Melania documentary debut box office takings in Ireland and UK revealedBy Ian Jones and Lauren Del Fabbro, Press AssociationThe feature-length profile of Melania Trump, wife of US President Donald Trump, took £32,974 (€38,167) at the UK and Ireland box office on its opening weekend – less than a re-release of The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King. The film with the highest box office takings in the UK and Ireland last weekend was Hamnet, which grossed £1.41 million (€1.63 million) – around 42 times the figure for Melania. Hamnet has now taken £14.84 million (€17.18 million) in the UK and Ireland over its four weeks on release. The Melania documentary was met with less than positive reviews, including zero stars from The Guardian and was described by The Telegraph as a “branding exercise” rather than a documentary with “North Korea-style propaganda with a dash of Ralph Lauren”. Box office data for the UK and Ireland is compiled by ComScore and made publicly available by the BFI.

Source: Irish Independent February 04, 2026 18:09 UTC