Obsession to enter Golden Globes as a musical or comedy
Obsession will chase the Golden Globes in the musical or comedy race.
The Hollywood Reporter reported on 30 September 2026 that it had learned of the submission plan, decided by Focus Features and fellow stakeholders The Hollywood Reporter. Focus Features is the film's distributor in the United States, which in awards language means the company putting it into cinemas and handling its campaign.
The film is a Curry Barker story about a wish gone wrong. Inde Navarrette stars as the wish-version of Nikki Freeman, the character at the centre of that wish.
The Globes split their top film prize in two. One award goes to Best Drama. The other goes to Best Musical or Comedy. Every film has to enter the side it thinks fits best.
The money behind Obsession gives the entry extra attention. It was made for $750,000 and has passed $500 million at the worldwide box office, in US dollars, according to figures reported on 30 September 2026. Worldwide means ticket sales in all markets combined. Domestic, a term readers often see in box-office reports, means the United States and Canada alone.
A category bid is not automatic. A small section inside the Golden Globes organisation reviews each submission and can approve or reject it, though it tends to follow the distributor's lead The Hollywood Reporter.
The basic entry rules are simple. Scripted feature films must run 70 minutes or longer to qualify Golden Globes. The rules also state that a film shall be entered in the category that best matches its overall tone and content Golden Globes.
What makes this stand out is the path. A low-budget horror entry moving into the awards conversation is unusual, because most contenders arrive with far higher costs and longer campaigns. For fans, this means Obsession will be judged alongside comedies and musicals rather than straight dramas when nominations are decided.
