Posted on 05/30/2026 9:17:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
Disney's newest Star Wars movie, 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' just opened in theaters. It cost millions upon millions to make the film and it is absolutely getting its butt kicked by a small, independent horror movie called 'Obsession' which was made for a paltry $750,000.
Of course, $750K is a lot of money, but not by the standards of a Hollywood movie. That's chump change.
Even so, people are flocking to theaters to see 'Obsession' instead of Disney's newest expensive flick.
Star Wars fans have just been burned too many times. Disney basically broke the franchise by using it to push DEI and other woke concepts.
FOX News reports:
Low-budget horror flick 'Obsession' shatters box office expectations as new Star Wars film comes up short
A low-budget horror flick is defying gravity at the box office while the latest big-budget "Star Wars" movie had a rough launch compared to its predecessors.
Focus Features' "Obsession" was made with a microbudget of under $1 million. Initial projections showed it making less than $10 million in its opening weekend. It ended up making over $17 million.
This past weekend, it made roughly $24 million — $30 million when including Memorial Day — a whopping 30% increase from its opening weekend, outpacing much bigger films like "The Devil Wears Prada 2" and the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael." It even outgrossed "The Mandalorian and Grogu" on Wednesday.
Such a bump for a film in its second weekend is nearly unheard of. It has already grossed over $70 million worldwide and is now projected to make more than $100 million during its theatrical run, making it one of the most profitable films of the year.
What’s remarkable about the success of “Obsession” is that it proves that Hollywood star power isn’t always needed to get butts in seats. The director is a 26-year-old content creator named Curry Barker, who is part of the sketch comedy duo “That’s a Bad Idea,” which has over 1 million followers on YouTube and TikTok. Jason Blum, creator of BlumHouse Productions and producer of horror hits like “Get Out,” “Paranormal Activity” and “M3GAN,” only boarded “Obsession” as an executive producer after the film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year.
John Nolte of Breitbart News is a longtime critic of Disney. Here’s what he had to say about this:
To be fair, because I don’t want to take anything away from Obsession, that movie is a legitimate phenomenon, the rarest of rarities where word-of-mouth is driving it to increase its box office over time, and is doing so after launching wide. This has only happened a handful of times in the 50-year-old history of wide releases. Obsession is making box office history, and that accomplishment deserves to be recognized and not plowed under as we gloat over the failure of the groomers at Disney.
Nevertheless, Obsession’s astonishing success is its own thing, as is The Mandalorian and Grogu’s deeply satisfying failure.
If the man-hating bigots at Disney hadn’t alienated, insulted, and dismissed Star Wars fans, the piece you are reading right now could’ve been about how both movies are breaking the bank.
Disney just burned too many bridges with movie audiences. They’re reaping what they’ve sown.
The Star Wars mess is over and done with. When Darth Vader went spinning off into space at the end of the original movie, it was done, finished over with. The end.
Not a fan of Star Wars.
Not a fan of anything that Disney funds.
I was thinking the same thing! Here's a list of movies about manic female obsession with a man. Interestingly, I've only seen "Fatal Attraction." I guess I'm not attracted to this genre.
Psychological Thrillers / Drama
Darker / Art House
Black Comedy / Satirical
Romantic Obsession (more sympathetic portrayals)
That's just another Wednesday in dizzy town.
Your post made me look up these movies and I agree between the two, The Mandalorian looks better.
I’m just not into the occult (Obsession) and add a hundred F bombs and I wouldn’t watch it for free.
Here’s a movie review (spoilers) - https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/obsession-2026/
I think the Supergirl film is also going to bomb. The actress Milly Allcock looks too much like a teen dude. Flat chested and squirrely feminine.
I also expect the The Odyssey film to bomb. Having a repulsive looking Helen of Troy and Ellen Page freak pretending to be a male spartan warrior. Good riddance to Hollywood. /spit
Thanks for the Rotten Tomatoes link. I have to admit that I chuckled when watching the trailer of Obsession.
Wow, look at all those films with that same type of obsession! I’m in the same boat — only saw “Fatal Attraction.”
another low-budget, but brilliant production values, sci-film, “Companion”, is the only new film that i’ve found to be worth watching ... very intriguing story set in the near future with many twists and turns ...
Ha! You are curious now. I will return here later to let you know what our thoughts are on the entertainment value of the date.
The Road movie is almost shockingly faithful to the book. I appreciated both, though it is one of the bleakest stories I’ve ever read/seen.
Bluey was really sweet, my grands loved it. Then they introduced two daddies and other woke crap. Just pisses me off.
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That Plugged In review was pretty thorough. I’ll be staying away from that film. Thanks.
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I checked the link: damn good job for the money. The photography is good and the audio is good, two biggies cheap productions often miss. Editing looks good, script, sound effects. Kudos to them! For me the story is very Monkeys Paw-ish but the way they express it might make it worth seeing. Someone doing something so well is it’s own thing.
“damn good job for the money.” — my reaction, too.
Star Wars originally were about good guys killing and defeating villains against all odds. That was the meme for success, Disney forgot this.
From what I understand, it’s pretty rough. “Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.” my dad used to say.
Yesterday, Mark Steyn said that same thing (as only Mark can)...
An Odyssey To Ignore?
Steyn Online
29 May 2026
Posted on 5/30/2026, 7:26:28 AM by Rummyfan
This is the first topic I've ever written about which probably shouldn't be written about at all. By anyone. Anywhere.
Based on all indications so far, the best way to treat director Christopher Nolan's forthcoming movie, The Odyssey (starring Matt Damon as Odysseus) is simply to ignore it. Never mention it. Certainly not see it. Everyone in the entire world should simply continue living their lives as though the movie never existed at all.
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