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‘Melania’ earns a surprising $7 million, best non-music documentary debut in a decade
Amazon spent $75 million on the Melania Trump documentary, which opened to $7 million in 1,778 theaters with an A CinemaScore despite poor critic reviews.
- On Sunday, Melania debuted with an estimated $7 million in ticket sales from 1,778 theaters, marking the best non-music documentary opening in a decade.
- Amazon MGM Studios paid about $40 million for rights and spent about $35 million on marketing, with President Donald Trump promoting the film and hosting a Kennedy Centre premiere.
- Despite poor critic scores, audiences awarded Melania an `A` CinemaScore, with 72% female and 78% over 55 on Friday.
- While a short-term documentary win, the longer-term payback looks uncertain as analysts say it will be difficult for the film to recoup the $75 million outlay and it may play in fewer theaters next weekend.
- Several distributors and artists pulled away, including Filmfinity and Philip Glass, while early foreign box office returns of $44,960 in the U.K. and $7,696 in Italy show weak overseas traction.
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