Melania Doc: $40M Amazon Deal, Mixed Reviews

0:00Today is March 6th. Here's what's trending in Entertainment. Amazon has released a new documentary called Melania on Prime Video. It focuses on the 20 days before the 2025 presidential inauguration, seen through First Lady Melania Trump's perspective. The film covers her inauguration planning, White House transition challenges, and family move back to Washington. Directed by Brett Ratner, the project includes producers like Melania Trump. Amazon secured distribution rights for $40 million after a heated bidding war among studios. Dad Deal also covers a planned follow-up series with her, plus another $35 million in marketing costs. The movie premiered at the Kennedy Center on January 29th, 2026. It rolled out to theaters worldwide the next day. At the box office, it pulled in $7.1 million domestically on opening weekend. That's the top debut for a non-concert documentary since 2012. Critics panned it with just an 11% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

1:02But audiences raved, giving it 98% approval. Meanwhile, this serves as a comeback for Ratner following past accusations. Support for this episode comes from our sponsor, see the description. It looks like a pillow, it sounds like headphones, built for comfort and sound, S-O-L-I, solely pillow.com.