Nolte: ‘Melania’ Has Already Out-Grossed Five 2025 Oscar Nominees

In just one weekend, Melania’s $7 million, three-day weekend haul has already out-grossed the entire domestic run of five 2025 movies nominated for this year’s Academy Awards. This includes — tee hee — two Best Picture nominees.

The Secret Agent: $3.25 million — Four Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Actor, Casting, and Foreign Film. Sentimental Value: $4.57 million — Eight Oscar nominations for Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Foreign Film, and Editing. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: $1.09 million — Best Actress. Blue Moon: $2.11 million — Best Actor, Original Screenplay. It Was Just an Accident: $1.78 million — Original Screenplay, Foreign Film.

People will argue that some of those titles are foreign films. Melania is the story of