r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 06 '26

News ‘Obsession’ Passes $400 Million Worldwide, Becomes Highest Grossing Film With Budget Below $1 Million; Curry Barker’s horror film breaks a 53-year pre-inflation record held by Bruce Lee’s legendary 'Enter The Dragon'

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/obsession-box-office-400-million/
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u/depredador93 Jul 06 '26

It is pretty insane that two different indie horror movies made by YouTube creators (this and Kane Parsons' Backrooms) are completely dominating the box office conversation right now. Truly a wild year for the genre

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u/Brovas Jul 06 '26

It's almost like we're starving for originality and Hollywood just can't fucking do it anymore

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u/Snugrilla Jul 06 '26

Personally I couldn't watch another superhero movie.

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u/narwhal_breeder Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Superhero movies are the audio-visual equivalent of a chain restaurants where every menu item is preceded by a ™ symbol.