2 $2.4M −32% −25% $217.4M 3,053 $776 39

Tue Jun 23 #2 $2.7M +14% −30% $220.1M 3,053 $883 40

Wed Jun 24 #2 $2.1M −22% −36% $222.2M 3,053 $687 41

Thu Jun 25 #2 $1.9M −9% −36% $224.1M 3,053 $626 42

Fri Jun 26 #4 $3.0M +59% −36% $227.1M 2,965 $1,023 43

Sat Jun 27 #3 $3.8M +25% −27% $230.9M 2,965 $1,279 44

Sun Jun 28 #3 $2.9M −24% −17% $233.8M 2,965 $970 45

Mon Jun 29 #3 $1.5M −47% −36% $235.3M 2,965 $511 46

Tue Jun 30 #3 $1.7M +15% −36% $237.1M 2,965 $585 47

Wed Jul 1 #4 $1.4M −20% −34% $238.4M 2,640 $524 48

Thu Jul 2 #4 $1.6M 14% −17% $240.0M 2,940 $537 49

Fri Jul 3 #6 $2.2M +38% −28% $242.2M 2,640 $827 50

Sat Jul 4 #6 $1.4M −37% −64% $243.6M 2,640 $520 51

Sun Jul 5 #5 $1.6M +20% −43% $245.2M 2,640 $623 52

Mon Jul 6 #5 $1.0M −38% −33% $246.2M 2,640 $385 53

Tue Jul 7 #5 $1.3M +28% −25% $247.5M 2,640 $493 54

Wed Jul 8 #5 $1.1M −14% −20% $248.7M 2,640 $422 55

Thu Jul 9 #3 $871.4K −22% −45% $249.5M 2,640 $330 56

Fri Jul 10 #7 $1.3M +47% −41% $250.8M 2,069 $621 57

Sat Jul 11 #8 $1.4M +9% +2% $252.2M 2,069 $677 58

Sun Jul 12 #8 $1.2M −17% −29% $253.4M 2,069 $563 59

Mon Jul 13 #6 $643.0K −45% −37% $254.0M 2,069 $311 60

Tue Jul 14 #7 $772.4K +20% −41% $254.8M 2,069 $373 61

Wed Jul 15 #6 $650.0K −16% −42% $255.4M 2,069 $314 62

Thu Jul 16 #7 $554.1K −15% −36% $256.0M 2,069 $268 63

Fri Jul 17 #8 $803.4K +45% −37% $256.8M 1,524 $527 64

Sat Jul 18 #8 $995.4K +24% −29% $257.8M 1,524 $653 65

Sun Jul 19 #8 $597.2K −40% −49% $258.4M 1,524 $392 66

Mon Jul 20 #7 $359.5K −40% −44% $258.7M 1,524 $236 67

Tue Jul 21 #7 $440.6K +23% −43% $259.2M 1,524 $289 68

Wed Jul 22 #7 $369.1K −16% −43% $259.6M 1,524 $242 69

Thu Jul 23 #8 $307.9K −17% −44% $259.9M 1,524 $202 70

Fri Jul 24 #10 $481.4K +56% −40% $260.3M 1,203 $400 71

Sat Jul 25 #9 $625.9K +30% −37% $261.0M 1,203 $520 72

Sun Jul 26 #9 $440.2K −30% −26% $261.4M 1,203 $366 73

Mon Jul 27 #8 $236.2K −46% −34% $261.6M 1,203 $196 74

Tue Jul 28 #8 $294.5K +25% −33% $261.9M 1,203 $245 75

Wed Jul 29 #8 $259.8K −12% −30% $262.2M 1,203 $216 76

Thu Jul 30 #8 $102.6K −60% −67% $262.3M 1,203 $85 77

Fri Jul 31 #9 $154.9K +51% −68% $262.5M 430 $360 78

Sat Aug 1 #10 $195.2K +26% −69% $262.7M 430 $454 79

Sun Aug 2 #9 $153.2K −22% −65% $262.8M 430 $356 80

Mon Aug 3 #7 $93.0K −39% −61% $262.9M 430 $216 81

Tue Aug 4 #8 $85.6K −8% −71% $263.0M 430 $199 82

Wed Aug 5 #8 $77.2K −10% −70% $263.1M 430 $180 83

Thu Aug 6 — $58.5K −24% −43% $263.1M 430 $136 84

Fri Aug 7 — $71.9K +23% −54% $263.2M 186 $387 85

Sat Aug 8 — $85.2K +19% −56% $263.3M 186 $458 86

Sun Aug 9 — $52.3K −39% −66% $263.3M 186 $281 87

Mon Aug 10 — $27.0K −48% −71% $263.4M 186 $145 88

Tue Aug 11 - $36.1K +34% −58% $263.4M 186 $194 89

Wed Aug 12 - $30.0K −17% −61% $263.4M 186 $161 90

Thu Aug 13 — $26.7K −11% −54% $263.5M 186 $143 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$259.9M

May 14Jun 1Jun 18Jul 6Jul 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M

$17.2M

$24.0M

$27.4M

$25.4M

$19.0M

$13.4M

$9.7M

$5.2M

$3.8M

$2.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,068 → 1,524 −50.3%

2,542 open1,524 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38%

+39%

W1→2

+14%

W2→3

−7%

W3→4

−25%

W4→5

−30%

W5→6

−28%

W6→7

−46%

W7→8

−26%

W8→9

−38%

W9→10

Steepest −46%Biggest gain +39%

Run milestones

$200M in 35 days

$100M

Day 17

May 31

$200M

Day 35

Jun 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#3 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $263.5M #3 Biggest horror filmsAll-time $263.5M #8 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 55 days #13 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $263.5M #19 Biggest original filmsAll-time $263.5M

From the analysis desk

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