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Melania makes just £33,000 at UK box office after near-empty screenings

Documentary, which cost Amazon a reported £54.6m, almost didn’t crack top 30 after sparsely attended showings

The Independent UK · Feb 4

Trump touts Melania’s ‘movie star’ status following weekend documentary release

Melania has bragged that her film was ‘loved by all’ despite it receiving dire reviews from critics

The Independent UK · Feb 4

Melania Reveals What She Said About The Age Gap When She First Started Dating Donald Trump

Trump and Melania met in 1998, when she was Melania Knavs, a 28-year-old model who had been living in New York for two years.

Bored Panda · Feb 3

Melania: Amazon’s $106m documentary takes $982 per screen in Australian opening weekend

Documentary about the US first lady debuted at No 31 at Australian box office, making $32,399 from 33 screens

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3

Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: 10 key takeaways so far

Lawyers discussed possibility of Epstein’s cooperation with prosecutors – and more names surfaced in new documents

The Guardian - US · Feb 2

The “Selling Out Fast” Melania Trump Documentary Is Still a Flop

A documentary about a First Lady nobody cares about isn’t doing well in theaters? Why, frankly I am shocked! Where are all of MAGA supporters to fill those seats like they said they would? Surely couldn’t be because Brett Ratner has already been ousted from Hollywood for sexual misconduct–that’s not…

The Mary Sue · Feb 2

Melania debuts at No 29 at the UK box office

Distributors breathe a sigh of relief as the documentary defies the disastrous opening many anticipated to land a screen average of £212 on its first weekend of release

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2

Melania Trump’s movie was already in trouble, but with director Brett Ratner tied to Epstein documents, its box office fate is sealed

The documentary about Melania Trump, the First Lady of the United States, is struggling at the box office. Reports from last week suggested that only one ticket was sold for its premiere at a popular VUE location, just before its release on Friday in the UK. The film has once…

The Mary Sue · Feb 1

The empty and foul Melania doc

Neither insightful nor interesting, the first lady’s disgraceful doc exists only to fuel Trump’s propaganda machine

Salon · Feb 1

‘Melania,’ panned by some film critics, opens with strong ticket sales for a documentary

Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday

The Independent UK · Feb 1