Sydney Sweeney’s thriller, The Housemaid, has earned more at the box office than the Oscar-winning film Crash, which was famously a controversial winner. The film, which stars Sweeney alongside Amanda Seyfried, is based on a novel by Freida McFadden and has made around $70 million globally on a $35 million budget.
According to Deadline, The Housemaid earned $2.155 million on Wednesday, bringing its total earnings in the US to $56.2 million after two weeks in theaters. This performance now places it ahead of Best Picture winner Crash (which made $55.3 million domestically) as one of Lionsgate’s highest-grossing films. It also surpassed the domestic box office totals of 2007’s Why Did I Get Married? and 2004’s Saw.
Paul Haggis’ film Crash came out in 2005 to positive reviews, but it’s mostly remembered for its surprising win of the Best Picture Oscar over Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain – even though Lee won Best Director and Brokeback Mountain won for Best Adapted Screenplay. Crash earned $101 million around the world and is still one of Lionsgate’s most successful domestic films.
Okay, so The Housemaid saw a pretty significant drop in ticket sales yesterday – almost 50
The success of The Housemaid was a welcome change for star Sydney Sweeney, who hadn’t seen strong box office results recently. Her other three films this year – Eden, Americana, and Christy – earned a combined total of only about $5 million. In contrast, The Housemaid made around $20 million in its opening weekend and is now projected to potentially exceed $100 million in total earnings.
Amanda Seyfried, who starred alongside Sweeney, is a strong contender for Best Actress at the 2026 Oscars thanks to her role in The Testament of Ann Lee, which had a brief run in theaters on Christmas Day. Seyfried has also said she’d like to work with Sweeney again, potentially leading to another successful film for him.
While films like The Housemaid and Crash haven’t reached the same level of success as Lionsgate’s biggest money-makers – which are mostly sequels and films within established franchises like Twilight, The Hunger Games, and John Wick – The Housemaid is performing reasonably well. It has actually surpassed a particularly unpopular film in terms of viewership, and that’s a positive sign.
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2026-01-01 23:08