The Housemaid(2025)

Name: The Housemaid
Director: Paul Feig
Genre: Thriller
Released: Dec 19, 2025
Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone

Lionsgate

R
Rated R for strong/bloody violent content, sexual assault, sexual content, nudity and language.
2h 11m
- Thriller

Release Date: Dec 19, 2025 | Wide

Millie Calloway is trying to start over. When she lands a job as a live-in maid for the Winchester family in Great Neck, Long Island, it seems like the clean slate she needed. Nina Winchester is controlling and unpredictable. Her husband, Andrew, is even harder to read. The house, the family, and the locked attic room all carry secrets that start to surface. An erotic psychological thriller about power, class, and a woman who decided that she had had enough.

Releases

Original Release | Dec 19, 2025

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Box Office Results

Updated as of Apr 19, 2026 04:33 PM ET

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$19,010,430
Total US & Canada:
$126,432,462
Total International
$275,325,170
Total Worldwide:
$401,757,632

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Paul Feig
Director

Sydney Sweeney
Millie

Amanda Seyfried
Nina

Brandon Sklenar
Andrew

Elizabeth Perkins
Evelyn

Michele Morrone
Enzo

Megan Ferguson

Jilianne

Indiana Elle

Cecilia

Hannah Cruz

Lexi

Arabella Olivia Clark

Young Nina

Ellen Tamaki

Patrice

Alaina Surgener

Amanda

Amanda Joy Erickson

Suzanne

Matt Walton

Lynch

Maury Ginsberg

Therapist

Sophia Bunnell

Kelsey

Einar Haraldsson

Police Detective

Don DiPetta

Officer Jenkins

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

The Housemaid is a 2025 American erotic psychological thriller directed by Paul Feig and written by Rebecca Sonnenshine. Based on the 2022 bestselling novel by Freida McFadden, the film stars Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway, a woman on parole for manslaughter who takes a live-in housekeeping position with the wealthy Winchester family. Amanda Seyfried plays Nina Winchester, the unstable and controlling mistress of the household, and Brandon Sklenar plays her husband, Andrew. The cast also includes Michele Morrone as the Italian groundskeeper Enzo, Elizabeth Perkins as Andrew's mother Evelyn, and Indiana Elle as the Winchester daughter Cece. The film was produced by Hidden Pictures with Sweeney and Seyfried serving as executive producers alongside author McFadden. The film premiered in New York City on December 2, 2025, and was released by Lionsgate on December 19, 2025. It grossed $401.7 million worldwide against a $35 million budget, making it a significant commercial success. A sequel adapting McFadden's follow-up novel, The Housemaid's Secret, is in development, with Feig and Sweeney set to return. Core themes include class, power, deception, female agency, and the secrets hidden inside wealthy households. The film is for general audiences and fans of psychological thriller fiction.

Movie Review

The Housemaid

Soapy, glossy trash delivered with wit, style, and indelible performances makes for a satisfyingly old-fashioned thriller with bite.

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The Housemaid (2025) follows parolee Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney), desperate for stability, who becomes live-in maid for affluent Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar) in their Long Island mansion, assigned an attic room lockable from outside.