Secret Headquarters has officially become Paramount+’s most-watched movie, marking a major high point for the popular streaming service.
In a press release, a representative stated Secret Headquarters “has rocketed to superhero status on Paramount+ as a must-watch summer family film, breaking the viewership record for an original movie in the first week of release.” Official numbers were not available at time of publication.
The plot synopsis: “While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.”
Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Paranormal Activity 3 and 4) and starring Owen Wilson, Secret Headquarters marks Paramount+’s first foray into superhero movies. Their next release is the prequel Orphan: First Kill, which could offer some streaming competition.
Paramount+’s Secret Headquarters was originally set to be released in theaters on August 4before becoming a streaming exclusive one week after.
Paramount+, which launched in 2014 as CBS All Access, is only recently getting into the original movies game. Their first was last year’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. Their 13th, 6 Festivals, arrives this week, while On the Come Up and Blue’s Big City Adventure are due out this year. Paramount+’s television output has been non-stop, with the video game adaptation Halo setting the service’s series premiere record and multiple Star Trek series proving popular with fans. Their next major series is the Yellowstone prequel 1932, due out this winter.
Paramount+ currently reports around 43 million subscribers. That puts it above Apple TV+ by around 10 million and just under Hulu. Netflix is still currently the king of streaming services.
What did you think of Secret Headquarters? Is Paramount+ on your list of subscribed streaming services?