President Donald Trump earned millions of dollars last year from Hollywood companies, including an eight-figure sum associated with the Amazon MGM documentary film Melania; tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits that he settled with media giants; residuals from appearances in TV shows and films (including from ABC’s The View!) and a payment from his Screen Actors Guild Pension.
The numbers come from Trump’s annual financial disclosure, which was filed Tuesday evening and reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter.
Melania, which was released by Amazon MGM Studios in late January, has been a particularly hot-button topic of conversation, with questions swirling around how much the First Lady was compensated for the project.
The disclosure includes a license agreement for the film totaling $10.7 million, as well as a $521,000 payment associated with an accompanying memoir published by Skyhorse.
The filing also includes a receivable from Amazon MGM Studios of between $250,001-$500,000, though it is not immediately clear if that is associated with the Melania film, or if it is related to payments from reruns of The Apprentice, which Amazon MGM owns and licenses to markets around the world. In addition to the film, Melania director Brett Ratner is also said to have been filming a follow-up docuseries, which has not yet released. Amazon is said to have paid about $40 million for the right to the film.
