Overview
- The film, made for about $750,000, has become a global phenomenon with industry tallies placing its worldwide total roughly between $286 million and $300 million and making it Focus Features’ highest‑grossing release.
- Focus Features has delayed planned PVOD and digital windows and is preparing an awards campaign centered on lead actress Inde Navarrette as the film continues to draw strong theatrical legs.
- Director Curry Barker is fielding studio interest, says he turned down offers that would have rewritten the protagonist for cash, and has sketched a sequel or anthology idea but does not plan to make it immediately.
- Art director Sally Choi’s public disclosure of roughly $300 a day pay has sparked debate over crew compensation on low‑budget projects, and Barker has publicly acknowledged the art department’s work and said crew members should be recognized.
- A Durex Pakistan promotional post using Obsession imagery drew heavy online criticism for appearing to trivialize non‑consensual themes, a backlash that has added to wider public discussion about how the film is marketed.