Entities/Title/Obsession

Obsession

Title
last seen in coverage Sep 26
131
Wire items · since Feb 27
8
Deal items
9
Tracked projects
8
Months active
31
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 8 tracked deal items

25% of tracked dealflow (2/8) is remake reboot; 100% 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 2
pitch sale 1
option 1
spec sale 1
Reported stage
in development 5
acquired 2
optioned 1
Medium
film 8

Slate · 9 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 7
BackroomsKane Parsons · Curry Barker · James Wan option@ optioned50 itemsSep 11 MandalorianCurry Barker · Kane Parsons @ completed seeking distribution6 itemsJun 26 Scary MovieSteven Spielberg · Eli Roth · Kane Parsons 6 itemsJun 14 Anything But GhostsCurry Barker · Aaron Paul · Violet McGraw remake reboot@ acquired5 itemsSep 26 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

Key people · from coverage

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

Curry Barker
Talent attached
75 items · 7 deals · in 57% of all Obsession coverage
Kane Parsons
Talent attached
21 items · 0 deals · in 16% of all Obsession coverage
Michael Johnston
Talent attached
20 items · 0 deals · in 15% of all Obsession coverage
Inde Navarrette
Talent attached
20 items · 1 deals · in 15% of all Obsession coverage
Jason BlumNamed in coverage10i · 2d
James WanNamed in coverage9i · 1d
Cooper TomlinsonTalent attached7i · 0d
James HarrisNamed in coverage5i · 1d
Chiwetel EjioforNamed in coverage5i · 0d
Renate ReinsveNamed in coverage5i · 0d
Andy RichterNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Megan LawlessNamed in coverage3i · 0d
MarkiplierNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Zach CreggerTalent attached3i · 1d
Christopher NolanNamed in coverage3i · 0d
Roy LeeTalent attached2i · 1d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL OBSESSION COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 4 tracked titles

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

Obsession
19 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→“$500 million worldwide”Sep 10 · worldwide→“$500 million worldwide”Sep 24 · worldwide
latest: “$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

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Works with · top 8 of 22

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CounterpartyItemsDeals
Curry BarkerPERSON 737
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BackroomsTITLE 532
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Focus FeaturesCO 524
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A24CO 454
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UniversalCO 409
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BlumhouseCO 396
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Kane ParsonsPERSON 210
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Inde NavarrettePERSON 201
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Deal record · 8 entries

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

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+

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Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 131 wire items (Feb 27 → Sep 26) matching Obsession, deduplicated by URL (13 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 1.6% 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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