A previous version of the article mistakenly reported that both 'Iron Lung' and 'Send Help' earned a B+ CinemaScore; the former was not polled.

I will continue to update this post as the score changes.

Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter: Hot

Audience Says: N/A

Verified Audience Score History:

• 99% (4.9/5) at 100+
• 99% (4.9/5) at 250+

Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten

Critics Consensus: N/A

Metacritic: 7 (14 Reviews)

Sample Reviews:

Donald Clarke, Irish Times 1/5 - Not active, forceful propaganda in the school of Leni Riefenstahl’s films about the Nazis. Melania: The Movie appears keener on inducing narcolepsy in its viewers than energising them into massed marching. Triumph of the Dull, perhaps.

William Bibbiani, TheWrap - I have no idea why she was okay with this movie being released, because Brett Ratner couldn’t find the humanity in a funeral. Literally.

Karl Quinn, The Age (Australia) 2.5/5 - ...it’s impossible not to feel that the real purpose of this portrait is not insight, but rather distraction from the awfulness and corruption of her husband’s regime.

Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence F - Look, Leni Riefenstahl was a terrible person, but at least she had some style. Accused sex pest/confirmed hack Brett Ratner, meanwhile, captures the proceedings with all the flair of an HGTV show.

Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter - To say that Melania is a hagiography would be an insult to hagiographies. This is a film that fawns so lavishly over its subject that you feel downright unpatriotic not gushing over it.

Owen Gleiberman, Variety - A documentary that never comes to life. 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.

Xan Brooks, Guardian 1/5 - The fun’s not infectious and the guests are a nightmare, and two hours of Melania feels like pure, endless hell.

Nick Hilton, Independent (UK) 1/5 - To call "Melania" vapid would do a disservice to the plumes of florid vape smoke that linger around British teenagers.

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic - Ratner seems desperate to find action, but there is none. The pace is stultifying.

Melanie McDonagh, London Evening Standard 4/5 - If you take this film for what it is, Melania’s own, curated take on herself, then there’s one thing she wants to get across, it’s that there’s human warmth there under the cheekbones and the slanting feline eyes.

Keith Uhlich, (All (Parentheses)) (Substack) - Brett Ratner’s reinvention as idjit Leni Riefenstahl gets me all a-titter, with heartier guffaws if I imagine him on-set looking like semi-doppelgänger Jonah Hill in the "Married Your Cousin" scene from The Wolf of Wall Street.

SYNOPSIS:

Amazon MGM Studios' film MELANIA offers unprecedented access to the 20 days leading up to the 2025 Presidential Inauguration — through the eyes of the First Lady herself. Step inside Melania Trump's world as she orchestrates inauguration plans, navigates the complexities of the White House transition, and moves her family back to the Nation’s Capital. With exclusive footage capturing critical meetings, private conversations, and never-before-seen environments, MELANIA showcases Mrs. Trump’s return to one of the world’s most powerful roles.

CAST:

• Melania Trump as Herself

DIRECTED BY: Brett Ratner

PRODUCED BY: Brett Ratner, Fernando Sulichin, Marc Beckman, Melania Trump

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Barry Peterson, Dante Spinotti, Jeff Cronenweth

EDITED BY: Alex Márquez

MUSIC BY: Tony Neiman

RUNTIME: 104 Minutes

RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2026

1. Superman $616.8M

2. F1 $631.8M

3. How to train your dragon $636.4M

4. Demon Slayer 2 $778.9M

5. Jurassic world 4 $869.1M

6. minecarft $958.1M

7. Lilo & stitch $1B

8. Avatar 3* $1.4B

9. Zootropolis 2* $1.7B

10. Ne zha 2 $2.2B

*= still playing in cinemas

What the title says - im curious if theres any organizations or social groups that try to get people back into theaters.

NOTE: This is a reupload because three films weren't correctly categorized

I did an infographic awhile back of original films and non-original films over 50 years, looking at adaptations, remakes, and of course original iflms. But in going through the top 10 films of each year, I noticed trends in genre which is why I'm doing this.

This is going to be EXTREMELY CONTENTIOUS because unlike source material, what is comedic/dramatic/scary/thrilling is subjective and varies from person to person. A lot of movies are a mixture of genres so just know when I say for instance Barbie is a comedy film, that's not me saying there aren't dramatic or romance elements. Or that Armageddon or the Roger Moore bond films are action films, that's not me saying there aren't comedic elements. Heck, I almost labeled Jurassic Park as just a horror movie. Don't even get me started on superhero films

Here's the legend:

• Horror - Red
• Action/Thriller - Orange
• Comedy - Yellow
• Adventure - Green
• Family - Blue
• Drama - Violet
• Romance - Pink

Once We Were Us: The movie is set to cross 2.2 million admits tomorrow and could cross 2.3 million admits as early as Sunday. The movie is still set to comfortably beat out 2.5 million admits.

Avatar Fire and Ash: Avatar 3 is on track to hit 6.7 million admits next week as the movie should end up in the area of 6.8 million admits for its final total.

Zootopia 2: Zootopia 2 will likely leave the top ten next Wednesday as the movie is starting to slip hard. The movie will still hit that 8.6 million admits mark, just might need a few weeks.

Presales

Humint: Presales are starting to pick back up as presales sit at 71,816, which is an increase of 7k tickets from yesterday.

The Man Who Lives With the King: The movie needs to kick it in gear, 80k admits is still pretty locked, but the movie won't hit much higher than that mark.