{"id":711039,"date":"2026-02-09T10:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend-4\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:05:22","slug":"amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s \u2018Melania\u2019 documentary stumbles in second weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, box office for Amazon\u2019s \u201cMelania\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" 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<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/08\/amazons-melania-documentary-stumbles-in-second-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/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 its second weekend. The documentary about First Melania Trump has grossed a total of $13.5 million so far (almost all of that in the United States), which means it\u2019s extremely unlikely the film \u2014 which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}