Trump's Movie Flop: Hype vs Reality

0:00It's March 26, from red carpets to breaking stories, this is entertainment and celebrity news powered by AI. President Donald Trump keeps calling his wife Melania a movie star because of her documentary that hit theaters on January 30. He boasted about it being number one at the box office during speeches like his February State of the Union address and a Republican fundraiser on. March 25, but the film actually came in second on opening weekend and soon fell off the charts. Trump repeated the praise at other events, insisting at top streaming charts too. The movie faced heavy criticism right away, earning just an 11% score from reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes. People online and late-night hosts jumped on the mockery with jokes about its White House shoe, trying scenes and even memes tying it to bigger news. Like foreign threats, crew members in New York called the set toxic and two-thirds reportedly wanted their names scrubbed from the credits. New reports show the film cost around $75 million to make and promote, including a $40 million

1:04payout to Melania, but it only pulled in about $16.7 million worldwide. It now ranks near the bottom on sites like IMDB with a 1.3 out of 10 score. Even at the 2026 Oscars, the host took shots at it, highlighting how far it fell short of expectations. The buzz keeps contrasting Trump's hype with the harsh reality.