Heading into the year-end holiday season, very few in Hollywood were focused on director Paul Feig’s The Housemaid, save for the social backlash engulfing star Sydney Sweeney over her American Eagle jeans ad. The in-demand young actress stars opposite Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar in the adaptation of Freida McFadden’s best-selling book of the same name.
They are now. And if they aren’t, they will be soon.
Over the Jan. 23-25 weekend, The Housemaid passed up Bridesmaids ($289.6 million) to become the top-grossing film of Feig’s career in its original run with a stunning $294.9 million in global ticket sales, not adjusted for inflation.
It’s also the top showing of Sweeney’s career in a leading role, easily trumping the breakout romancer Anyone But You ($208 million). And it has earned far more than many high-profile 2025 releases such as One Battle After Another, a frontrunner for the Oscar.
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