Indie producers can still make movies like “Obsession” cheaply in the U.S. by shooting nonunion. The breakout horror hit filmed in L.A. for just $750,000, but as domestic production slows, IATSE has been pushing harder to “flip” nonunion projects — driving up costs. “The films I grew up making, for $500,000 or $1 million, the unions are really interested in having those be signatory projects,” producer David Kaplan says. Read the full cover story on the mass exodus of LA productions by @GeneMaddaus: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHp4O
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Seeing people say with their chest that the lighting in this movie is bad is genuinely baffling. There are several shots in this movie that are seared into my brain, chiefly because of the lighting.
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The use of shadows and lighting in Obsession was exceptional
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The ‘Obsession’ craze continues with Focus Features’ highest grossing movie ever leading Monday with $4.2M in its fourth week.
‘Obsession’s domestic cume stands at $156.1M with a global haul north of $229.3M.
More in our box office breakdown here: deadline.com/2026/06/box-of…
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@pjmarino1 @stevenmartini @ashotmagazine @Doug_Pembry It was also shot in Vancouver. Another country
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@stevenmartini @ashotmagazine @Doug_Pembry Just checked. He did not. He used someone w/ more experience. It was also full SAG so bigger budget. This is probably the core reason why she’s sour.
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Nah cause flipping $750k to $200M is wild 🤯
‘OBSESSION’ just officially surpassed $200M worldwide, transforming from a modestly budgeted production into a bona fide box office phenomenon. Audiences continue to show up in droves, the film is quickly carving out a place among the most profitable low budget releases ever.




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I have never seen a distributor pay an MG like this and only take 30%. I don't see how these can be real numbers.
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Obsession has people dropping spreadsheets on IG 😂
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@jason_blum Can we get some appreciation for Haley Johnson and Under the Shell? She was there every day of production and created one of the greatest work environments that myself and the rest of the crew have ever been a part of. None of this would have happened without her.
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When everyone was making Obsession, we never dreamed we’d be talking about JAWS and STAR WARS.
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OBSESSION earned over $8M yesterday, surging more than 30% from last Friday. It’s the BIGGEST third-Friday increase for a non-Christmas wide release in over 50 years — since the rise of modern cinema with JAWS in 1975.
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You are witnessing HISTORY, folks!
The indie rebels took down the Disney Empire, as #Focus’ R-rated original horror #Obsession returns to #1 at US #BoxOffice!
YouTuber #CurryBarker grossed 5.6M on #2 BIGGEST 2nd WED of ALL TIME for horror, up incredible +74.3% from first TUE (vs #SINNERS 6.1M, -14.2%, #TheSixthSense’s 3.4M, -18.9%), despite adding just+40 theatres last FRI, now playing in just 2.655.
It hits a 73.5M cume in the US!
Don’t get shocked if the film ends up going up again on 3rd weekend, if it survives the blow from #Backrooms - and if #Focus resists the temptation of putting it on digital too soon.
The film itself had a ridiculously low under 1M production price tag, and #Focus paid only 15M to acquire the global distribution rights from producers (sans France, Russia, Australia & NZ).
Both sides seeing their investment paying off greatly.
100M+ mark coming this weekend already.
I’ll wait until the weekend to update projections depending on his hold against #Backrooms, but a 130M run which seemed the ceiling, might not even be the floor anymore. We might genuinely be looking at an unprecedented 200M+ here case if Focus plays their cards right. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, the weekend is right there. Stay tuned 👀

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‘OBSESSION’ surpassed ‘THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU’ on Wednesday at the box office, retaking the #1 spot domestically.


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@Realone1094443 @tobeyy_mag Well this was the cheaper option
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@tobeyy_mag We can’t talk about that now
Let’s talk about how they made this movie with just $800,000 approximately
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LISTEN: 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' and a Magnificent 'Obsession' Drive the Box Office variety.com/2026/film/news…
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