Sydney Sweeney has finally hit a major box office milestone. Following a string of underperforming releases, she has scored a huge commercial win with the success of “The Housemaid.” The film has even surpassed her Glen Powell-starrer sleeper hit rom-com “Anyone but You,” which had grossed $220.2 million globally.
Sydney Sweeney scores first box office win after multiple flops
Sydney Sweeney has led several films over the years, but none have managed to break through as box-office hits until now. That has finally changed with “The Housemaid,” which has earned over $305 million at the global box office as per a Variety report from January 28. It grossed $116 million domestically and $189.1 million internationally.
The film had opened with $19 million in North America. Some of the highest-grossing international territories are the United Kingdom ($36.4 million), France ($33.4 million), Latin America ($26.2 million), Australia and New Zealand ($15.3 million), and Spain ($12.5 million).
Adapted from Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel, “The Housemaid” centers on a young woman with a troubled, mysterious past who takes a job as the live-in maid for an affluent couple. Amanda Seyfried and Brendan Sklenar played the wealthy couple, whose life is nothing like what it appears on the surface.
Sweeney also appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which went on to gross $392 million. However, her role in the film was brief. Last year, she also appeared in the boxing documentary movie, “Christy,” but its box office collection was a meagre $1.9 million.
Considering Lionsgate had invested only $35 million in “The Housemaid,” it has turned out to be a very profitable project for the studio. It is also director Paul Feig’s most commercially successful film, whizzing past the 2011 comedy, “Bridesmaids.” A second instalment, titled “The Housemaid’s Secret,” is already in development, with Sweeney set to return as the lead and Feig back in the director’s chair.
