Box Office: ‘Melania' Bests Jason Statham's ‘Shelter' to Place No. 3 With $7M, ‘Send Help' Soars to $20M Win

Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for worldrights to the Brett Ratner-directed film shadowing First Lady Melania Trump in the 20 days before her husband's second inauguration, making it the most expensive documentary in history.
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How much did Iron Lung make? Markiplier movie scores huge box office opening weekend

Markiplier’s Iron Lung has scored a huge opening weekend at the US box office that already puts the horror movie in profit.

Box Office: ‘Melania' Doc Beats Expectations With $7 Million Debut, Sam Raimi's ‘Send Help' Lands at No. 1 With $20 Million

“Melania,” a documentary that shadows the first lady of the United States in the lead-up to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, is eclipsing box office expectations. The film has generated $7.

Reality distortion field goes wild for Melania's box office bomb

Despite the fact that two original movies were top of the box office, Melania ‘s box office sucked all the air out of the room. Amazon paid $40 million for the doc and spent another $35 million to market it.
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Iron Lung Box-Office Sinks Send Help as Video Game Adaptation Earns $21M in 3 Days

Amid Disney's box office dominance, Markiplier's Iron Lung holds impressively well against Sam Raimi's Send Help.

‘Melania' Overperforms In Red Zone Cinemas With ‘A' CinemaScore & Best Opening For Documentary In Decade With $7M – Box Office

Refresh for more… Was it packed houses or empty auditoriums juiced by group sales? That’s the obsession over the opening Amazon MGM Studios’ $75M First Lady Melania documentary from Brett Ratner which debuted to a $7M,

Box Office Report: Send Help & Iron Lung Succed, But Ignore The Spin: Melania Bombs

The box office got a shot in the arm this weekend thanks to an unexpected source. No, not Melania (we'll get to her in a bit), but the one-two punch of Sam Raimi and Markiplier. Who is Markiplier? He's a popular YouTube guy trying to breakthrough into mainstream cinema success. Did he succeed? Let's check the numbers and get into it.

Hollywood has an IP problem: Box office sales are banking on franchise hits that keep falling flat

But big-name installments like "Wicked: For Good" and "Avatar: Fire and Ash" have been underperforming ticket sales expectations.

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Is Struggling To Pass Final Box Office Milestone After Oscars Snub

Avatar: Fire and Ash is struggling to pass its final milestone at the domestic box office following Oscars snubs. See how much its made.

2026 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Ranked By Box Office

Success comes in many forms, so we're looking at the box office performances of all 10 of this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture.

‘Send Help' & ‘Iron Lung' Fighting Over No. 1, ‘Melania' Shining With $8M+, Best Opening For A Documentary In Last Decade – Box Office

Friday PM: What an intriguing, potentially low weekend at the box office. Even though this weekend could come in lower than last year’s January finale/February intro frame (which was $86.1M per Box Office Mojo),