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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

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

‘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

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Brett Ratner, who directed the Melania Trump documentary, photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and two girls in newly released files

A panned documentary might be the least of Ratner's worries.

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Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade

Melania, however, cost significantly more than a typical documentary, at $40m to make and $35m to promote

The Guardian - US

Melania box office results revealed as divisive documentary defies predictions

Brett Ratner’s film about the first lady performed better than expected on its opening day

The Independent UK

‘Here we go again’: $75m Melania film embodies venal spirit of Trump 2.0

First lady’s big-screen documentary premieres with criticisms over $28m payday and questions over relevancy

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I watched ‘Melania’ on opening day in a near-empty movie theater. Why I did is just one of the many questions I was left with

COMMENT : Amazon’s portrait of the first lady has dropped in cinemas, but box office sales are weak. Ellie Muir attended the first showing at her local theater in London and left with more questions than she arrived with

The Independent UK

Melania review – First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda

1/5 Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau

The Independent UK

Eggs, hats and unfettered ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary

The first lady’s political goals, high-stakes clothes fittings and hints that she and Donald still have sex are just some of the highlights from Brett Ratner’s documentary

The Guardian - UK

From ICE to Melania’s black carpet, are Trump’s techlords getting pangs of buyer’s remorse?

The first lady’s premiere was marked by conspicuous absences. It turns out chumminess with the president might just come at a cost, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

One adult for the 9.40am in Sittingbourne: a front row seat for Melania’s ominous UK opening

Pilloried as a multimillion-dollar sweetener, Amazon’s Brett Ratner-directed portrait of the first lady has opened with a grand ‘black-carpet’ premiere in Washington and mysteriously empty cinemas around the planet

The Guardian - UK

Melania ticket sales suggest weak box office opening — and some theaters are cancelling screenings

Analysis of theaters around the country shows generally sparse sales for the film’s opening

The Independent UK

Hollywood comeback bid tied to divisive Melania Trump documentary

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Melania Trump dazzles at premiere of her documentary - but Barron and other kids are nowhere to be seen

Melania said: ‘I want to show the audience my life, what it takes to be a first lady again’

The Independent UK

Melania documentary live: Critics hammer ‘vapid’ film as it debuts to near-empty theaters

New documentary is now in theaters nationwide, though early box office analysis predicts dismal showing

The Independent UK

Melania documentary pulled from South African theaters for ‘political reasons’

Film is scheduled to release Friday worldwide

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Melania Trump Documentary Worker says Crew was Reportedly not allowed to take Meal Breaks

Melania Trump’s upcoming documentary has alleged that staff were not allowed to take meal breaks during at least one long day of filming

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Viral Images Show The Humiliating Truth About Melania Trump’s New Documentary

Crew members spoke about what it was like working with First Lady Melania Trump and how the production set was “chaotic” and “disorganized.”

The Independent UK

Why disgraced Rush Hour director Brett Ratner was the only man for the Melania documentary

IN FOCUS: The director, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, lost a lucrative production deal during the #MeToo era. Now, as Kevin E G Perry reports, he is plotting a Hollywood comeback with an expensive documentary about the First Lady and Trump-backed plans to revive his…

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$40 million couldn’t save Amazon from the chaos behind Melania’s documentary. Crew members are now wishing they’d stayed far away

It was chaos!

The Guardian - US

Are people really going to see Amazon’s $75m Melania documentary?

This weekend sees the release of a controversially funded film about the first lady, directed by a disgraced film-maker

Tom’s Guide

How to watch 'MELANIA' online from anywhere

Melania Trump is stepping into the spotlight with 'MELANIA', a feature-length documentary that’s heading to cinemas first, with streaming expected later.

The Independent UK

‘Alarmed’ crew members behind Melania documentary ask to remove their names: report

‘Unfortunately, if it does flop, I would really feel great about it,’ a crew member reportedly said about the Amazon-funded documentary

The Independent UK

CNN polling guru predicts a humiliating opening box office for Melania documentary

‘Melania’ is projected to earn between $1 million and $5 million opening weekend — after Amazon spent $75 million to acquire and promote it

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