“Obsession” principal art featuring Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette.
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Infatuationthe blockbuster horror thriller starring Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston, reached another milestone at the box office over the weekend.
Written and directed by YouTube filmmaker Curry Barker (Milk & Serial), Infatuation is arguably the biggest success story coming out of Hollywood in 2026. The first big win for the film, which had a production budget of $750,000, was when it was picked up for nearly $15 million by Focus Features at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
Starring Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless and Andy Richter, Infatuation tells the twisted story of Bear (Johnston), whose desire for Nikki (Navarrette) to love him more than anyone in the world comes with deadly, unintended consequences.
The film opened in theaters with an impressive $17.1 million from 3,016 North American theaters on May 15, eclipsing the film’s domestic opening over the next four weekends.
June 8, Infatuation became the highest-grossing film released by Focus Features, and less than a week later, it became the highest-grossing film festival acquisition of all time when its worldwide box office surpassed the 1999 indie horror classic. The Blair Witch Project. Not adjusted for inflation, The Blair Witch Project grossed $248.3 million at the worldwide box office in 1999.
‘Obsession’s’ Worldwide Box Office Run Stands at $403 Million
Five days after the film made its digital debut on premium video-on-demand, Infatuation added to its list of high achievements. In accordance with DeadlineObsession earned an estimated $5.3 million from 2,640 North American theaters this weekend, bringing the film’s domestic total to $245.3 million.
Combined with the film’s international ticket sales of $157.7 million, Obsession’s The worldwide box office tally as of Sunday stands at $403 million.
Currently, Infatuation in its first week of release on PVOD it is already at the top of the US streaming charts on the three major social networks: Apple TV, Fandango Home and Prime Video.
Infatuationof course, it’s the first of two indie horror movies playing worldwide this summer. YouTube director Kane Parsons’ eliminal space thriller Back rooms defied pre-release projections with $81.4 million over its May 29-31 opening weekend.
Since then, the A24 film has earned $190.4 million domestically and $159.3 million internationally for a total of $349.7 million worldwide. Extended cut of Back roomswhich added 16 minutes to the original film, released over the weekend and grossed $3.3 million domestically to finish No. 7 at the domestic box office, behind. Infatuation in Number 6.
