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Melania Trump Nets $10.7 M from Flop Amazon Documentary

7/5/2026

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Melania Trump earned $10.71 million from the Amazon-MGM documentary that bears her name, per her husband’s 2024 financial disclosure.
The film, which cost $75 million to produce, earned only $16 million at the box office.
The documentary, which holds a 10 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating, was pulled from South African theaters.
Congress members wrote to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy questioning whether the payment was a pay-to-play deal with the Trump administration.

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Melania Trump earned $10.71 million from the Amazon-MGM documentary that bears her name, per her husband’s 2024 financial disclosure.
The film, which cost $75 million to produce, earned only $16 million at the box office.
The documentary, which holds a 10 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating, was pulled from South African theaters.
Congress members wrote to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy questioning whether the payment was a pay-to-play deal with the Trump administration.