'Obsession' will seek a Golden Globe nomination in the “Musical or Comedy” category

As reported last September, Focus Features planned to do a big campaign ahead of the awards season for Obsessionthe original horror hit from the writer and director Curry Barker.

The campaign, described as “a far-reaching effort that will seek recognition in virtually every category in which the film can compete,” will be for both the Oscars and the Golden Globes 2027. Regarding the latter, it remained to be known if the studio would choose to seek nominations under the Drama category or the Musical or Comedy category. Contrary to what many might think, it is the studio that decides which category your project will be considered for the Golden Globes, not the Hollywood Foreign Press (HFPA) itself.

Today, the doubt is dispelled and we have confirmation that Focus Features will promote Obsession in the Musical or Comedy categories at the next edition of the Golden Globesaccording to THR reports.

In the absence of the horror category, and although Obsession might fit better into the Drama category than Musical or Comedy, the reality is that what Focus Features has decided is something other studios have done before. The studio sees a greater chance of landing one or more nominations – and eventual wins – if it releases the film for the Musical or Comedy category. And that's how these types of ceremonies work.

Let's just remember what happened last year with the protagonist of body horror The SubstanceDemi Moore, who took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. And like her, there are many more examples of films that are not strictly Musical or Comedy, which end up winning the award opting for that category, such as the case of Get Out, Poor Things, Triangle of Sadness, Bugoniaetc.

The media details:

“Many experts assumed that the film would be promoted as a drama, given that it chronicles the chaos and violence that unfolds after a young man gets his wish fulfilled for a girl to love him 'more than anyone else in the fucking world'. However, those responsible for the film insist that it works as a comedy — the audience often laughs at the expressions, comments and wild behavior of Inside Navarrette in their version of the Nikki Freeman character (many of which have become memes)—and point out that Golden Globe voters themselves have indicated that they consider it a comedy.”

Presumably Navarrete will be the compass that will spin the Focus Features campaign to Obsessionsince the actress has become one of the most talked about topics of the horror hit with her breakthrough performance, which already has her own intervention in Halloween Horror Nights. The Halloween event is hosted by Universal Studios Hollywood each year, taking place during select nights from September 3 to November 1, 2026. One of the guests at the party in 2026 is Freaky Nikki (she is not portrayed by the actress, but by someone else).

On top of that, Navarrete landed the role as Rogue in the reboot of X-Men which Marvel Studios is already preparing, as part of the integration of mutants into the MCU.

Las Golden Globe nominations will be announced on Monday, December 7.

Along with Navarrette, Focus Features plans to push Barker as the unusual so-called “triple threat” in the film categories. best direction, original screenplay and editing. At the 2025 Oscar ceremony, Sean Barker triumphed in these same three categories with Anora (2024), which at the end of the night also won the award for best film (an award that he also shared as a producer).

Obsession exceeds $518.8 million dollars at the global box office, and is the first original film released in the 2020s to reach that milestone. The project was produced with a micro budget of just $750,000 dollarsand already collects more than 665 times the production cost.

Right now it is placed in fifth position in the ranking of the ten highest-grossing horror films in history at the global box office.

Obsession was acquired by Focus Features for $15 million at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival, thus becoming a highly profitable phenomenon. It is the studio's highest-grossing film of all time, and the biggest film acquisition for a film festival.

Other notable milestones: It's the movie highest-grossing original horror movie in historyand the highest grossing horror film of 2026; saw consecutive increases in its box office receipts during its first three weekends ($17.1 million in its first weekend, $23.9 million in its second weekend, $26.4 million in its third weekend), something that had not happened since the release of Spielberg's classic, E.T., in 1982.

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

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

The plot of Obsessionfocuses on a boy's selfish and desperate longing for his platonic love, which triggers a sinister spell with the use of the “Willow of a Wish”, with which Niki (Navarrete) becomes irrationally obsessive until she becomes the shadow of Bear (Johnston). A seemingly harmless fantasy that turns into a disturbing nightmare.

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.