The Melania documentary has been a total failure

@NJChicaa (126357)
United States
February 16, 2026 5:42pm CST
Shocker. It is a documentary about like 20 days leading up to Trump being inaugurated again. Who the hell even cares about that? Well Jeff Bezos paid $40 million for the rights to it and then spent $35 million to promote it. After 3 weeks it has grossed $15 million making it a spectacular failure. Amazon is trying to save face by saying that they expect lots of people to stream the film (whenever they release it that way) but come on. . . is there any big appetite for this documentary? (narrator: nope) Too bad. So sad.
Moviegoers are running out of love for Melania. The first lady’s eponymous documentary continued to plummet on only its third weekend, suffering a 62.3-percent drop in attendance, according to data fr...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (371888)
• Rockingham, Australia
2h
I won't be watching it, streamed or otherwise.
DE
@DaddyEvil (168066)
• United States
2h
I can't believe anybody would care, either. I bet it's just another way to funnel money to trump without getting caught up in red tape.
Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (54812)
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3h
I have absolutely no desire to watch it.
Jimlos Tatooth
@Ineeddentures (17829)
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4h
Well all I have to compare her to would be Kamala Harris and I would rather watch Melania all day long. I don't care about Box Office and money or sign ups or streaming numbers or the politics involved I just want to watch the documentary. The Trumps, like them or loathe them have given us great entertainment, nobody can deny that I don't like Donald, his policies, his attitudes, anything about him Except his wife, and his daughter Yay for Donald