The Melania documentary was more successful than expected – in the USA, the YouTube creator’s surprise hit came first

About Melania Trump narrative documentary film Melania collected in its opening weekend seven million dollars box office in the United States.

The result was clearly better than expected. Film industry insiders predicted last week that the documentary would gross only $2 million to $5 million in its first weekend. by Entertainment Weekly by the prediction was justified, among other things, by the fact that documentaries rarely succeed at the box office.

Melanian the premiere result is particularly good for a documentary. The film still has a long way to go before it returns its costs. The distributor Amazon MGM Studios paid 40 million dollars for the film rights and spent almost the same amount on its marketing, an estimated 35 million. As such, it is one of the most expensive documentaries ever made, possibly even the most expensive.

The film will later be released on Amazon’s Prime streaming service. The company believes that the film will bring it “long-term value” and a lot of views for a long time, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Brett Ratnerin directed documentary follows Melania Trump’s preparation for her husband, the President of the United States Donald Trump’s for the inauguration in January 2025. Melania is Ratner’s first film since several women came forward with allegations against him sexual harassment in 2017.

From critics Melania has collected mostly crushing reviews.

Melania rose in US cinemas third most viewed. It was still far behind the other two novelty films of the weekend in terms of box office receipts.

You rose to the top of the list Raimin himself directed black comedy Send Help With its box office gross of $20 million.

Second on the most watched list was a surprise hit: a sci-fi horror film based on an indie video game Iron Lung. It was directed, produced and written by the popular Creator of Youtube videos Markiplier, by real name Mark Fischbach. The film, made with a small budget of three million dollars, made as much as 18 million dollars in its first weekend in the United States.

Send Help came to a wide premiere on Friday also in Finland. Iron Lung can also be seen in Finland in some cinemas without Finnish subtitles.

Melania-documentary cannot be seen on the big screen in Finland, nor in many other countries. Outside the United States and Canada, it is in theatrical distribution in Britain, Mexico and Spain, among others, he says Deadline.