THR Charts: Indie Hits Obsession and Backrooms Dominate Box Office; Minions & Monsters Opens to Franchise Low
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Erik Hayden
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A box office and streaming viewership roundup from THR Charts. Highlights include Curry Barker's low-budget indie film Obsession (made for $750K, acquired for $15M) crossing $400M worldwide, and Kane Parsons' Backrooms adaptation hitting $350M. Also covers the disappointing box office performance of Minions & Monsters, which opened at No. 1 but posted franchise-low numbers despite a strong holiday weekend start.
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Twitter / XTHR Charts: Indie Hits Obsession and Backrooms Dominate Box Office; Minions & Monsters Opens to Franchise Lowhollywoodreporter.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledCurry Barker's Obsession, made for only $750,000 and then picked up by Focus at the Toronto International Film Festival for $15 million, has now crossed $400 million at the box office worldwide.
Kane Parsons' $10 million A24 adaptation of his viral YouTube short film, Backrooms, has now hit $350 million.
Despite opening at No. 1, Minions & Monsters didn't get the Hollywood ending it hoped for.
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