Overview

• Paramount+ says The Naked Gun begins streaming in the U.S. and Canada on Sept. 30 following its Aug. 1 theatrical release.
• Liam Neeson stars as Frank Drebin Jr. with Pamela Anderson and Paul Walter Hauser, directed by Akiva Schaffer and produced by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door.
• The film earned about $102 million worldwide after a $17 million domestic opening, hit PVOD on Sept. 2, and gets a 4K/Blu-ray/DVD release on Nov. 11 with roughly an hour of bonus content.
• Critical and audience marks are strong, including an 88% Rotten Tomatoes critics rating and an A- CinemaScore.
• Paramount+ also carries the original trilogy, which the service says saw viewership rise 84% during the reboot’s theatrical month, as Liam Neeson has described the new film as probably a one-off.