Curry Barker has an idea for an ‘OBSESSION’ anthology series focused on the ‘One Wish Willow’.

“Each episode is a different wish that goes completely off the rails. Maybe I’ll direct the pilot with the same DP, and then you could invite other filmmakers to put their own spin on… pic.twitter.com/MqIivmrcjV

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) May 17, 2026

As though I couldn't love #Obsession anymore, it's a Valley movie. Mostly shot in Burbank, but the music store everyone works at is Cassell's Music in San Fernando, which was also famously in Wayne's World... but closed in 2025 after 78 years. :(
(Obsession was filmed in 2024) pic.twitter.com/NTEyyuLBUE

— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) May 18, 2026

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As though I couldn't love #Obsession anymore, it's a Valley movie. Mostly shot in Burbank, but the music store everyone works at is Cassell's Music in San Fernando, which was also famously in Wayne's World... but closed in 2025 after 78 years. :(
(Obsession was filmed in 2024) pic.twitter.com/NTEyyuLBUE

— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) May 18, 2026

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They wanted to do reshoots for the party scene but the house burned down in the fires

Saw this over the weekend, I had remembered the trailer from a while back but the wife had completely forgotten about it so she went in relatively blind thinking we were wasting our time.

Great movie - thought provoking, really well done with the lighting and the shifts - actress did an awesome job of pivoting personalities on a dime.

I'll echo what someone earlier in the thread said, we've seen 25 movies this year, this is definitely my favorite thus far.

Still trying wrangle my crew together to go see Obsession and then this pop ups? SUPER cool premise I am in totally in for. I'll be keeping an eye on this director….which is not something I have said often in my life, ever.

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I've seen 43

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Do you want to give us your top 10 so we can weed out the other 33?

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Sure, in chronological order:

Obsession
Tuner
Hokum
Normal
Project Hail Mary
How to Make a Killing
Dracula
Mercy
Bone Temple
Is This Thing On?

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I actually enjoyed Mercy far more than I thought I would.

How to Make a killing was just plain fun

Hokum was good though it did end up being quite different than I expected

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BCSWguru said:

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I've seen 43

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Do you want to give us your top 10 so we can weed out the other 33?

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Sure, in chronological order:

Obsession
Tuner
Hokum
Normal
Project Hail Mary
How to Make a Killing
Dracula
Mercy
Bone Temple
Is This Thing On?

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bravo...

OBSESSION has officially become the cheapest movie to EVER top the American box office this century.

Costing only $750K to be made, it earned $2.9M this Monday, surpassing both MICHAEL ($2.7M) and DEVIL WEARS PRADA ($2.0M). pic.twitter.com/WZo7nElJFb

— Global Box Office (@GlobalBoxOffice) May 19, 2026

Great Movie. Main actress is fantastic

Saw it again with my daughter. I'm a good dad. She really liked it. It was easier to watch the second time.

Where was Nicki when Bear called Customer Support? She was screaming in the background. Just some other universe?

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OBSESSION has officially become the cheapest movie to EVER top the American box office this century.

Costing only $750K to be made, it earned $2.9M this Monday, surpassing both MICHAEL ($2.7M) and DEVIL WEARS PRADA ($2.0M). pic.twitter.com/WZo7nElJFb

— Global Box Office (@GlobalBoxOffice) May 19, 2026

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Paranormal Activity had a smaller budget.

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The original Paranormal Activity (2007) had an incredibly small production budget of just $15,000. Director Oren Peli financed the film himself, shooting mostly in his own house. When Paramount Pictures acquired the film later, they invested an additional $200,000 in post-production and marketing, bringing the total overall investment to around $215,000.

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Not sure if they're not counting it because it wasn't number 1 opening weekend, but Wiki says it did hit #1 several days of its release.

Either way, cool trivia but a bit cherrypicky imo.

Yeah, agreed. That's good to know.

Curry Baker’s ‘OBSESSION’ is tracking for a rare second weekend increase over its $17.2M domestic opening weekend.

The film is now potentially headed for a $100M+ global total against a $750K production budget. pic.twitter.com/HIsYEicXYV

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) May 22, 2026

Genuinely how many films in history have made over 100x their budget? This has got to be one of the biggest success stories of the decade https://t.co/D26i6s4WJA

— bailey (@baileylikemovie) May 22, 2026

That is impressive.

Looks like $5.5M 2nd FRI for #Obsession. Around +25% its opening FRI. 2nd weekend expected to be ~$20M+, for ~$51M by SUN.

$100M+ final seems like a done deal, will probably aim for $125M or so. pic.twitter.com/rQveUhZ2b4

— ਜਤਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ (@Itsjat32) May 23, 2026

Just got back from watching it with our friends and it was awesome. I normally wouldn't spend the time to post on a movie, but man, seeing it in a full theater with the crowd reaction was awesome.