'Obsession' surpasses 'Scream 7' and is the highest-grossing horror film of 2026 worldwide

The obsession continues.

The feeling of terror of 2026, Obsession from the screenwriter and director, Curry Barkerha reached $224.7 million at the global box officebecoming the highest grossing film Focus Features of all time in the global box officeexceeding $194.6 million Downton Abbey (2019), and in the highest-grossing horror film of 2026 at global box officesurpassing the previous holder of this record, Scream 7which accumulated a worldwide total of $207.9 millionwhen it was released in theaters in February of this year.

• It was already the studio's highest-grossing film at the domestic (United States) box office.

They are Global total at the moment is $224.7 million dollars. With $152.1 million at the domestic box office, and $72.6 million at the international box office.

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Obsession once again sustained itself incredibly at the box office, falling only 7%, and raising $25.6 million dollarssetting records like:

• The best grossing in its fourth weekend for a horror film.
• He best fourth weekend in history for the horror genre.

The previous record in both aspects was held The Blair Witch Projectwhich dropped 9% in 1999 and grossed $24.2 million in its fourth weekend. With figures without adjustments for inflation.

Obsession had a micro budget of $750,000 dollarsso it already collects more than 220 times its production cost at the box office.

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• It is the highest-grossing film with a budget of less than a million dollars of this century, surpassing Paranormal Activity ($194 mdd).
• It is the highest-grossing film with a budget of less than a million dollars in 27 years, since the 1999 release of The Blair Witch Project ($248.3 mdd).

Obsession posted box office increases in its second and third weekends, achieving the unthinkable: two consecutive increases ($17.1 million in its first weekend, $23.9 million in its second weekend, $26.4 million in its third weekend). In these instances, Barker's film became the first movie since E.T. (1982) by Steven Spielberg, in increasing ticket sales in its second and third weekends in theatersoutside of the Christmas season, according to information shared by Focus Features.

Focus acquired the distribution rights to Obsessionfollowing its screening at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival, in a deal valued at $15 million.

In addition to a highly effective marketing campaignhe Word of mouth has been extremely positive. to Obsession.

The film centers on a hopeless romantic who breaks the mysterious “Wishing Willow” to win the heart of the girl he likes. He soon gets exactly what he asked for, but discovers that his wishes will come at a sinister cost.

The main cast includes Inside Navarrette (Superman and Lois), Michael Johnston (Teen Wolf), Cooper Tomlinson (Milk & Serial), Megan Lawless (The Girl from Plainville), y Andy Richter (Conan).

Producers are James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, and Roman Varis, with Teashop Productions, Under the Shell, Capstone Pictures. Executive producers include Jason Blum of BlumhouseLeonora Darby, Mark Lane, David Haring y Ruzanna Kegeyan.

Barker's next film project, titled Anything But Ghostsis already filming completed. It is another production with a home at Blumhouse and Spooky Pictures, with Cooper Tomlinson repeating as part of the cast. Likewise, the filmmaker was recently chosen by A24 as director of a reimagining of the horror franchise The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Barker is one of the members of a new generation of filmmakers emerging from YouTube.

Obsessionavailable in theaters.