Sydney Sweeney’s The Housemaid‘s field workplace overtakes an Oscar Greatest Image winner that’s remembered for the way controversial its victory was. Sweeney stars reverse The Testomony of Ann Lee‘s Amanda Seyfried within the new thriller, primarily based on Freida McFadden’s novel of the identical identify, which has to this point grossed roughly $70 million worldwide, on a reported funds of $35 million.
Per Deadline, The Housemaid grossed one other $2.155 million Wednesday night time, bringing its home complete as much as $56.2 million in its second week in theaters. This places it above Greatest Image winner Crash (which grossed $55.3 million domestically) on the all-time home field workplace charts for motion pictures from Lionsgate, in addition to 2007’s Why Did I Get Married? and 2004’s Noticed.
Paul Haggis’ Crash premiered in 2005 and was typically well-reviewed, however ended up with an notorious legacy resulting from its surprising defeat of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain for Greatest Image, after Lee gained Greatest Director and the film gained Greatest Tailored Screenplay. Crash grossed $101 million worldwide and stays in Lionsgate’s prime 50 movies domestically.
The Housemaid‘s gross was down 49 % from Tuesday, nevertheless it may return up after New 12 months’s Eve, which is a common sample for the field workplace on particular holidays. The Housemaid is on monitor to interrupt even after which begin turning a revenue, primarily based on the rule of thumb {that a} film must gross two and a half instances its funds to technically be a monetary success.
The Housemaid was additionally a much-needed finish to Sweeney’s field workplace stoop, as the Euphoria star was in three motion pictures this yr that grossed roughly $5 million mixed (Eden, Americana, and Christy), whereas the book-to-movie adaptation earned round $20 million its first weekend alone. Now, The Housemaid may realistically cross the $100 million threshold earlier than the tip of its theatrical run.
In the meantime, co-star Amanda Seyfried is a frontrunner for a Greatest Lead Actress nomination on the 2026 Oscars for her efficiency in The Testomony of Ann Lee, which noticed a restricted theatrical launch on Christmas Day. Seyfried has additionally expressed curiosity in working with Sweeney once more, which may carry the latter one other field workplace hit sooner or later.
The likes of The Housemaid and Crash are simply not in the identical league as Lionsgate’s top-grossing motion pictures, that are primarily all franchise installments, together with Twilight, The Starvation Video games, and John Wick. However the distributor is seeing a modest hit with The Housemaid, which has now outperformed a famously disliked entry, and that’s one thing.
- Launch Date
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December 19, 2025
- Runtime
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131 Minutes
- Director
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Paul Feig
- Writers
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Rebecca Sonnenshine, Freida McFadden
- Producers
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Todd Lieberman