Director Kari Barker can’t believe that Obsession has earned Rs 78 crore in India
Obsession director Curry Barker reacts to the horror-drama’s Rs 78 crore collection in India. He said that the success and praise of the low-budget film had taken him by surprise.
Made in a modest budget, Passion Having emerged as an unexpected global cinematic sensation, the horror-drama is finding a strong audience in India as well. Director Currie Barker reacted to the film’s surprise performance in India in an interview with Variety India, saying that he did not expect Passion To become a huge success.
As reported, the film is running nationwide, where it has collected over Rs 78 crore Sacnilkhas also sparked intense online debates, fan theories, and memes. Barker emphasized that the scale of the response in India and elsewhere has taken him by surprise.
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“I certainly didn’t expect Passion To be a big hit in India. I really didn’t expect it to be such a big hit anywhere. You hope and dream that your film is successful and that people like it. But I can’t believe what it’s doing. I mean, we made this movie for nothing. “I can’t believe it’s getting the recognition it’s getting,” he said.
Passion Crossing the $200 million mark globally, it has become Focus Features’ biggest film to date. According to industry tracker boxofficemojoSince its release in the US on May 15, the film has grossed $234,501,640 (Rs 2240 crore) worldwide in 26 days.
The film has already become the studio’s highest-grossing film in the domestic market, earning $161 million. Its latest milestone comes after a strong fourth weekend, when it dropped just 7 percent and collected $25.6 million, setting the record for the best fourth weekend for a horror film and the biggest fourth weekend ever for the genre.
The supernatural horror film tells the story of Bear, a lonely employee at a music store, who uses a supernatural toy to make his friend Nikki fall in love with him, only to turn violent as she slowly loses her sanity. As the film continues to open theatrically, its record-setting box-office performance has underlined both its global appeal and the scale of Barker’s breakout success.