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By financial standards, the film is not a winner, at least not yet. The company that financed it, Amazon MGM Studios, still has a long way to go to break even.
Amazon’s big-budget First Lady documentary Melania came in 29th place on its debut weekend at the UK box office, according to Comscore data. The movie scored a lowly £32,974 ($44,960) from 155 cinemas at a screen average of £212 ($289).
Journalists from several major news organizations were prevented from attending the premiere of the new Melania Trump documentary this week. The Amazon MGM Studios film debuted at the Trump Kennedy Center under tight press controls.
Showing the disparity between coastal elites and moviegoers, the film had an abysmal 10% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes’ “Tomatometer,” but a 99% fresh rating from fans
The pricey Amazon documentary did well in areas like Dallas, Tampa, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta and West Palm Beach. Amazon says a docuseries is also on the way.
Melania surpassed box office expectations by a bit, but user scores on IMDB place it as one of the worst movies ever made.
Melania Trump and director Brett Ratner addressed growing questions about the cost of Melania at the documentary’s Kennedy Center premiere. The First Lady and filmmaker responded to scrutiny surrounding the Amazon MGM-backed project,
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Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for worldrights to the Brett Ratner-directed film shadowing First Lady Melania Trump in the 20 days before her husband's second inauguration, making it the most expensive documentary in history.