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2026 horror box office update: Backrooms plummets as Obsession scores all-time record

Backrooms has a huge sophomore weekend drop while Obsession continues to show strong audience retention with a ...

How 'Obsession' Became an Unprecedented Box Office Horror Hit

“Obsession” is, well, the obsession of the box office. That’s after the low-budget horror film earned $22 million from 2,655 North American theaters in its second weekend and a projected $28.2 million ...
GQ

Backrooms and Obsession Won the Weekend. Here's What That Really Tells Us About the Future of Movies

The $80-million-plus debut of Backrooms, from 20-year-old first-time director Kane Parsons, coupled with Curry Barker’s low-budget hit Obsession increasing its take for the second weekend in a row, ...

YouTuber box office boom: ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ draw Gen Z to theaters

An indie horror with internet origins has beaten the legacy franchise “Star Wars” at the box office this weekend.

To YouTube and beyond: how online gen Z directors stormed Hollywood

Record-breaking box office for Backrooms and Obsession has opened the door for twentysomething YouTube creators as the industry rethinks what audiences want ...
Yahoo

How ‘Obsession’ Became an Unprecedented Box Office Horror Hit — and One of the Year’s Most Profitable Movies

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Obsession” is, well, the obsession of the box office. The low-budget horror film earned $23.9 million from 2,655 North ...