Obsession is already a big success!
The indie horror from YouTuber and first-time director Curry Barker brought in $16 million in its opening weekend at the box office, Variety reports.
The movie had a reported budget of just $1 million, and was acquired by Focus Features for a reported $14 million. It currently commands an A- CinemaScore, and holds a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes among both critics and the audience.
“The film has everything it needs to be a strong return on investment for Focus as it carries this excellent word-of-mouth into Memorial Day weekend,” The Wrap notes of its first weekend haul.
In the movie, After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter all star in the movie.
The director revealed a Simpsons rerun inspired the plot.
“Bart gets a monkey paw and causes a bunch of chaos. I was thinking that I’ve never seen a straight crazy horror where … we’ve seen ‘Be careful what you wish for’ tons of times. But we’ve never seen my version of it. I instantly started thinking about what I could do with that,” he said.
Inde is now opening up about the end of the movie.
The 25-year-old actress, who stars in the movie as Nikki, spoke out in an interview about the film’s shocking ending, an original planned ending, as well as a possible future for her character. Find out what she had to say!
Find out if you need to stick around for an end credits scene.
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