Mobile native’s film ‘Obsession’ debuts with $16.1M in domestic ticket sales
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Mobile native Curry Barker’s first film, “Obsession,” had its highly anticipated debut this weekend, and it has already made $16M across 2,615 theaters. Last weekend’s ticket sales for the horror film, which had a production budget of $750,000 to $1 million, came in third only to megablockbusters “Michael” and “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
Although “Obsession” was released to theaters on Friday, May 15, it originally premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2025, earning runner-up in the People’s Choice Award. Currently, the Focus Features film has a 94% Popcornmeter rating from 1000+ everyday viewers on Rotten Tomatoes.
Here’s a rundown:
- Obsession:
- Director/writer: Curry Barker
- Plot: After breaking a “One Wish Willow,” a supernatural toy, 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
- Rated: R
- Run time: 1h 49m
Curry Barker’s Mobilian Roots
Barker graduated from Baker High School in 2018, after which he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
While studying at the New York Film Academy’s LA campus, Barker befriended Cooper Tomlinson. Tomlinson and Barker wound up dropping out to focus on their own project: a popular social sketch and comedy channel, “That’s a Bad Idea.”
Now, Barker just wrapped on yet another exciting film, “Anything but Ghosts,” alongside “Get Out” and “Paranormal Activity” producer Jason Blum. According to an interview with Variety, Barker has landed a gig as the director of A24’s reboot of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
