The Regal Theater in Times Square, with its posh recliner seat chairs, sold only 25 tickets on opening night of <i>Melania, </i>the eponymously named documentary starring first lady Melania Trump.
The Regal Theater in Times Square, with its posh recliner seat chairs, sold only 25 tickets on opening night of Melania, the eponymously named documentary starring first lady Melania Trump. ( Photo: Christian Spencer)

The documentary received a hefty $35 million marketing push from Amazon, but even on opening day on Friday, Jan. 30 in Manhattan, there were many empty seats in the dozen theaters checked by Straus News.

“Melania” the Movie Opens Well But in Manhattan, Many Empty Seats
01 Feb 2026 | 04:08
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Though Melania Trump’s new documentary opened to tepid reviews, it had a surprisingly decent office showing, grossing a reported $7 million in its opening weekend. How many of those seats were sold in Manhattan? The answer, if imprecise, appears to be not that many.

The pre-release publicity was huge-ly....

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