Sydney Sweeney’s $300M Thriller Is Finally Available At Home

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Sydney Sweeney with a concerned expression in The Housemaid

Published Feb 3, 2026, 12:45 PM EST

Alex is the Senior Movies Editor, managing the New Movies team, as well as one of ScreenRant's Rotten Tomatoes-approved critics. After graduating from Brown University with a B.A. in English, he spent a locked-down year in Scotland completing a Master's in Film Studies from the University of Edinburgh, which he hears is a nice, lively city. He now lives in and works from Milan, Italy, conveniently a short train ride from the Venice Film Festival, which he first covered for SR in 2024.

Sydney Sweeney is one of a handful of young actors who's taking the road to stardom seriously. After being launched into the spotlight by her role on HBO's Euphoria, she jumped headlong into movies, building up a pretty varied slate. She's had some important wins over the last few years. 2023's Anyone But You made $220 million worldwide and made theatrical romcoms seem viable again. 2024's Immaculate made for a successful first outing as a producer, earning $35 million on a $9 million budget.

And while Sweeney may not look back on 2025 with total fondness – she spent most of the year dogged by controversy and releasing films that struggled to find audiences – it produced her biggest hit yet. The Housemaid, directed by Paul Feig and adapted from the Freida McFadden bestseller of the same name, has been a remarkable success since it hit theaters in December. Last week, the film crossed the $300 million global box office milestone, a remarkable sum for a $35 million thriller. It's become the highest-grossing movie of Sydney Sweeney's career.

Now, as of February 3, it's finally available to watch at home.

The Housemaid Is Now Available On Digital

Amanda Seyfried as Nina holding the face of Sydney Sweeney as Millie in The Housemaid

The Housemaid served an important purpose at the holiday box office. The big December blockbuster was Avatar: Fire & Ash, and most of the other releases around that time weren't really looking to compete with it on that level. The competition was really to become Avatar's counterprogramming, and be the compelling alternative for people who weren't really looking to return to Pandora. A few films found success, including Timothée Chalamet's Marty Supreme, but The Housemaid won that battle.

And it did it by targeting female audiences, too often underserved by Hollywood, who showed up big time. Reviews were good, with the Rotten Tomatoes critics score settled at 74%, and that translated to a strong $19 million domestic opening. But the audience score of 92% is more indicative of how the movie was then embraced by moviegoers. For its first five weeks of release, through to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday weekend in January, the film held remarkably well domestically, never dropping more than 30% week-to-week. That's a sign of a true word-of-mouth hit.

Now, though it's still making some money, its box office has started to wind down, and the studio has made the film available to buy and rent at typical PVOD prices through the usual services, such as Amazon and Apple TV. Currently, The Housemaid's digital purchase price is set at $24.99, while a 30-day rental (which becomes 48 hours once the movie is played) costs $19.99. It'll be some time before those numbers come down, but with enough people gathered to watch, those prices compared to theatrical tickets could entice some new viewers.

Even as a sometimes dark thriller, The Housemaid is twisty, campy fun. It makes clever use of its stars, with Sydney Sweeney and Brandon Sklenar playing nicely into type while Amanda Seyfried gets to let loose in a performance heavy on hysterics. It played great in a packed theater, but I have no doubt it'll go over well at home, especially with the right group of friends. And if you watch and find yourself invested in these characters, you're in luck: The Housemaid's Secret, adapting McFadden's sequel novel, is already in the works.