The\u00a0first lady\u00a0celebrated the feat in a post on X<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n As of Thursday, the film is the third most-streamed overall behind the Amazon Prime series \u201cScarpetta,\u201d which premiered Wednesday, and \u201cYoung Sherlock,\u201d which premiered March 4.<\/p>\n Fox News Digital\u00a0reached out to Amazon MGM Studios for comment.<\/p>\n \u201cMelania\u201d opened in theaters Jan. 30 to over $7 million, the\u00a0highest opening\u00a0for a documentary in over a decade.<\/p>\n Reports found that Amazon MGM Studios spent $40 million on the documentary with another $35 million spent on marketing. <\/p>\n However, the studio reportedly intended to recoup these costs through licensing deals as well as adding the film to its Prime Video streaming service. <\/p>\n The studio also plans to release a docuseries on the first lady directed by the film\u2019s director, Brett Ratner.<\/p>\n The \u201cMelania\u201d documentary was also widely panned by entertainment critics as a form of \u201cpropaganda\u201d for the Trump administration. <\/p>\n By contrast, verified audience users on the Rotten Tomatoes website\u00a0largely praised the film, giving it a 99% approval rating.<\/p>\n \u201cThis momentum is an important first step in what we see as a long-tail lifecycle for both the film and the forthcoming docuseries, extending well beyond the theatrical window and into what we believe will be a significant run for both on our service,\u201d Kevin Wilson, Amazon MGM\u2019s head of domestic theatrical distribution,\u00a0said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0after the film\u2019s theatrical release.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are confident in the long-term value this rollout will deliver to customers both in theaters and for years to come on Prime Video.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cMelania\u201d documentary about first lady\u00a0Melania Trump\u00a0debuted at the top of Amazon Prime\u2019s streaming charts after premiering earlier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[7746,10167,88,10815,7182,206],"class_list":["post-520404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-amazon-prime","tag-documentaries","tag-entertainment","tag-media","tag-melania-trump","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Melania](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/first-lady-melania-trump-attends-123431703.jpg\")
The \u201cMelania\u201d documentary detailing the life of first lady\u00a0Melania Trump has become the most-streamed film on Amazon Prime\u2019s streaming charts. Getty Images<\/p>\n![\"Movie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/melania-us-poster-melania-trump-123431760.jpg\")
The film was launched on the streaming service on March 9. \u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n