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Paramount+ wins development rights to Cop Land for TV, with James Mangold and Robert Levine writing and Mangold directing. The move extends Miramax’s library-to-series push inside the newly reorganized Paramount TV Studios pipeline.
Backrooms is headed for an $85M-$88M domestic launch and about $118M worldwide, giving A24 its biggest opening ever and another proof point that internet-born horror IP can play like event theatrical fare.
Focus Features’ Obsession is nearing $175 million worldwide after a $750K production and a $15 million acquisition; art director Sally Choi says she was paid $300 a day, reigniting the conversation around low-budget horror labor economics.
First-look photos confirm Scarlett Johansson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sasha Calle, Diane Lane and Jacobi Jupe on Mike Flanagan's Exorcist reboot; the March 12, 2027 release is still on the board and cameras are rolling on location.
Backrooms crossed $100M domestic on a $10M budget, while Obsession cleared $100M on $750K; Peter Chernin is using the breakout to argue Hollywood should stop chasing creator-bandwagon deals and keep hunting fresh IP.
Focus’s $15M TIFF pickup of Obsession is looking like a steal: Curry Barker’s $750K horror debut has surged past $68M domestic and is tracking as one of the most profitable genre releases of the year. The Blumhouse-Atomic Monster/Universal play is posting a 39.4% second-weekend jump, with Gen Z audiences driving a box-office anomaly.
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