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‘Obsession’ Is Now Officially the Highest Grossing Horror Movie of 2026!
Curry Barker’s Obsession has been on a generational run at the box office these last several weeks, with the incredible word-of-mouth driving the box office totals higher and higher and higher with each passing week. After a debut weekend of $17 million, Obsession made a whopping $23 million in its second weekend, and then scared up $26.4 million in its third weekend. In its fourth weekend, Obsession just scared up another $25.6 million in the U.S.!
Deadline notes in a report this morning, “Obsession reps the biggest fourth weekend ever for a horror movie ahead of 1999’s Blair Witch Project which did $24.3M.”
Worldwide, Obsession is now the highest grossing movie in history for Focus Features. The current worldwide total is $224.7 million, while the domestic total is $152.1 million.
That also makes Obsession the highest grossing horror movie of 2026, far exceeding the $207.9 million worldwide total ($121.9 million domestically) of Scream 7 earlier this year!
Yes, the highest grossing horror movie of 2026 is an ORIGINAL HORROR MOVIE!
The best part? The production budget for Obsession was just $750,000, with Focus Features acquiring the film for a reported $15 million. Even when you factor in the marketing spend and the fact that theaters get their own sizable cut, this one is a MASSIVE win for Focus.
From A24 and director Kane Parsons, Backrooms is already nipping at the heels of that record after just a couple weeks in release. The current domestic total of Backrooms is $135 million, while the worldwide total is now sitting at a very healthy $212.6 million. That means Backrooms has also already surpassed Scream 7, and may soon pass Obsession as well.
In Curry Barker’s theatrical debut Obsession, after breaking the mysterious One Wish Willow to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Inde Navarrette (“Superman & Lois”) and Michael Johnston (“Teen Wolf”) star.
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‘Lockbox’ Trailer – Carla Gugino & Lou Taylor Pucci Face Inhuman Entity in New Horror From ‘The Last Exorcism’ Director
Evil Dead actor Lou Taylor Pucci finds himself once more dealing with an archaic book that unleashes evil in the new trailer for Lockbox, the latest from The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm and Dark Castle Entertainment.
Lockbox releases in theaters on July 3, 2026.
The new horror movie adapts a fan favorite Knifepoint Horror Podcast story, adapted by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe from podcast creator Soren Narnia’s original story.
Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House, Gerald’s Game, The Fall of the House of Usher) and Katharine Isabella (Ginger Snaps, Backrooms) also star.
In Lockbox, “Seeking peace after her mother’s death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.”
Kearie Peak produces for Peak Pictures, alongside Capstone Studios.
“Lockbox captures the eerie dread that makes ‘Knifepoint Horror’ such a success. Carla Gugino is a perfect fit for the film, bringing a rare intensity and subtlety that aligns perfectly with the silent horror of Lockbox. Beneath the supernatural tension, the film explores how generational trauma festers and twists over time. It’s horror with weight, and it stays with you,” Peak said of the project, then under the working title Winthrop.
Check out the new trailer and poster below.
Knifepoint Horror is a horror anthology podcast that launched in 2010 and has since reached over 10 million downloads across all platforms. The podcast is part of SpectreVision Radio, the podcast network hailing from the American film production company founded by actor Elijah Wood and directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller.
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