‘Hanging by a Wire’s sucess: Inside Pakistan’s Oscar submission

1 watch on Paramount +Hanging by a Wire just topped Paramount + charts and became their number one ever since it first topped charts on October 29th, 2026.

It even maintained its spot on Halloween weekend, beating binge-watches like Dracula, Scary Movie and Rush Hour.However, that isn’t all, it also dominated region-wise.

According to an official press release, it topped as No.

1 on Paramount+ in Italy.

Then on the Apple TV store, it peaked at No.

7 on the North American Top Chart: Documentary Movies and similarly sits at No.

2 on Australia’s documentary chart.It is also pertinent to mention this is the country’s first-time peaking No.

1 on Paramount+ ’s North American movie chart.Back on October 21st, 2026 the director Mohammed Ali Naqvi, even sat down with The Hollywood Reporter and explained ‘who’ this was made for.“What I wanted to do was make a documentary for beyond documentary audiences,” his exact words were. “I wanted this to be accessible to a much larger swath of the audience.

Obviously, there are people within South Asia and the Middle East who really like the story, but also the diaspora community.

But even more than that, it’s really a specific audience who are into action and thriller films, mainstream action and thriller films.

That’s who I made this film for because this is an action and a thriller film.

It just happens to have real footage, and it happens to be a documentary.”Moreover, the documentary is a co-production of EverWonder Studio, Universal Pictures Content Group, Mindhouse Productions and 64th Street Media.

It has been written and produced by Bilal Sami, as well as directed and produced by Mohammed Ali Naqvi. ‘Hanging by a Wire’s sucess: Inside Pakistan’s Oscar submission November 6, 2026.