A Simple Favor
“Can you keep a secret?”
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
Genres
Thriller, Comedy, Mystery
Studio
Feigco Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Simple Favor performed
Budget
$20.0M
Worldwide Gross
$97.6M
Gross Profit
$77.6M
Return
4.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$16M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Stephanie Smothers
Anna Kendrick
Stephanie Smothers
Emily Nelson
Blake Lively
Emily Nelson
Sean Townsend
Henry Golding
Sean Townsend
Dennis Nylon
Rupert Friend
Dennis Nylon
Diana Hyland
Linda Cardellini
Diana Hyland
Detective Summervile
Bashir Salahuddin
Detective Summervile
Grace, Stephanie's Mom
Danielle Bourgon
Grace, Stephanie's Mom
Stacy
Kelly McCormack
Stacy
Darren
Andrew Rannells
Darren
Nicky Nelson
Ian Ho
Nicky Nelson
Miles Smothers
Joshua Satine
Miles Smothers
Bobby Chelkowsky
Paul Jurewicz
Bobby Chelkowsky
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