First lady’s film ‘Melania’ racks up biggest opening for a documentary in a decade

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“Melania” opened to the best box office numbers for a documentary in a decade after premiering Thursday in close to 1,800 screens nationwide. The documentary on the first lady, 55, directed by Brett Ratner, debuted to $7 million, surpassing recent hits like 2024’s “Am I Racist?” which opened to $5.4 million, Deadline reported . The Amazon MGM Studios’ $75 million production is on track to be the best-performing non-fiction feature for 10 years, as Melania Trump wrote on X. “MELANIA, the film. #