'Obsession' Leads Monday Box Office with $4.2M, On Track to Become Top-Grossing Festival Acquisition Ever
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Summary
Focus Features' 'Obsession' continues its box office dominance, earning $4.2M on Monday in its fourth week, surpassing Paramount and Miramax's 'Scary Movie' ($4.1M). With a domestic cume of $156.1M and global haul of $229.3M, 'Obsession' is on track to become the top-grossing film festival acquisition of all time, beating 'The Blair Witch Project'. A24's 'Backrooms' took third place with $3.2M, while Amazon MGM Studios' 'Masters of the Universe' landed in fourth with $2.1M.
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Obsession's domestic cume stands at $156.1M with a global haul north of $229.3M
It will soon be top grossing film festival acquisition movie beating 'Blair Witch Project'
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