Inde Navarrette in "Obsession."
Focus Features
Curry Barker’s breakout independent horror movie hit, Obsession, starring Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston, is making a lot more money in its second weekend in theaters than it did in its first.
Written and directed by Barker, Obsession chronicles the disturbing tale of Bear (Johnston), who, afraid that his longtime friend-turned-crush, Nikki (Navarrette), is going to friend-zone him, opens the new-age novelty item called the “One Wish Willow.” When he cracks the willow stick inside the package, Bear wishes for Nikki to love him “more than anyone in the world.”
Shockingly, Bear discovers in mere minutes that the wish mystically worked, and Nikki wants to become romantically involved with him. However, as Nikki — who has lost her self-control and is clearly possessed by some unseen entity — becomes obsessed with Bear and her actions turn deadly, the once-lovelorn friend of the woman desperately tries to find a way to break the horrific spell that is gripping her.
Obsession was already a hit before it opened in theaters, considering that the Blumhouse film with a $1 million production budget was acquired by Focus Features for roughly $15 million at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Focus’ wish for a big hit came true in the film’s debut at the domestic box office May 15-17, when it earned $17.1 million from 2,615 North American venues for a third-place finish.
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Business has been booming ever since for Obsession, which topped last weekend’s No. 1 and No. 2 films — Michael and The Devil Wears Prada 2 — at the domestic box office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18-20. In its first week, Obsession made $30.3 million domestically and $7.9 million in international ticket sales for a global take of $37.9 million.
Now, as Obsession completes its second week in theaters, it accomplish something that’s nearly impossible for any film at the domestic box office and earn more in ticket sales that it did in its opening three-day frame.
On Monday, Variety estimated that Obsession will earn $29.9 million, domestically, through Sunday and projected that it will earn a total of $30.3 million though Memorial Day weekend, reflecting an astounding 39% increase in business from its opening weekend. Should the Monday projection hold, it will boost the film’s domestic take to $60.7 million and factoring in international ticket sales, a worldwide box office tally of $75 million in its first 11 days.
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Not surprisingly, Variety is projecting that Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu will open at No. 1 with $82 million in North American ticket sales through Sunday and estimates the film will earn $102 by Monday. While those are solid numbers for most movies, The Mandalorian and Grogu’s projected take, if it holds, will be the lowest of all six Star Wars feature films released by Disney.
Obsession, meanwhile, is looking to take the No. 2 slot at the domestic box office with its projected tally.
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Note: This box office report will be updated throughout the weekend with more numbers as they become available. The final numbers for the four-day holiday weekend box office will be released on Tuesday.
Forbes‘Obsession’—What Is The One-Wish Willow, Exactly?By Dani Di Placido此内容由惯性聚合(RSS阅读器)自动聚合整理，仅供阅读参考。 原文来自 — 版权归原作者所有。