Melania Documentary Boasts Record Opening Amid Mixed Reviews
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Melania Trump touted her documentary ‘Melania’ as having the best opening in a decade for a non-concert doc and an A CinemaScore, with a $2.9M opening day and an estimated $8.1M by the weekend, while critics score it only 6% on Rotten Tomatoes (audience 99%). Directed by Brett Ratner for Amazon MGM, the film covers the 20 days before Trump’s second inauguration and has drawn strong early box-office interest but polarized reviews.
- Melania Trump Boasts Early Achievements of ‘Melania’ Documentary: ‘#1 Highest Opening In 10 Yrs (Doc), Loved By All – “A” CinemaScore’ Variety
- ‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary The New York Times
- Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest The Guardian
- Melania Movie Review: All the Money In the World Can't Make Good Propaganda Vanity Fair
- The Melania Trump Documentary Is a Disgrace The Atlantic
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