Obsession Tops Mandalorian and Grogu With $5.6 Million Daily Gross in Week 2
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Updated · Forbes · May 29
Obsession Tops Mandalorian and Grogu With $5.6 Million Daily Gross in Week 2
6 articles · Updated · Forbes · May 29
$5.6 million on Wednesday put low-budget horror film Obsession ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu, which took $4.1 million domestically despite being in its first week.
That upset followed Obsession’s unusual second-weekend surge, with revenue rising 39% on word-of-mouth instead of posting the normal decline.
$24 million from last weekend could be surpassed again in its third frame, even as it faces both Mandalorian and Grogu and new horror release Backrooms, projected at $40 million to $60 million.
Global grosses for Obsession are nearing $100 million, and a planned June 2 digital release now looks increasingly unlikely as the film could stretch toward a traditional 45-day theatrical window.
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