Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s project dubbed ‘box office poison’ after scathing
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were criticised by an expert (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s latest project was dubbed “box office poison” after its debut flop. Cookie Queens was released in the US last Friday and earned less than £250,000.
That means roughly £540 per showing across 446 cinemas. Harry and Meghan’s film was even overtaken by a compilation about the “world’s best cat videos”, CatVideoFest 2026. A source told The Times that the statistics showed a “pitiful return”.
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Cookie Queens did not do well in the box office (Image: Getty)
Meanwhile, the distributor for the documentary, Roadside Attractions, said: “We’re encouraged by the response and believe the film has a long life ahead as it continues to reach its many audiences.”
Harry and Meghan’s media production company, Archewell Productions, partnered with Beautiful Stories and AJNA Films on the documentary, a coming-of-age story about Girl Scouts selling their cookies.
The documentary, which had its premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, follows “four tenacious girls (who) strive to be a top-selling ‘Cookie Queen’, navigating an 800 million dollar business in which childhood and ambition collide”.
But the film also failed to impress viewers, with Variety saying it was “too much of a reality-show ramble”.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle said the movie was “about as staged as it is sweet”.
Now a royal commentator has further blasted the film.
Lee Cohen, a US-based columnist as well as a royal and foreign policy commentator, said on his X account while sharing a story about the reviews: “Box office poison. #Unsussexful.”
