'Melania' Documentary Sets Amazon Prime Video Streaming Release Date

Mar 6, 2026 9:13am PT ‘Melania’ Sets Amazon Prime Video Streaming Release Date By Selome Hailu Plus Icon Selome Hailu Latest ‘High Potential,’ ‘9-1-1’ and ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Renewed at ABC 22 hours ago ‘DTF St. Louis’ Premieres With 2.5 Million Viewers in Three Days 23 hours ago ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4 Casts Vincent Cassel, Corentin Fila and Nadia Tereszkiewicz 23 hours ago See All Muse Films “Melania,” documentary that follows the first lady in the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 9. The film was directed by Brett Ratner, who was best known for directing the first three “Rush Hour” films before being accused of rape and other sexual misconduct by multiple people in 2017. “Melania” is his first project as a director since the allegations, which drove much of the entertainment industry to cut ties with him. Related Stories Will 'GOAT' or 'I Can Only Imagine 2' Topple 'Wuthering Heights' at Weekend Box Office? ‘Scream 7’ Slashes Its Way to No. 1 at U.K., Ireland Box Office The Trump family got a much-publicized payday when Amazon MGM Studios bought the rights to “Melania” for $75 million dollars. Though the documentary lost money in theaters, its box office performance was still stronger than expected, debuting with $7 million in its opening weekend and going on to make $16.6 million. Older white women made up its primary audience. Popular on Variety “Melania” was poorly reviewed, scoring an 11% among critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety‘s review called the film a “cheeseball infomercial of staggering inertia”: “‘Melania’ is a documentary that never comes to life,” wrote chief film critic Owen Gleiberman. “It’s a ‘portrait’ of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial. Is it cheesy? At moments, but mostly it’s inert. It feels like it’s been stitched together out of the most innocuous outtakes from a reality show. There’s no drama to it. It should have been called ‘Day of the Living Tradwife.'” Among its target audience, however, the film did well: The Rotten Tomatoes “Popcornmeter,” which measures the sentiments of verified ticket buyers, “Melania” scored a 98%. Jump to Comments The Isley Brothers Reflect on Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix and Their Path to the Walk of Fame    David Byrne Covers Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ for Song’s Fifth Anniversary, With Other Artists’ ‘Sour’ Salutes to Follow Lady Gaga Says ‘It Was My Absolute Honor’ to Be in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘I Wouldn’t Miss it for the World’ Lady Gaga Covers Mister Rogers’ ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’… and Kills It Liza Minnelli Alleges Oscars Forced Her to Use Wheelchair at 2022 Ceremony With Lady Gaga: ‘Bulls—. I Will Not Be Treated This Way’ Lady Gaga Pauses Tokyo Concert to Condemn ICE and Support Americans ‘Who Are Being Mercilessly Targeted’: ‘We Need to Get Back to a Place of Safety’ JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...