Thursday, May 21, 2026

“Melania” Movie Crashes 67% from Last Weekend After Adding 225 Theaters, No Slovenia Release, Party’s Over for Panned Film

Share

The party is over for “Melania.”

Even the Republican one.

The critically demolished infomercial fell 67% this week at the box office.

Total take is $13.3 million in the US. International totals are really embarrassing, coming to $126,392. The movie, as it were, hasn’t opened in Slovenia, where the former Melanie Knaavss is from, or in popular Trump locales like China or Russia.

You’d think today, Super Bowl Sunday, would draw women to the theaters, but it’s the lowest of the three days this weekend.

That “Melania” has made $13 million based on legit attendance is laughable. Seating maps show empty theaters everywhere, even in red states. Maybe Trump should appoint one of his special prosecutors to audit the box office!

The whole thing would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad.

Just wait til “The Razzies” at the end of the year!

Donate to Showbiz411.com

Showbiz411 is now in its 13th year of providing breaking and exclusive entertainment news. This is an independent site, unlike the many Hollywood trades that are owned by one company. To continue providing news that takes a fresh look at what's going on in movies, music, theater, etc, advertising is our basis. Reader donations would be greatly appreciated, too. They are just another facet of keeping fact based journalism alive.
Thank you


Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York 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. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. 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.

Read more

In Other News