Melania Documentary Plummets After Expansion

Melania, Brett Ratner’s authorized documentary, fell 67% in its second U.S. weekend box office after a widened release to roughly 2,000 screens, dropping from No. 3 to No. 10.

Reposted by Dean Baker

Scholar power: 6.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 38%, Business 33%, Economics 19%, Sociology 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	14%	21	6.4%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

46.0%

29.2 h

583

6.4%

Ranking score

0.018

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Michael D. McDonald

Scholar power: 8.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 38%, Business 33%, Economics 19%, Sociology 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	6%	22	8.4%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

46.0%

24.4 h

8.4%

Ranking score

0.003

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Michael McDonald

@electproject.bsky.social

My Melania Coin will turn around any day now

February 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM

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