Entities/Title/Obsession

Obsession

Title
last seen in coverage Aug 14
127
Wire items · since Feb 27
8
Deal items
6
Tracked projects
7
Months active
28
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 8 tracked deal items

50% of tracked dealflow (4/8) is remake reboot; 89% of classified deal mediums are film; 100% 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 4
greenlight 1
pitch sale 1
option 1
Reported stage
in development 7
optioned 1
Medium
film 8
industry 1

Slate · 6 projects from coveragegrouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred

In development 2
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Hokum
Damien McCarthy · Daniel Goldhaber · Charli XCX
 — 4 Jul 2
Anything But Ghosts
Curry Barker · James Harris
 remake reboot in development 3 Jun 16
Seeking distribution 1
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Mandalorian And Grogu
Curry Barker · Kane Parsons · Jon Favreau
 completed seeking distribution 8 Jun 8
Released & tracking 3
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Backrooms
Kane Parsons · Curry Barker · Renate Reinsve
 option completed seeking distribution 36 Aug 14
Mandalorian
Curry Barker · Kane Parsons · Jon Favreau
 completed seeking distribution 11 Jun 26
Star Wars
Curry Barker · Jon Favreau · Sigourney Weaver
 completed seeking distribution 6 Jun 19

Key people · from coveragenames as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design

Curry Barker
Talent attached
80 items · 7 deals · in 63% of all Obsession coverage
Michael Johnston
Talent attached
32 items · 0 deals · in 25% of all Obsession coverage
Inde Navarrette
Named in coverage
30 items · 0 deals · in 24% of all Obsession coverage
Kane Parsons
Talent attached
22 items · 0 deals · in 17% of all Obsession coverage
Jason BlumNamed in coverage7i · 2d
Cooper TomlinsonTalent attached5i · 0d
James HarrisNamed in coverage4i · 1d
Renate ReinsveNamed in coverage4i · 0d
Chiwetel EjioforNamed in coverage4i · 0d
Andy RichterNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Megan LawlessNamed in coverage3i · 0d
James WanNamed in coverage3i · 1d
Zach CreggerTalent attached3i · 2d
Steven SpielbergNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Eli RothNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Damien McCarthyNamed in coverage2i · 0d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL OBSESSION COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 4 tracked titlesgrosses as reported — amber badge = released by another studio

Obsession
“$234.5 million worldwide”Jun 12 · worldwide→“$234 million globally”Jun 14 · India / worldwide→“$260 million worldwide”Jun 17 · worldwide→“past the 1000 crore mark and even touche”Jun 17 · India→“$286.5M”Jun 18 · worldwide→“$290 million so far”Jun 19 · 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→“$371 million worldwide”Jun 30 · worldwide→“approximately $403 million globally”Jul 6 · worldwide→“more than $400 million worldwide”Jul 6 · worldwide→“$400 million worldwide”Jul 7 · worldwide→“$403 million globally”Jul 8 · worldwide→“$25 million”Jul 8 · Australia and New Zealand→“$404.4 million worldwide”Jul 9 · worldwide→“$403 million worldwide”Jul 9 · worldwide→“$443.3 million worldwide”Jul 27 · worldwide
latest: “$443.3 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure
Backrooms
“$81.4M domestic / $118M worldwide”Jun 28 · domestic→“$330 million worldwide”Jul 2 · worldwide→“approximately $357 million worldwide”Jul 8 · worldwide→“more than $212 million worldwide”Jul 8 · worldwide→“$357 million worldwide”Jul 8 · worldwide
latest: “$357 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure
Disclosure Day
“$93M global debut”Jun 14 · worldwide
latest: “$93M global debut” (worldwide) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure
Leviticus
“$4.3 million worldwide”Jun 26 · domestic
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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FEB
9
MAR
7
APR
46
MAY
35
JUN
22
JUL
7
AUG
WIRE ITEMSDEAL SHARE

Works with · top 8 of 22click to expand shared record

CounterpartyItemsDeals
Curry BarkerPERSON 797
▸ shared record
Focus FeaturesCO 513
▸ shared record
BackroomsTITLE 412
▸ shared record
A24CO 385
▸ shared record
BlumhouseCO 315
▸ shared record
Michael JohnstonPERSON 310
▸ shared record
Inde NavarrettePERSON 300
▸ shared record
UniversalCO 285
▸ shared record

Deal record · 8 entriesamounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps

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 16 Curry Barker Has “Whirlwind” Idea For ‘Obsession 2,’ Declares Gen-Z Is “Tired Of Slop” When It Comes To IP Overload: “We Want Good Movies Back”
remake-reboot @ in-development
with A24, Curry Barker, Anything But Ghosts +1
 The Playlist 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+
May 19 Curry Barker and Zach Cregger Swap Horror Stories
greenlight @ in-development
with Curry Barker, Zach Cregger, Texas Chainsaw Massacre +5
 Interview Magazine A
Apr 22 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot to be helmed by Curry Barker
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Curry Barker, A24, Roy Lee +5
 Google News (Blumhouse Productions)+3 src A+

Recent mentions · 10 of 119

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 127 wire items (Feb 27 → Aug 14) matching Obsession, deduplicated by URL (11 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 0.9% 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. Amber “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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