--- description: Katy Perry’s 2012 documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me is streaming directly on the pop star's Facebook fan page Friday. title: Katy Perry's Movie Is Streaming Directly on Facebook Now image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee1143a24828447/6986989e361760816290cb8e/katy-perry1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Katy Perry's Movie Is Streaming Directly on Facebook Now by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 20, 2014 3:31 PM CUT  Katy Perry performs on stage on the second night of her Prismatic World Tour at Odyssey Arena on May 8, 2014 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Katy Perry performs on stage on the second night of her Prismatic World Tour at Odyssey Arena on May 8, 2014 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Christie Goodwin—Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 20, 2014 3:31 PM CUT Facebook wants to start selling movies to its billion-plus user base. The social network began renting Katy Perry’s 2012 documentary _Katy Perry: Part of Me_ directly on the pop star’s Facebook fan page Friday. The movie costs $4 to be rented for 48 hours and can be watched within the Facebook site itself. A robust rental service would put Facebook in competition with video platforms like YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and the iTunes Store. Facebook tops all of them in size, but it’s not known as a destination to watch long-form video. Several movie studios experimented with renting films such as _The Dark Knight_ and _T_ _he Big Lebowski_ via Facebook in 2011, but the initiative never gained traction. So far the social network hasn’t made much of an effort to nab new releases, instead focusing on well-worn catalog titles. But Facebook’s video ambitions have increased significantly in the past three years. The company began testing auto-playing video ads late last year, and movie trailers in particular are expected to be a popular use case for the new ad unit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2905252/katy-perry-facebook-movie-streaming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2905252/katy-perry-facebook-movie-streaming/"},"headline":"Katy Perry's Movie Is Streaming Directly on Facebook Now","datePublished":"2014-06-20T15:31:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:32:34.166Z","description":"Katy Perry’s 2012 documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me is streaming directly on the pop star's Facebook fan page Friday.","url":"https://time.com/2905252/katy-perry-facebook-movie-streaming/","keywords":["Companies","movies","facebook","social networks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee1143a24828447/6986989e361760816290cb8e/katy-perry1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0ee1143a24828447/6986989e361760816290cb8e/katy-perry1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Katy Perry","caption":"Katy Perry","creditText":"Christie Goodwin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2905252/katy-perry-facebook-movie-streaming/","name":"Katy Perry's Movie Is Streaming Directly on Facebook Now"}}]}] ```