--- title: "Director Curry Barker's movie *Obsession* becomes a box office success" description: "Most outlets led with the unexpected global success of Curry Barker’s film *Obsession*, highlighting his initial confidence in the project and the surprise at its box office phenomenon status. The News International added a quote from the stars about the phrase \"be careful what you wish for,\" while Aaj News focused on the director’s personal journey and Hollywood’s newfound interest in him." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8264-obsession-stars-weigh-in-on-movie-success-be-careful-what site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Director Curry Barker's movie *Obsession* becomes a box office success entertainment · updated 13 Sep 2026, 5:26 PM PKT · 13 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the unexpected global success of Curry Barker’s film *Obsession*, highlighting his initial confidence in the project and the surprise at its box office phenomenon status. The News International added a quote from the stars about the phrase "be careful what you wish for," while Aaj News focused on the director’s personal journey and Hollywood’s newfound interest in him. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The News International** — ['Obsession' stars weigh in on movie success: 'be careful what you wish for'](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1416054-obsession-stars-weigh-in-on-movie-success-be-careful-what-you-wish-for) · 13 Sep 2026, 5:26 PM PKT > Obsession director, Curry Barker was sure he was making a good movie but he didn’t know it would become such a global success.One year after premiering the movie at the Toronto International... - **Aaj News (English)** — [‘Obsession’ turns director Curry Barker into Hollywood’s latest sensation](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330472133/obsession-turns-director-curry-barker-into-hollywoods-latest-sensation) · 13 Sep 2026, 12:19 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > Curry Barker knew he was making a good movie when he directed Obsession — but he never expected it to become a box office phenomenon that would make Hollywood obsessed with him. One year after premiering the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the 26-year-old director returned to the event alongside the film’s lead actress, Inde Navarrette. The pair are still trying to proc... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - ["Obsession" draws surprise reaction after Gold...](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11767-obsession-draws-surprise-reaction-after-gold) · 1 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 82% related - [Young filmmaker Curry Barker prepares for Oscars after record-breaking film](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6377-curry-barker-gears-up-for-oscars-after-breaking-records) · 4 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 13 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.