{"id":2508812,"date":"2026-07-20T01:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2508812"},"modified":"2026-07-20T01:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T01:20:35","slug":"the-most-successful-movie-of-the-year-is-dominating-peacock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-most-successful-movie-of-the-year-is-dominating-peacock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Successful Movie Of The Year Is Dominating Peacock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Avengers: Doomsday<\/em> could break $1.5 billion,<em> The Odyssey<\/em> and <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day <\/em>could each set records, and yet, all three of them would still not be as profitable as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Obsession;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/obsession-destruction-marvel-dc-another-155703787.html\"><em>Obsession<\/em><\/a>. The little horror movie that could has legged out its theatrical run for so long, that&#8217;s it&#8217;s still playing in theaters while available to stream on Peacock. That it debuted as the number one movie on Peacock isn&#8217;t a surprise, by now, everyone expected it to be a smash hit on streaming.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Obsession Breaks One Of The Genie&#8217;s Rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Online discourse around <em>Obsession <\/em>has become focused on, sit down for a moment because this will surprise you, the actual plot and characters in the movie itself. Curry Barker&#8217;s horror about a wish gone wrong kicked off a raging discussion over who&#8217;s the villain of the movie? Is it the Bear-obsessed Nikki (Inde Navarette)? Is it Bear (Michael Johnston), who naively wished for Nikki to love him? Or is it Ian (Cooper Tomlinson), Bear&#8217;s best friend, who decided to keep a secret from his bestie?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There&#8217;s a clear answer to that but it&#8217;s how <em>Obsession<\/em> gets there that&#8217;s turned out to be the truly unsettling part of the story. Bear&#8217;s use of the One Wish Willow to have Nikki love him more than anyone else in the world is why in <em>Aladdin<\/em> the Genie says he won&#8217;t make anyone fall in love. What begins as a Monkey&#8217;s Paw fable, takes a turn, and the result is the single most profitable film in decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Obsession Is Only The Beginning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/97e54c8c863e68f48e40207632e2c15bb5ef9b8129145d3606baedcbbceea9e7\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w900_h506;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fgiant_freakin_robot_articles_628%2F46b9bf2564b6c17f16b6dbda282f4623\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Obsession<\/em> famously cost $750,000 to make, but it&#8217;s earned $430 million and counting. Percentage-wise, no one can beat it this year. In a world of ballooning Hollywood budgets, it broke the mold and proved, yet again, that horror can be cheap to make, but if it hits the right audience at the right time, there&#8217;s nothing else like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Every choice made in the production and marketing of <em>Obsession<\/em> worked out. From the framing of that shot from inside the car, you&#8217;ll know it the moment you see it, to the old-school trailer that explained the plot without giving away the entire movie (what a novel concept). Inde Navarette&#8217;s &#8220;no no no no&#8221; line reading became a meme, and alongside Johnston, both leads gave career-making performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The next step for Curry Barker is <em>Anything But Ghosts<\/em>, already in post-production, and bringing back Cooper Tomlinson as a fake paranormal investigator who stumbles across real ghosts. That and he&#8217;ll be helming the next entry in a small horror franchise, <em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em>. Maybe you&#8217;ve heard of it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Obsession<\/em> is the biggest streaming hit on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Peacock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/stream-movies\/obsession\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Peacock<\/a> so far this year. To give you an idea how weak the Peacock lineup has been lately, it&#8217;s sharing the top ten with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ocean's 11;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/15-best-dad-movies-time-173424005.html\"><em>Ocean&#8217;s 11<\/em><\/a>, <em>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs<\/em>, and <em>Fast Five<\/em>. Not bad movies, but also, not new ones either. Now that it&#8217;s available for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:streaming;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/streaming\" class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a>, prepare for <em>Obsession<\/em> to stay in your social media feed for the next few months. People are obsessed with this movie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avengers: Doomsday could break $1.5 billion, The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day could each set records, and yet, all three of them would still not be as profitable as Obsession. 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