Melania’s $40M Wedding Video Rakes in $7M, Confuses Everyone
KEY POINTS
- •'Melania: Twenty Days to History' premiered January 30, 2026, focusing on Melania Trump's life ahead of the January 2025 inauguration.
- •Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for rights to the documentary and a docuseries, yet the film earned just over $7 million opening weekend.
- •Directed by Brett Ratner, the film received poor reviews, being described as 'dull' and likened to a wedding video, despite superfan interest.
On January 30, 2026, theaters released 'Melania: Twenty Days to History,' a Netflix-but-not-really moment where Amazon MGM Studios dropped a staggering $40 million on a documentary capturing the lead-up to Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration through Melania Trump's discerning gaze. Despite the epic spending spree that also included an additional docuseries licensing, it only earned $7 million opening weekend—a box office bonanza compared to 'Holding Liat’s' $28,000, yet painfully meager beside Led Zeppelin’s $10.4 million hit from 2025. Directed by Brett Ratner, infamous for 'Rush Hour' fame and a 2017 career derailment due to misconduct allegations, this critically panned 'dull wedding video' got review-bombed online. Melania looks like a former model, Don appears spry, and superfans apparently bought tickets just to stare into this perfectly crafted, politically neutral vault of ennui.
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Spending $40 million to film Melania prepping for Trump’s inauguration is peak rich boredom. At least it's a hit for stalkers and wedding video nostalgics.
A $40 million glam diary about Melania’s inauguration prep earns $7 million. That’s like buying a private jet to deliver pizza—luxury, misplaced, mildly hilarious.
Watching Melania’s doc is like bingeing your great aunt’s vacation slides. Not a scandal in sight, just endless polite scrolling.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/1/2026 | Author: Lauren Edmonds
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