‘Obsession’ Holds Monday Lead With $4.2M in Fourth Week, Pushing Focus Features Toward Festival Box Office Record

Focus Features’ horror film “Obsession” again topped the Monday box office rankings in its fourth week, earning $4.2 million, according to Deadline’s daily reporting on June 9. The studio’s performance came just ahead of Paramount and Miramax’s “Scary Movie,” which posted $4.1 million, with both titles leading other wide releases for the day. Deadline said “Obsession” was ahead of multiple competitors, including “Backrooms” and “Masters of the Universe,” in its Monday standings.

The film’s continued run is reflected in accumulated totals. Deadline reported “Obsession” has reached $156.1 million in domestic cumulative gross and more than $229.3 million globally. By contrast, Deadline said “Scary Movie” totaled $58.4 million through four days, positioning it as a close runner-up in early weekend comparisons while “Obsession” extended its longer-than-expected momentum into week four.

The Monday results also feed into a larger distribution and dealmaking benchmark tied to festival acquisitions. Yahoo Entertainment reported that “Obsession,” with $225.5 million in global gross, has become the top-grossing festival acquisition of all time, surpassing the prior benchmark associated with Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Yahoo described “Fahrenheit 9/11” as a 2004 global earner that stood as the measure for festival acquisition performance for more than two decades.

Yahoo further said “Obsession” was acquired after a bidding process stemming from the Toronto Film Festival, with Focus outbidding other companies. Yahoo reported that the final purchase price was around $15 million, following roughly 24 hours of dealmaking, and named companies such as Neon and A24 among the competitors. The report characterized the acquisition as unusually lucrative relative to the deal’s festival context and the film’s later commercial take.

While the precise timeline of each day-to-day ranking can change based on reporting windows and theater counts, the industry’s public accounting shows “Obsession” is already near multiple thresholds highlighted by trade coverage. Deadline stated the title is Focus Features’ highest-grossing movie ever, and Yahoo said it is on course to hold the festival acquisition crown outright even as deal comparisons depend on the final global totals.

Additional trade coverage referenced in the research context suggests the film’s performance has continued to draw attention to how quickly it climbed and how it sustained that run beyond an initial opening. Variety, for example, described “Obsession” as a low-budget horror hit with strong theater-based revenue early in its theatrical life, and The Hollywood Reporter reported on “Obsession” crossing $200 million globally and setting internal company records. These reports were not relied upon for the specific Monday figures, but they provide background on why box office watchers continue to focus on the film’s trajectory as it extends into later frames.

For studios and exhibitors, these daily and cumulative numbers can translate into longer on-sale windows, additional marketing allocation, and renegotiated theater scheduling. For consumers, the practical effect is that mainstream titles can remain in wide circulation while a slower-drumming release continues to pull screens from new entries, particularly when the film is still producing daily grosses strong enough to hold the top line.

Beyond the current weekend cycle, the festival acquisition record creates a durable reference point for future festival bidding and distribution strategy. By tying “Obsession” to an all-time benchmark associated with “Fahrenheit 9/11,” the reporting also frames how studios measure risk and upside for specialty films that reach wide audiences after festival premieres. The next clear data point for follow-up will be whether the film’s final global total and ranking hold once all day-by-day tallies for the run are finalized by reporting services.