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Variety reports that Focus Features moved quickly on Obsession, sealing a $14-$15 million deal just two days after the film's Midnight Madness premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025. The film tracks Bear, a record store employee stuck in the friend zone, and has since built a year of momentum through meme culture and evolving character dynamics between Inde Navarrette's Nikki and Curry Barker's performance. That rapid acquisition and sustained cultural footprint mark it as one of the more notable indie breakouts in recent festival history.
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