A new horror film has emerged at the top of the movie charts on a popular streaming platform, beating Tom Cruise\u2019s $1.5 billion sequel. The horror movie originally premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 18, 2025, before releasing in US theaters on January 9, 2026. It debuted on Paramount+ on March 25, 2026.<\/p>\n
Primate tops Paramount+ movie charts<\/p>\n
Primate tops the Paramount+ movie charts as of April 26, 2026, according to FlixPatrol<\/a>. Meanwhile, Cruise\u2019s Top Gun: Maverick occupies the second spot. The other eight entries on the list are 2025\u2019s The Running Man, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Roofman, The Ledge, Cheech & Chong\u2019s Last Movie, An Unfinished Life, Crawl, and Due Justice.<\/p>\n Notably, the data from FlixPatrol isn\u2019t complete. However, it does give a broader picture.<\/p>\n Set in Hawaii, Primate revolves around an adopted chimpanzee who becomes violent after a mongoose bite. Johannes Roberts directed the movie from a script he penned with Ernest Riera. The cast includes Johnny Sequoyah as Lucy Pinborough; Jessica Alexander as Hannah; Troy Kotsur as Adam Pinborough; Victoria Wyant as Kate; and Miguel Torres Umba as Ben, the chimpanzee.<\/p>\n Following its release, the movie grossed $39 million<\/a> worldwide (Box Office Mojo). It currently has an 78% <\/a>approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 201 reviews. William Bibbiani Additionally, Top Gun: Maverick debuted in US theaters in May 2022 and serves as a sequel to 1986\u2019s Top Gun. Cruise reprises his role as Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell, as does Val Kilmer as Tom \u201cIceman\u201d Kazansky. The cast also includes Miles Teller as Lieutenant Bradley \u201cRooster\u201d Bradshaw, Jennifer Connelly as Penelope \u201cPenny\u201d Benjamin, and Glen Powell as LT Jake \u201cHangman\u201d Seresin. Joseph Kosinski directed the feature from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie. According to Box Office Mojo, the movie made $1.5 billion<\/a> worldwide.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post New Horror Movie Beats Tom Cruise\u2019s $1.5B Sequel in Streaming Battle<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new horror film has emerged at the top of the movie charts on a popular streaming platform,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,80193,307161,344,103568,307162,227032,17689,116556],"class_list":{"0":"post-634195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-horror-movie","12":"tag-movie-charts","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-primate","15":"tag-spongebob-squarepants-movie","16":"tag-the-paramount","17":"tag-tom-cruise","18":"tag-top-gun"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
of TheWrap<\/a> wrote in a review, \u201cYou could pick nits with Primate, and I guess that would be thematically appropriate, but the film\u2019s tight runtime and uncomplicated, visceral storytelling don\u2019t give the mind any opportunity to wander.\u201d<\/p>\n