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Paramount+ to Premiere 'Cookie Queens' on January 6, 2027

The licensing move shifts the SXSW-winning documentary from a modest theatrical run to streaming, raising questions about why it landed outside the couple’s reported Netflix first-look.

Overview

  • Paramount+ announced the documentary will join its licensed nonfiction slate with a streaming premiere set for January 6, 2027.
  • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are credited as executive producers through Archewell Productions and became involved after the film’s festival breakout.
  • Director Alysa Nahmias follows four Girl Scouts during the six-week 2024 cookie season and uses the $800 million Girl Scout cookie business to explore ambition, fundraising and girlhood.
  • The film premiered at Sundance, won the 2026 SXSW Audience Award, and then opened theatrically via Roadside Attractions where it earned roughly £242,000 in its U.S. opening weekend across about 446 theaters.
  • Trade and tabloid reports say Paramount+ acquired the rights despite the Sussexes’ reported Netflix first-look arrangement, a development that raises fresh questions about their distribution choices and future Archewell projects.