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at the box office in 2007. In 2008, Elba starred in the horror film Prom Night and Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla. In January 2009, Elba starred in horror film The Unborn. He starred in Obsessed, alongside Beyoncé Knowles and Ali Larter, as an asset manager who has a beautiful wife (Knowles) and thriving career until a temp office worker (Larter) begins stalking him.Obsessed was a box office success, taking $29 million in its opening weekend. Obsessed was released on DVD on 4 August 2009. Elba next film was Legacy (2010)in which he portrayed a black ops soldier, Malcolm, who returned to Brooklyn after a failed mission in East-