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A feature-length documentary centered on First Lady Melania Trump is facing early box-office trouble, with multiple theaters across major U.S. cities reporting little to no ticket sales on opening night, despite an aggressive promotional push from President Donald Trump and a wide theatrical rollout. Social media posts and industry tracking data suggest the film, Melania, is struggling to attract audiences even before its nationwide expansion.

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 51 points 1 month ago

No one wants to see Money Laundering The Movie, fuck off

Hahaha get fucked. No one wants to see this vapid shit.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was mostly a way to bribe Trump, right?

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 26 points 1 month ago

It's just another way to do money laundering, but publicly.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The life and adventures of ~~Eva Braun~~ Melania Trump apparently don't interest the not-rich-and-famous. So much gold-digging, so little result...

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I look forward to Trump blaming Amazon and going after them, and then having wasted money on this. 

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I’m surprised he hasn’t tried to tariff domestic companies yet. Or states for that matter. Since he’s raping the constitution, why not the interstate commerce clause.

[–] thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

That's not a stumble, that's a fall down an open sewer.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

despite an aggressive promotional push from President Donald Trump

So he actually thought a movie about his "wife" would save his reputation? That's rich.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

No, it's grift, AND distraction from THE EPSTEIN FILES, and his ongoing war on the United States of America.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Money paid to Melanie, Netflix writes "costs" to $75M, then writes off $75M in losses. This is another taxpayer funded effort.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

Amazon, not Netflix but same same.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

It was a bribe. It was never intended to be seen by anyone.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We all know it's a bribe, that's a given.

My question is, why do it this way?

It's not like the tax code doesn't give them multiple paths, so why do it this way?

My personal take is that Donnie wanted to do something to humiliate Melania. He knew she'd grab the money, but this way he can privately taunt her about her box office 'success.'

Thoughts?

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 0 points 1 month ago

The biggest audience for Melania should be the one at her hanging

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago

Stumbles is rather generous lol

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

Pure, uncut, schadenfreude. You love to see it.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

This was never about getting their money back at the box office, they payment was already made

What I worry is that giving it too much publicity will make the maga go to see it to "own the libs". If no one talks about the box office bombing it will be forgotten and we will move on

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/boston-attend-melania-documentary-free/7911560682.html

There was also on on Craigslist NOLA, but it seems to be gone.

Even if they're fake, it's still pretty damn funny. Suck it, fascists.