{"id":318034,"date":"2026-08-10T20:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318034\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:18:58","slug":"harry-and-meghan-produced-girl-scout-cookie-doc-beaten-at-the-box-office-by-cat-video-compilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318034\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan-produced Girl Scout Cookie doc beaten at the box office by cat video compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cookie Queens, a Girl Scout documentary<\/a> executive-produced by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, failed to make waves at the box office <\/a>this weekend. In fact, it was even outperformed by a 70-minute cat compilation video.<\/p>\n

Directed by Alysa Nahmias, Cookie Queens follows four tenacious American Girl Scouts<\/a> in their attempt to become the top Girl Scout Cookie seller. Months after its world debut in January at the Sundance Film Festival, it opened August 7 in 446 theaters to $327,797 worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.<\/p>\n

That figure was not enough to break the documentary into the weekend\u2019s Top 10 releases. Among those that did make the cut, however, was Will Braden\u2019s CatVideoFest 2026<\/a>, a compilation of the best cat videos submitted by fans, which landed in 10th place. Despite having only been released in 255 theaters, it earned $568,414 globally.<\/p>\n

Reacting to Cookie Queen\u2019s muted theatrical reception, an industry source told The Times of London, <\/a>\u201cNot taking the good name of the world\u2019s No. 1 cat video festival in vain, this is by any measure a pretty pitiful return.\u201d <\/p>\n

The film\u2019s distribution rights were acquired by Roadside Attractions, which is known for its distribution of Morgan Spurlock\u2019s famous Super Size Me documentary. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/a> served as executive producers through their company, Archewell Productions.<\/p>\n

\"\u2018Cookie\u2018Cookie Queens\u2019 was released in theaters over the weekend (Sundance Film Festival)\"'Cookie‘Cookie Queens’ was directed and produced by Alysa Nahmias (middle) and executive produced by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle through their production studio, Archewell Productions (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a former Girl Scout myself, with my mom as my troop leader, I have a personal affinity for this film and am proud that Archewell Productions has partnered with this award-winning team to executive produce this incredibly captivating film,\u201d Meghan previously said<\/a>, adding, \u201cAlysa\u2019s creative point of view, the edgy yet humanizing tone and tenor of the directing, and the glimpse behind-the-scenes into such a nostalgic and also modern tradition of Girl Scout Cookie season are absolutely irresistible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted Archewell Productions for comment. <\/p>\n

In a comment to Deadline<\/a>, Roadside Attractions noted that Cookie Queens performed well at specialty venues that traditionally screen documentaries, as well as multiplexes where Girl Scouts and former troop members helped drive attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re encouraged by the response,\u201d they said, \u201cand believe the film has a long life ahead as it continues to reach its many audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cookie Queens is Archewell Productions\u2019 latest project, following the second season of Meghan\u2019s lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan,<\/a> in 2025. <\/p>\n

Founded in 2020, after Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior members of the British royal family, the company has produced a handful of documentaries and docu-series, including Masaka Kids, a Rhythm Within (2025), Polo (2024), Live to Lead (2022) and Harry & Meghan (2022).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-318034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}