Melania Trump cashed in big on her documentary ... even though moviegoers mostly stayed home

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/01/melania-trump-payday-from-amazon-documentary-revealed/

The First Lady's Amazon-backed documentary "Melania" turned into a massive payday for her ... with President Trump's newly released annual financial disclosure revealing Melania personally pocketed $10.71 million from the project.

That's an eye-popping haul considering the film reportedly brought in only about $16 million at the worldwide box office -- meaning FLOTUS' payday alone topped half of the movie's total ticket sales.

The filing also shows she earned roughly $521,000 from her memoir ... along with more than $6 million from NFTs and other collectibles.

[sop]

1. I can't believe the "worldwide box office" on this piece of garbage was $16 million.

[orthoclad]

7. I bet SOMEBODY bought blocs of tickets.

[Melon]

2. She was probably paid off of buying the rights versus

Revenue. That’s the risk with films. They buy the rights up front the film company too a bath.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. Amazon paid big for the rights although they knew it was a loss

Like a bribe to Trump

[bluestarone]

4. Hell, all this crap is just a money laundering scheme

Money coming from all directions.

[sop]

5. It was a way of laundering a multi-million dollar bribe from Bezos to Trump.

[orthoclad]

6. Can YOU say "Bribe"?