{"id":32501,"date":"2026-02-08T23:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:04:33","slug":"amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s \u2018Melania\u2019 documentary stumbles in second weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/01\/amazons-melania-documentary-makes-7m-on-opening-weekend\/\">a better-than-expected opening weekend<\/a> in theaters, box office for Amazon\u2019s \u201cMelania\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/box-office\/melania-box-office-plunges-send-help-stays-first-slow-super-bowl-1236656120\/\">fell 67%<\/a>, to an estimated $2.37 million, in its second weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary about First Melania Trump has grossed <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/release\/rl4287397889\/?ref_=bo_da_table_7\">a total of $13.5 million so far<\/a> (almost all of that in the United States), which means it\u2019s extremely unlikely the film \u2014 which Amazon spent $40 million to acquire and $35 million to market \u2014 will break even in theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before \u201cMelania\u201d\u2019s release, a former Amazon film executive <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/28\/business\/media\/amazon-melania-trump-film-critics.html\">asked how the price tag could be motivated by anything other<\/a> than \u201ccurrying favor\u201d with the Trump administration or \u201can outright bribe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moviegoing typically slows during Super Bowl weekend, but the weekend\u2019s top film, \u201cSend Help,\u201d only declined 47%. And after placing third on the charts last weekend, \u201cMelania\u201d is ninth this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps anticipating discussion about the film\u2019s decline, Amazon released a statement from its head of domestic theatrical distribution Kevin Wilson, who said, \u201cTogether, theatrical and streaming represent two distinct value creating moments that amplify the film\u2019s overall impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMelania\u201d received <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/melania\/\">universally negative reviews from critics<\/a>, but its 99% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes was so good that the site <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/melania-movie-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-critics-1236497256\/\">put out a statement insisting that the score was real<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/08\/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, box office for Amazon\u2019s \u201cMelania\u201d fell 67%, to an estimated $2.37 million, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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