{"id":318350,"date":"2026-08-11T03:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318350\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T03:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:02:10","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-latest-film-project-cookie-queens-bombs-at-box-office-beaten-by-cat-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318350\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s latest film project Cookie Queens bombs at box office, beaten by cat videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film produced by Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan\u2019s company Archewell Productions has taken a hit at the box office, beaten by a compilation of cat videos.<\/p>\n

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/a> are executive producers of the documentary film Cookie Queens, which follows the US Girls Scouts movement<\/a> and their fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n

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Meghan attended a screening for the documentary film Cookie Queens in late July before its release in selected cinemas a week later.\u00a0@cookiequeensfilm<\/p>\n

The movie opened in 446 theatres worldwide on August 7 but made just $327,797 (approx. $460,000) \u2212 falling short of the weekend\u2019s Top 10 releases, according to Box Office Mojo. <\/p>\n

Each screening earned just under $1000, the site reported.<\/p>\n

A compilation film of cat videos submitted by fans from around the world, CatVideoFest 2026, did make the top 10 despite being released in just 255 cinemas globally, earning $568,414\u00a0(approx. $800,000) at the box office.<\/p>\n

\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 an industry source told The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s media company, Archewell Productions, partnered with Beautiful Stories and AJNA Films on the film.<\/p>\n

The duke and his wife do not appear in the movie, but they did their best to publicise it by\u00a0attending a screening<\/a>\u00a0at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a Girl Scout, my mum was a troop leader, and I think the value of friendship, of being dedicated to a goal, as you can see that in Cookie Queens, it\u2019s so reflective of how these girls stick with something that\u2019s important to them and don\u2019t give up,\u201d the duchess said while promoting the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd self-belief is an integral value that comes with being a Girl Scout.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Alysa Nahmias, who directed Cookie Queens, at Sundance in January.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Last year when launching her As Ever shortbread cookie mix, Meghan shared photographs of herself as a child selling cookies in her Girl Scouts uniform.<\/p>\n

The film debuted at Sundance after Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s multi-million contract with Netflix was renewed<\/a> in a watered-down deal, in August. Under the \u201cmultiyear, first-look deal\u201d the streamer is given the first option on any ideas the Sussexes come up with rather than funding the couple\u2019s entire production output.<\/p>\n

Their\u00a0previous projects with Netflix<\/a>\u00a0have been hit and miss, bringing in mixed reactions.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s most successful project so far was their first.<\/p>\n

The six-part docu-series\u00a0Harry & Meghan<\/a>, became the streamer\u2019s\u00a0biggest documentary debut ever<\/a>\u00a0when it premiered in December 2022, generating 23.4 million views in its first four days. But the series was widely criticised and viewing quickly dropped off in later episodes.<\/p>\n

The duchess\u2019 lifestyle and cooking show With Love, Meghan was not renewed after two seasons<\/a> and a Christmas special in 2025.<\/p>\n

Cookie Queens was Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s latest project through Archewell Productions. <\/p>\n

Roadside Attractions, the independent distributor for the film, told Deadline the movie had performed well with groups of current and former girl scouts.<\/p>\n

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In January, Meghan was in Utah to support the documentary Cookie Queens, about America\u2019s Girl Scouts movement. \u00a0Getty Images for Sundance Film F<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re encouraged by the response and believe the film has a long life ahead as it continues to reach its many audiences,\u201d they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The low figures for Cookie Queens are likely to pour cold water on Harry and Meghan\u2019s Hollywood ambitions.<\/p>\n

However, they are said to be working on a film adaptation of the popular book, The Wedding Date, as co-producers through Archewell Productions and Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A film produced by Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s company Archewell Productions has taken a hit at the box…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-318350","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\/318350","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=318350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}