“Melania,” the documentary centered on first lady Melania Trump, delivered a box-office surprise with a $7 million opening weekend, according to estimates released Sunday, Feb. 1, by Amazon MGM Studios.
Directed by Brett Ratner, the film had been expected to open between $3 million and $5 million. It chronicles the 20 days leading up to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in 2025, told from his wife’s perspective. Final box-office figures will be released Feb. 2.
Anything above $1 million is “a huge number,” said Jeff Bock, senior media analyst for Exhibitor Relations, in an interview with USA TODAY ahead of the release. “That would mean that a lot of folks who don’t normally go to the movies went to this.”
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