Sunday, June 28, 2026

Poor “Melania”: Film About Third Wife Crawls to the End of Theatrical Run, Falls 68% from Last Week Playing Empty Venues

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The “Melania” theatrical run is almost over.

The infomercial about America’s Third Wife, First Lady dropped 68% this week from last at the box office.

The Tuesday take was just $132,181 — itself a miracle since almost all venues showing “Melania” were empty.

This week, “Melania” lost 799 theaters. We’ll see later today how much the remaining 1,204 is slashed.

The total box office is now $15.7 million in the US.

Also waiting for sales of the popcorn bucket. It’s perfect for the bathroom, as it turns out, although several friends have asked to haveit removed during their time in there.

PS Where is Barron? Not seen since New Year’s Eve, barely in the movie. In a cage in the basement of Mar-a-Lago? This may be the saddest story of all time.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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