The production budget was $ 40 million, the marketing was $ 35 million. $ 8 million on the opening weekend means it's still gonna end up being a bomb, however you try to spin it.
Translation: The left spent the previous two or three days lying about how badly the documentary was doing when it turns out that it is actually breaking box office records. Ouch, eh leftists?
Calling a film great because it's a high-grossing non-musical documentary is what used to be called "damning with faint praise". Nobody really cares about that category.
THE LEFT'S POLITICAL COLLECTIVE HAS BEEN CHORTLING OVER MELANIA'S DOCUMENTARY BOMBING AT THE BOX OFFICE WHEN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS WEREN'T EVEN IN. SO WHAT'S THE TRUTH? “MELANIA” MOVIE PROVES THE WOKE MEDIA HATERS WRONG AND HUMILIATES HOLLYWOOD WITH THE BEST BOX OFFICE OPENING FOR A NON-CONCERT DOCUMENTARY IN A DECADE. SO JUST ANOTHER CASE OF THE TOXIC LEFT SUBSTITUTING THEIR FANTASIES FOR FACT IN THEIR DESPERATE PROPAGANDA EFFORTS TO DISTORTING REALITY.