The Amazon MGM documentary film about Melania Trump continues its strong performance, adding another million dollars to its box office total on Monday. Buoyed by grassroots support, the film is expanding to nearly 2,000 theaters nationwide, including new markets across the country, with over $7 million opening weekend.
hauled in an impressive million dollars at the box office on Monday, according to studio sources who say the swell of grassroots support for the Amazon MGM documentary film during its historic opening weekend has prompted the studio to add it to more than 200 theaters in a throng of new cities and markets where the Brett Ratner -directed hit is already showing.
“All of First Lady Melania Trump’s hard work is paying off,” the First Lady’s longtime senior advisor and“We now have one of the highest openings for a documentary film in 14 years and we’re quickly expanding into more theater houses across the country,” he said. “It’s all a testament to Melania Trump and her leadership in creating a quality product for the American people.”box office debut from Friday to Sunday saw the film take in $2,861,818 , $2,303,524 , and $1,996,263 , a just over $7 million opening, making it the best opening weekend for a documentary in a decade and, as Breitbart’s John Nolte“has already out-grossed the entire domestic run of five 2025 movies nominated for this year’s Academy Awards. This includes —Add Monday’s million dollars in ticket sales to the mix and it’s no surprise that Amazon MGM, according to Beckman, is “really psyched” to bring “We’re expanding to almost 200 more theaters, bringing the total domestic number to nearly 2,000 theaters nationwide,” Beckman said.is being added to multiplexes in markets where the film defied industry expectations and over-performed during its debut, including areas like Dallas, Texas, Orlando, Tampa, and West Palm Beach, Florida, and Phoenix, Arizona. Indeed, new and existing markets also include liberal hubs like Washington DC, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New York City, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Georgia, Minneapolis St. Paul, Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois, Denver, Colorado, and Detroit, Michigan. The film is also coming to Indianapolis, Indiana, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, Portland, Oregon, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Savannah, Georgia, among many more. “This is just old fashion quality storytelling from the First Lady of the United States,” Beckman said, echoing remarks director Brett Ratner Director Brett Ratner and producer Marc Beckman attend Amazon MGM’s “Melania” World Premiere at The Trump Kennedy Center on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. “I have to give all the credit to Melania because this was something that she came up with, even, obviously, before she met me,” Ratner. “She said to me from day one, I want this to be very cinematic. I want it to have a theatrical release. I want it to live and play in theaters,” Ratner told Breitbart News. “It’s very rare that documentaries get released in theaters. It’s usually straight to streaming, and even before they were streaming, documentaries were not in movie theaters – very, very rarely. So it was really her vision to have that and to see it through.”How China Exploits U.S. Birthright Citizenship Laws to Expand Its Power CCP SURROGACY GAMBIT: How China Exploits U.S. Birthright Citizenship Laws to Expand Beijing’s Influence in AmericaReport: Mitch McConnell Checked into Hospital for ‘Flu-like’ Symptoms Kidnappers of Savannah Guthrie Mom Nancy Allegedly Want Millions in Bitcoin Ransom as FBI Joins SearchExclusive — Comedian Jamie Kennedy: The Youth of This Country Are Humorless, And It’s Not Their Fault
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