Obsession digital release date: Here's when Curry Barker’s film will be available for purchase and rental

CUrry Barker’s fixation, produced on a micro-budget of below $1 billion (estimated $750,000), has suit a historical box-office phenomenon. The film defied horror movie trends, posted consecutive weekend revenue increases and went on to become the highest-grossing film acquisition in history. Fans have been eager to know when Obsession comes out on streaming, and a digital release date has finally been announced.Obsession digital release dateObsession will be available for digital purchase and rental starting June 30, but there is no word yet on when it will start streaming, according to Movieweb. However, the movie is expected to land on Peacock at some point. It is still available to watch in theaters.Barker’s film 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, according to Deadline. The found footage horror film was acquired out of Sundance 1999 for $1M+ by Artisan.Also Read | How Obsession's most shocking jumpscare scene was shot using a doll, jelly glass, fake blood, lots of shaking. WatchStarring Indie Navarrette and Michael Johnston, Obsession saw its fourth consecutive weekend (out of five) best its opening frame ($17.1M). It even bested the global cume of Blumhouse and Universal’s Oscar winning Get Out which finale at $259.9MWhile Obsession initially had a streaming date, its unprecedented box office performance has prompted its distributor, Focus Features, to hold off. The movie was originally scheduled for digital release on June 2, 2026.Universal Pictures, which owns Focus Features, signed a deal with theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the studio to send movies to digital 17 days after their theatrical release, provided they grossed less than $50 million. Obsession opened to a $17 million, and people expected that the film would drop in the following weeks.However, on May 31, Focus Features scrapped the digital release of Obsession as the movie’s box office collection increased week after week. On the day it was actually scheduled to stream, it grossed $5.7 million in theaters, according to Movieweb.Also Read | Obsession director Curry Barker drops an easter egg from the horror film. Did you catch it?This year, Universal Pictures decided to reverse course on its 17-day theatrical rule to instead commit that all of its films will receive at least a five-week theatrical window before they are made available for digital purchase. Focus Features remains an exception, and it can still use the 17-day theatrical model.Obsession, which stars Michael Johnston as Bear and Inde Navarrette as Nikki, became the first movie since 1982’s E.T.: The Extraterrestrial to increase in weekends two and three, per The Hollywood Reporter.