Entities/Title/Obsession

Obsession

Title
last seen in coverage Nov 5
164
Wire items · since Feb 27
1
Sourced transactions
1
Projects
10
Months active
42
Multi-source stories

Deals for this title · 1 sourced transaction

Transaction
set up 1
Source material (as stated)
not stated 1
Medium (as stated)
not stated 1

11 records flagged as deal coverage could not be tied to Obsession, a named project, a role and a transaction from their headlines; they are not counted here and are listed with sources under Unresolved.

Key people · from coverage

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

Curry Barker
Named in coverage
93 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 57% of all Obsession coverage
Inde Navarrette
Named in coverage
30 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 18% of all Obsession coverage
Michael Johnston
Named in coverage
25 items · 0 sourced transactions · in 15% of all Obsession coverage
Kane ParsonsNamed in coverage23i · 0tx
Jason BlumNamed in coverage13i · 0tx
Cooper TomlinsonNamed in coverage13i · 0tx
James WanNamed in coverage12i · 0tx
Zach CreggerNamed in coverage7i · 0tx
Megan LawlessNamed in coverage6i · 0tx
James HarrisNamed in coverage6i · 0tx
Chiwetel EjioforNamed in coverage5i · 0tx
Renate ReinsveNamed in coverage5i · 0tx
Andy RichterNamed in coverage4i · 0tx
Aaron PaulNamed in coverage4i · 0tx
Violet McGrawNamed in coverage4i · 0tx
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL OBSESSION COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 6 tracked titles

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

Backrooms
latest: “$330 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Disclosure Day
latest: “$93M global debut” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Leviticus
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported — not a comparable figure
The Assassin(s)
latest: “$11.3M” (Korea) as reported — not a comparable figure
Resident Evil
latest: “$361.1 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

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FEB
9
MAR
4
APR
30
MAY
52
JUN
13
JUL
10
AUG
15
SEP
26
OCT
4
NOV
WIRE ITEMSSOURCED TRANSACTIONS

Works with · top 8 of 22

Tap a row to expand the shared record.

CounterpartyItemsTransactions
Curry BarkerPERSON 910
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BackroomsTITLE 630
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Focus FeaturesCO 620
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A24CO 490
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BlumhouseCO 480
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UniversalCO 470
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Inde NavarrettePERSON 300
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Michael JohnstonPERSON 240
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Transactions · 1 sourced

One row per transaction; reports of the same transaction are merged under it. Dates are when ScreamWire first archived a report. Amounts appear only as the source phrased them.

Oct 20 ‘Obsession’ heads to Netflix after its remarkable box office success, arriving sooner than expected
SUBJECTset-upObsession
Diario AS A+
Unresolved · 11 deal-flagged records not counted

ScreamWire’s classifier tagged these as deal coverage, but the headline does not establish Obsession, a named project, Obsession’s role and the transaction. They are excluded from every count on this page and kept, with their sources, for review.

Nov 2 Curry Barker Wants to Release a Nearly 2-Hour-10-Minute “Extended Cut” of ‘Obsession’
no stated transaction between entity and project
World of Reel
Oct 30 Curry Barker Returns to His YouTube Horror Roots With ‘Mama Bear’ Amid ‘Obsession’ Success
no stated transaction between entity and project
THR
Oct 8 'Anything But Ghosts', Curry Barker's Next Horror Film, Sets May 7th 2027 Release Date
title not quoted in headline“eight-figure”
Phantasmagoria
Sep 26 2026’s Most Surprising Blockbuster Release Could Have Been a Straight to Netflix Movie, Director Reveals
title not quoted in headline“eight-figure agreement”
Yardbarker
Sep 26 Curry Barker Says Netflix Wanted Straight-to-Streaming for ‘Obsession’ Before Focus Won the Bidding War
no stated transaction between entity and project“around $15M”
World of Reel
Sep 12 Inde Navarrette to Lead Alien Sci-Fi Thriller 'The Waffle House Index' for Apple Original Films
title not quoted in headline“seven figures”
Phantasmagoria
Jul 2 After Backrooms, Hollywood Goes All-In On Siren Head
title not quoted in headline“low seven figures”
Cosmic Book News
Jun 20 Blumhouse Signs Curry Barker for Original Horror Movie
title not quoted in headline“rich eight-figure deal”
Horror Obsessive
Jun 14 ‘Open Door’ YouTube Short to Get Feature Adaptation After ‘Obsession,’ ‘Backrooms’ Success
no stated transaction between entity and project
The Wrap
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Crosses $200M Globally to Become Focus’ Top Movie of All Time
no stated transaction between entity and project
THR
Jun 8 ‘Obsession’ Sequel Talks Haven’t Happened… Yet
no stated transaction between entity and project
Dread Central

Recent mentions · 10 of 152

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 164 wire items (Feb 27 → Nov 5) 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 1.9% 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.

What counts as a transaction. A row appears under Transactions, Slate or Deals for this title only when the publisher’s headline names Obsession, names the project, and states Obsession’s role in a transaction (bought, set up, developing, ordered, distributing, hired or cast for…). A company mentioned alongside a film is not enough, and neither is a classifier tag. Reports of the same transaction are merged; separate transactions on one project, such as a set-up and a later casting, stay separate. 11 deal-flagged records did not meet the test and are listed under Unresolved.

What these counts are not. They describe what ScreamWire has confirmed from its own archive of published coverage — not everything Obsession has done. A deal we never archived, or one whose report does not state the role plainly enough to meet the test above, is absent from every number on this page. Read them as a floor on activity we can evidence, never as a complete slate.

Source material and medium are recorded only when the headline states them; otherwise “not stated”. Dates are when ScreamWire first archived a report, so a resurfaced older story can carry a later date; reviewed exceptions are listed in the repository’s record-review file.

Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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