01-05-2025
Family Hit ‘Paddington In Peru' Gets Netflix Streaming Premiere Date
Partial poster for "Paddington in Peru."
Paddington in Peru— the hit third installment of the Paddington movie series — is coming soon to Netflix.
Paddington in Peru was released in theaters on Feb. 14 and pivoted to digital streaming on April 1. The summary for the movie reads, 'Paddington in Peru follows Paddington Bear (voice of Ben Wishaw) and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy (voice of Imelda Staunton) in Peru. A thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.'
Rated PG, Paddington in Peru also stars Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin and Jim Broadbent.
Netflix announced Thursday that Paddington in Peru will debut on the streaming service on Thursday, May 15. You must be a Netflix subscriber to watch Paddington in Peru on the streaming platform.
Netflix offers an ad-based package for $7.99 per month for viewing on two supported devices, an ad-free package for $17.99 per month for two supported devices.
Additionally, Netflix has an ad-free package for $24.99 per month for four supported devices with 4K Ultra HD programming.
Paddington Bear is the creation of British author Michael Bond, whose first book in the series — A Bear Called Paddington — was released in 1958. The first movie based on the books, simply called Paddington, came out in 2014, while Paddington 2 was released in 2017.
Ben Whishaw, who played Q in Daniel Craig's last three James Bond movies, voiced Paddington for the third time in Paddington in Peru. However, since the last Paddington film was released in 2017, Whishaw admitted in a November 2024 interview with Metro that there was a bit of trepidation when it came to finding the famed bear's voice again.
'It always takes a bit of time to find the voice again, even though the voice is really just my voice. It's such a hard – I don't really even understand!' Whishaw explained to Metro. 'I guess a lot of it's to do with making the voice fit with the animation, and, God, weird things like just knowing exactly where he is in the room or in space, or how far away the other person is.'
As such, Whishaw told the publication, returning to the voice role is like a 'trial and error' situation, 'but I always feel like my first few – two, three, four – sessions are all just discarded because they don't work at all! But then eventually we get back into the swing.'
While in theaters, Paddington in Peru took in $45.7 million domestically and $146.4 million internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $192.1 $75.3 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, per The Numbers.
Paddington in Peru was also a big hit with Rotten Tomatoes critics, who collectively gave the film a 93% 'fresh' rating based on 182 reviews. Audiences gave Paddington in Peru a 91% 'fresh' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings.
Directed by Dougal Wilson, Paddington in Peru arrives on Netflix on May 15.
