Supriya Singh

Curry Barker reportedly turned down a $2 million offer to reshape Obsession and make Bear the hero because he refused to compromise the film’s core point of view. The move helps explain why the horror title has generated so much attention: Barker chose creative control over a bigger payday, and that gamble paid off with a breakout movie that has become one of the most talked-about indie horror success stories of the year, made instead on a budget of $750K.

The Michael Jackson biopic Michael is moonwalking toward a historic milestone. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, the film has officially surpassed American Sniper‘s domestic record to become the second-highest-grossing biopic of all time with $362.7 million. It now trails only The Passion of the Christ (2004), which holds the domestic record at $370.8 million, and is on pace to overtake it within weeks while chasing the $1 billion global box office club.