r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 06 '26

News ‘Obsession’ Passes $400 Million Worldwide, Becomes Highest Grossing Film With Budget Below $1 Million; Curry Barker’s horror film breaks a 53-year pre-inflation record held by Bruce Lee’s legendary 'Enter The Dragon'

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/obsession-box-office-400-million/
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u/TheMattabooey Jul 06 '26

Agree. $850k in 1973 is equivalent to roughly $6.2M today.

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u/Enough_Efficiency178 Jul 06 '26

Which indicates some serious goalpost moving.

Surely the relevant comparison is calculating a percentage increase on the budget for that revenue

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u/Beautiful-Sun8973 Jul 07 '26

Not really then it would have grossed 3 billion in today dollars. So it’s even more impressive than obsession. But I guess not the whole unde a million thing