Obsession became the highest grossing movie to ever be picked up at a film festival, beating The Blair Witch Project's reported final global of $248.6M. | Hollywood

Curry Barker’s horror movie sensation "Obsession" set a new record this weekend as it became the highest-grossing film to be acquired by a studio at a film festival.

The low budget horror phenomenon grossed another $19 million at North American theaters—its fourth week in a row outperforming its box office debut.