While the first lady’s documentary is being hailed as a success in America, it met a far poorer reception in the United Kingdom.
In its opening weekend, Melania made just £32,974 (approximately $44,604) across 155 cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland. That’s an average of £212.80 per screen, landing it at No. 29 at the box office.
The box office was instead led by Chloé Zhao‘s critically acclaimed Hamnet, the Sydney Sweeney-starring thriller The Housemaid, and the Jason Statham-starring Shelter, all of which far outpaced Melania. Hamnet, for example, raked in £1,412,612 (nearly $2 million). Meanwhile, the independently financed film Iron Lung reached No. 4 at the box office with a total of £948,731 ($1,282,874).
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