‘The Housemaid’ Sweeping Up $200M Around The Globe, Paul Feig’s Fifth Movie To Cross Threshold

Lionsgate ’s The Housemaid is crossing the two-century milestone worldwide, making it filmmaker Paul Feig ‘s fifth movie to do so after Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat and Ghostbusters. The feature take of the Freida McFadden novel from Lionsgate and Hidden Pictures Media will cross $100 million stateside Friday, with $100M-plus already clocked abroad earlier this week. The thriller stars Amanda Seyfried as a crazed rich housewife, who with her suave husband (Brandon Sklenar) hires a mysterious young woman ( Sydney Sweeney ) with a past as their live-in maid. Calamity ensues. The pic is $20M from overtaking Sweeney’s 2023 rom-com Anyone But You ($220.3M) to become the star’s second highest-grossing movie at the global box office after Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ($392.1M). In total. Feig counts north of $1.4 billion at the global box office as a director. His highest-grossing movie remains 2011’s Bridesmaids at $324.8M worldwide. Watch on Deadline In addition, The Housemaid is Lionsgate’s second movie to cross $200M at the global box office in 2025-2026, with Now You See Me: Now You Don’t reaching that milestone last month at $241M WW. The studio licenses out foreign territories to fund its pics. Lionsgate already announced a sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, based on McFadden’s next title in the bestselling series. Housemaid scribe Rebecca Sonnenshine is currently adapting; Feig is expected to return to helm, with Sweeney and Michele Morrone also looking to come back. After four weeks, The Housemaid has posted solid holds for a Christmas release at the domestic B.O. and continues to roll out internationally, playing in 66 territories. It was No. 1 at the UK box office last weekend ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash and Zootopia 2 . The pic is produced by Todd Lieberman, Laura Fischer and Feig, and executive produced by Sweeney, Seyfried and McFadden. Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in statement, “ The Housemaid demonstrates what can be accomplished when the right stars - Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone, and Elizabeth Perkins - are matched with brilliant filmmakers and captivating material, with it all coming together to create a truly compelling moviegoing experience and an undeniable appetite for more. Paul Feig surpassed expectations by delivering a thriller that’s everything audiences have been asking for. Early on, our team - particularly the women at Lionsgate - recognized Freida McFadden’s trilogy as exceptional cinematic material before it became a literary phenomenon. Congratulations to our outstanding cast and filmmakers and the entire Lionsgate team.”

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