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\u201cObsession,\u201d the breakout horror blockbuster directed by former YouTuber Curry Barker, grossed another $19 million at the box office for its fifth weekend in theaters, according to early<\/a> numbers<\/a> reported by the Hollywood trade publications\u2014blowing past recent releases like \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d and \u201cScary Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n The low budget horror phenomenon grossed another $19 million at North American theaters\u2014its fourth week in a row outperforming its box office debut.<\/p>\n FilmMagicKey Facts<\/p>\n \u201cObsession\u201d grossed another $19 million at North American theaters over the weekend\u2014the fourth weekend in a row it has outperformed its opening gross of $17.2 million.<\/p>\n The weekend gross was higher than both \u201cScary Movie\u201d and \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d\u2014two larger budget releases that opened in theaters last week.<\/p>\n The film had a reported budget of $750,000 and has now grossed about $188.3 million in North America and $265 million globally\u2014making it the most successful film<\/a> at the box office ever released from distributor Focus Features.<\/p>\n The horror flick is still getting top marks from its viewers\u2014it has a 94% positive rating from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, and earned another A- on Cinemascore<\/a> based on surveys conducted after screenings.<\/p>\n TANGENT<\/p>\n \u201cBackrooms,\u201d another lower budget horror film directed by a former YouTuber that had a breakout debut three weeks ago, extended its streak of success over the weekend with an $11.2 million gross\u2014also putting it ahead of studio films with huge budgets like \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d and \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu.\u201d<\/p>\n Spielberg Scores Another Hit<\/p>\n Steven Spielberg\u2019s alien thriller \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d opened with a respectable $44 million gross to top the domestic box office. It also grossed another $48.9 million from international theaters for a global gross of $92.9 million. That puts it slightly ahead of the $41 million domestic opening from Spielberg\u2019s last big budget blockbuster\u20142018\u2019s \u201cReady Player One.\u201d However, it remains to be seen if \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d will connect with audiences to make back its reported production budget of $115 million and marketing budget of $80 million. The film only received a \u201cB\u201d Cinemascore from audiences, and has a 73% viewer score on Rotten Tomatoes. Since theaters keep about half of ticket sale proceeds, \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d will need to gross about $300 million at the box office to recoup its budget, Variety<\/a> reported. \u201cReady Player One\u201d ultimately grossed $583.4 million at theaters in 2018, according to data from Box Office Mojo<\/a>.<\/p>\n Further ReadingForbes\u2018Scary Movie\u2019 Breaks Franchise Record With $55 Million OpeningBy Zachary Folk<\/a>Forbes\u2018Obsession\u2019 Becomes This Summer\u2019s Breakout Box Office HitBy Mary Whitfill Roeloffs<\/a>Forbes’Obsession’ Slated For Historic Weekend As ‘The Mandalorian And Grogu’ Scores $82 Million 3-Day DebutBy Antonio Peque\u00f1o IV<\/a>Forbes\u2018Backrooms\u2019 Sets A24 Record With $81 Million Opening Weekend\u2014Beating Out \u2018Obsession\u2019 And \u2018Mandalorian\u2019By Ty Roush<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline \u201cObsession,\u201d the breakout horror blockbuster directed by former YouTuber Curry Barker, grossed another $19 million at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,5604,193487,134,1973,344,85719],"class_list":["post-736599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-box-office","tag-disclosure-day","tag-entertainment","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}