Melania Trump Boasts Early Achievements of ‘Melania’ Documentary: ‘#1 Highest Opening In 10 Yrs (Doc), Loved By All – “A” CinemaScore’February 1, 2026
Looks like $5.25M SAT for #IronLung. Expected to drop steeply, but seems to be a mini ~5% drop from True FRI. 2-days $14.25M. Weekend should reach ~$18M.February 1, 2026
Melania Trump Boasts Early Achievements of ‘Melania’ Documentary: ‘#1 Highest Opening In 10 Yrs (Doc), Loved By All – “A” CinemaScore’ by twinkleyed
Algae_Mission on February 1, 2026 4:32 am I’m sure the Trumps loved the $75 million bribe and Amazon is going to love being carte Blanche to do what they want.
FionaWalliceFan on February 1, 2026 4:34 am To be fair, the films audience aren’t exactly known for their good taste
ruthrachel18reddit on February 1, 2026 4:43 am The highest opening weekend for any documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) at 23.9 million. Total gross worldwide: 222.4 million (119.2 million domestic, 103.2 million international). I saw it in Paris, and the theaters were packed. That being said, an estimated 8 million for a documentary opening weekend is not bad when one does not consider budget. It is the 75 million budget (highly out of the norm for a documentary) which dampens the opening weekend gross…
BadgemanBrown on February 1, 2026 4:47 am How much money did they drop on block seat purchases? Same way the NYT best-sellers list is gamed. Buy 10k copies of their own book to get #1
Samaritan_Pr1me on February 1, 2026 4:54 am Give it about two weeks before this thing falls off a cliff. I’d rather watch *Reagan* again.
HumanTimeCapsule on February 1, 2026 4:59 am It somehow made 11,780 more dollar than the previous top grosser of the decade.
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“Loved by all”
All 15 of em’.
I’m sure the Trumps loved the $75 million bribe and Amazon is going to love being carte Blanche to do what they want.
To be fair, the films audience aren’t exactly known for their good taste
Propaganda
It’s a cult. There’s no other explanation.
The highest opening weekend for any documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) at 23.9 million.
Total gross worldwide: 222.4 million (119.2 million domestic, 103.2 million international).
I saw it in Paris, and the theaters were packed.
That being said, an estimated 8 million for a documentary opening weekend is not bad when one does not consider budget.
It is the 75 million budget (highly out of the norm for a documentary) which dampens the opening weekend gross…
How much money did they drop on block seat purchases?
Same way the NYT best-sellers list is gamed. Buy 10k copies of their own book to get #1
Give it about two weeks before this thing falls off a cliff. I’d rather watch *Reagan* again.
Pretty Woman 2
It somehow made 11,780 more dollar than the previous top grosser of the decade.