Melania Trump documentary shocks at box office
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Horror rules the box office again.
“Melania,” a documentary that shadows the first lady of the United States in the lead-up to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, is eclipsing box office expectations. The film has generated $7.
Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for worldrights to the Brett Ratner-directed film shadowing First Lady Melania Trump in the 20 days before her husband's second inauguration, making it the most expensive documentary in history.
Iron Lung, the low-budget horror film written and directed by YouTuber Markiplier based on the video game of the same name, launched big at the global box office this weekend.
Mercy,” a $60 million thriller starectring Chris Pratt as a man in a near-future standing trial before an AI judge, was the top new release.
Rani Mukerji starrer Mardaani 3 wrapped its opening weekend on a promising note. The movie now needs an encouraging hold on the weekdays too. Details Inside.
As of this minute, the crop has propelled the 2026 box office to $660.6M, +12% ahead of the Jan. 1-Feb. 1 period a year ago according to Comscore. Also on the limited front, a glamorous four-theater NYC and LA debut with Charli xcx’s A24 mockumentary about herself,
By financial standards, the film is not a winner, at least not yet. The company that financed it, Amazon MGM Studios, still has a long way to go to break even.