Entities/Title/Obsession

Obsession

Title
last seen in coverage Oct 13
146
Wire items · since Feb 27
9
Deal items
10
Tracked projects
9
Months active
36
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 9 tracked deal items

22% of tracked dealflow (2/9) is remake reboot; 100% of classified deal mediums are film; 89% of staged deals sit early-funnel (in-development or greenlit).machine-derived from the deal record below — not an editorial mandate statement

Deal type
remake reboot 2
pitch sale 1
option 1
spec sale 1
Reported stage
in development 5
acquired 2
optioned 1
completed seeking distribution 1
Medium
film 9

Slate · 10 projects from coverage

Grouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred.

In development 1
HokumDamien McCarthy · Rick Baker · Adam Scott 3 itemsJul 2
Seeking distribution 1
Mandalorian And GroguCurry Barker · Kane Parsons 3 itemsJun 8
Released & tracking 8
BackroomsKane Parsons · Curry Barker · James Wan option@ completed seeking distribution53 itemsOct 7 Anything But GhostsCurry Barker · Aaron Paul · Violet McGraw remake reboot@ in development7 itemsOct 11 MandalorianCurry Barker · Kane Parsons @ completed seeking distribution6 itemsJun 26 Scary MovieSteven Spielberg · Eli Roth · Kane Parsons 6 itemsJun 14 BlockbusterCurry Barker · David Ellison · Joachim Trier @ in development5 itemsSep 26 MastersCurry Barker · Kane Parsons · Steven Spielberg 3 itemsJun 14 LeviticusAdrian Chiarella · Damien McCarthy · Rick Baker @ acquired3 itemsJun 26 Other MommyRob Savage · Jason Blum · James Wan 3 itemsOct 8

Key people · from coverage

Names as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design.

Curry Barker
Talent attached
81 items · 8 deals · in 55% of all Obsession coverage
Inde Navarrette
Talent attached
23 items · 1 deals · in 16% of all Obsession coverage
Kane Parsons
Talent attached
22 items · 0 deals · in 15% of all Obsession coverage
Michael JohnstonTalent attached21i · 0d
Jason BlumNamed in coverage11i · 2d
James WanNamed in coverage10i · 1d
Cooper TomlinsonTalent attached8i · 1d
James HarrisNamed in coverage5i · 1d
Chiwetel EjioforNamed in coverage5i · 0d
Renate ReinsveNamed in coverage5i · 0d
Zach CreggerTalent attached4i · 1d
Andy RichterNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Megan LawlessNamed in coverage3i · 0d
MarkiplierNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Aaron PaulNamed in coverage3i · 1d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL OBSESSION COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 5 tracked titles

Grosses as reported — “via” badge = released by another studio.

Obsession
22 reported figures — view track
“$234 million globally”Jun 14 · India / worldwide→“past the 1000 crore mark and even touche”Jun 17 · India→“$260 million worldwide”Jun 17 · worldwide→“$286.5M”Jun 18 · worldwide→“$300 million worldwide”Jun 20 · worldwide→“$300M worldwide”Jun 20 · worldwide→“$305.1 million worldwide”Jun 22 · worldwide→“over $300 million worldwide”Jun 22 · worldwide→“$215 million / $332.4 million”Jun 23 · domestic / worldwide→“$300M WW”Jun 26 · worldwide→“approximately $403 million globally”Jul 6 · worldwide→“more than $400 million worldwide”Jul 6 · worldwide→“$443.3 million worldwide”Jul 27 · worldwide→“$501.5 million worldwide”Aug 24 · worldwide→“$488.05 million”Aug 27 · worldwide→“$505.6 million worldwide”Sep 4 · worldwide→“nearly $510 million worldwide”Sep 7 · worldwide→“over $500 million worldwide”Sep 12 · worldwide→“$500 million worldwide”Sep 24 · worldwide→“$520M global”Sep 27 · U.S.→“$500 million+”Oct 1 · worldwide→“over $500 million worldwide”Oct 8 · worldwide
latest: “over $500 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Backrooms
“$85 million to $90 million through the w”Jun 28 · domestic→“$330 million worldwide”Jul 2 · worldwide
latest: “$330 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Disclosure Day
“$93M global debut”Jun 14 · worldwide
latest: “$93M global debut” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Leviticus
“$4.3 million worldwide”Jun 26 · domestic
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported — not a comparable figure
The Assassin(s)
“$11.3M”Sep 28 · Korea
latest: “$11.3M” (Korea) as reported — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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WIRE ITEMSDEAL SHARE

Works with · top 8 of 22

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CounterpartyItemsDeals
Curry BarkerPERSON 798
▸ shared record
Focus FeaturesCO 585
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BackroomsTITLE 582
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A24CO 485
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UniversalCO 4411
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BlumhouseCO 438
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Inde NavarrettePERSON 231
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Toronto International Film FestivalFEST 224
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Deal record · 9 entries

Amounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps.

Oct 8 'Anything But Ghosts', Curry Barker's Next Horror Film, Sets May 7th 2027 Release Date
Deal @ completed-seeking-distribution “eight-figure”
with Universal, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Curry Barker +5
 Phantasmagoria A+
Sep 26 2026’s Most Surprising Blockbuster Release Could Have Been a Straight to Netflix Movie, Director Reveals
Deal @ in-development “eight-figure agreement”
with Universal, Curry Barker, Universal Pictures +5
 Yardbarker A
Sep 26 Curry Barker Says Netflix Wanted Straight-to-Streaming for ‘Obsession’ Before Focus Won the Bidding War
Deal @ acquired “around $15M”
with Focus Features, Curry Barker, Netflix +5
 World of Reel+3 src A+
Sep 12 Inde Navarrette to Lead Alien Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Waffle House Index' for Apple Original Films
spec-sale @ acquired “seven figures”
with Apple Original Films, Inde Navarrette, Louis Paxton +5
 Phantasmagoria B
Jul 2 After Backrooms, Hollywood Goes All-In On Siren Head
option @ optioned “low seven figures”
with Warner Bros., Trevor Henderson, Zach Cregger +5
 Cosmic Book News+5 src A+
Jun 20 Blumhouse Signs Curry Barker for Original Horror Movie
pitch-sale @ in-development “rich eight-figure deal”
with Blumhouse Atomic Monster, Universal Film Group, Curry Barker +5
 Horror Obsessive+2 src A+
Jun 14 ‘Open Door’ YouTube Short to Get Feature Adaptation After ‘Obsession,’ ‘Backrooms’ Success
Deal @ in-development
with Kevin Cate, Rick Kearney, Clinging Vine Films +2
 The Wrap B
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Crosses $200M Globally to Become Focus’ Top Movie of All Time
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Focus Features, Universal, Curry Barker +5
 THR+1 src A+
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Sequel Talks Haven’t Happened… Yet
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Curry Barker, James Harris, Tea Shop Productions +5
 Dread Central+1 src A+

Recent mentions · 10 of 137

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 146 wire items (Feb 27 → Oct 13) matching Obsession, deduplicated by URL (15 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 1.8% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

Buyer/seller roles are captured on a minority of deal items today; role-based stats are suppressed until capture coverage improves.

Slate clusters coverage by project title; stage is the latest reported stage, never a projection. “via” badges mark titles tracked within this entity's coverage orbit but released by another distributor. Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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