Overview
- Speaking at a Board of Peace event in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump praised Melania Trump’s documentary and joked there isn’t room for two stars in the family.
- Melania opened to about $7–7.2 million, then fell 67% in its second weekend, with cumulative grosses reported at roughly $15.8–16 million heading into its fourth week.
- Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for worldwide rights and spent about $35 million on marketing, an unusually large outlay for a documentary.
- The film has an extreme split between reviews and user reactions, with critics around 11% on Rotten Tomatoes versus a 98% audience score, and Rotten Tomatoes’ parent Versant denying bot manipulation.
- The documentary continues in limited theatrical play and will stream on Prime Video at a later date, with no official streaming date announced.