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Focus Features' 'Obsession' crosses $500M worldwide, becoming the first original film of the 2020s to do it and the highest-grossing title ever made for under $1M; Curry Barker is already prepping 'Anything but Ghosts' with Focus.
North American theatrical rollout kicks off Sept. 4 for Vietnam’s found-footage breakout, with Mockingbird Pictures booking AMC, Regal and Cinemark. Runup Vietnam and Hive Media Corp’s production topped the local box office, crossed 1 million admissions and hit VND78 billion ($3 million), marking Hive’s first production investment outside Korea.
$25 million domestic opening for Insidious: Out of the Further left Sony’s horror sequel behind Spider-Man’s $39 million fourth-week hold; the franchise remains one of Blumhouse and Atomic Monster’s steadiest theatrical engines.
World premiere slots Nervous as the opening film of Tubi FrightFest London on Aug. 27; the Korean-UK co-pro follows with stops at MOTELX and Fantasy Filmfest.
HOLLER is in production in Illinois and pushing a final Kickstarter to finish the apocalypse horror feature; the campaign is the bridge into post as the indie tries to close out its budget.
Disney+ and Hulu line up a September slate anchored by American Horror Story season 13, Berlin-set vampire drama City of Blood and Korean thriller Made in Korea; the month also adds library horror like Jennifer’s Body and Coraline.
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