Curry Barker’s Obsession Surges 39 Percent to $23.9 Million
curry barker’s Obsession did $23.9 million in its second weekend, a 39 percent rise from its $17.1 million opening. For a wide-release horror film, that kind of hold is rare enough to turn a weekend gross into an industry talking point rather than a routine sequel-to-opening comparison.
Jason Blum’s 39 Percent Claim
Jason Blum said on Twitter that this was the “ONLY” wide-release horror movie on record to rise by such a margin, and added, “This doesn’t happen in horror,” a blunt read on how unusual the run has been. The film also brought in added money on Monday over Memorial Day, which helped widen the gap between its opening frame and its second-weekend result.
Comscore’s comparison set puts the number in sharper relief. For movies opening above 2,500 screens, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle rose 38 percent in 2017, while Puss in Boots: The Last Wish rose 35 percent, Migration rose 36 percent, and the December 2012 re-release of Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. rose roughly 35 percent in its second weekend. None of those were horror releases, and that is the point: Barker’s movie is moving like an outlier, not a standard genre title.
Sound of Freedom Comparison
Sound of Freedom remains the clearest recent parallel in the numbers. It opened the week of July 4, 2023 with $19.6 million, then made another $27.2 million in its second weekend for a 39 percent increase, even as it added 413 screens. Obsession reached the same percentage gain while adding only 40 screens, a much tighter expansion that makes its hold look less like a distribution play and more like audience momentum.
$68.3 million worldwide is where Obsession stands now, and that total gives the second-weekend jump real commercial weight. The film has already moved beyond the usual “good horror opening” conversation and into the narrower class of titles that keep climbing after launch, which is the part distributors actually want to see when they decide whether to stay in market or pull back.
Worldwide Total Hits $68.3 Million
Jason Blum’s reaction suggests the business read is simple: hold matters more than hype. With only 40 screens added and a worldwide tally of $68.3 million, Obsession is earning the kind of sustained response that can extend a theatrical run without needing a giant footprint change. That is the useful takeaway for anyone watching the film’s box-office path: the opening was strong, but the second weekend is what turned it into a rare horror overperformer.
