@cstross

They're not far off, either.

I just turned up this. Apparently, 4 people joined The Metro's reviewer on opening night, plus an additional 1 who was apparently another movie reviewer.

So a third of the audience was people who were being paid to watch the movie. (-:

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/30/sat-a-near-empty-cinema-melania-thought-26612808/

Amusing coincidence: Kimberley Bond also writes features for Cosmo.

@GetCarter
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I sat in a near-empty cinema for Melania - here's what I thought

Journalist Kimberley Bond was one of only a handful of people at her screening of the controversial new documentary about the life of the First Lady.

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Happy anniversary to Berlin’s debut album, ‘Pleasure Victim’. Released this week in 1983 on Geffen Records (originally released in October 1982 on M.A.O. Records). #berlin #pleaseurevictim #themetro #masquerade #tellmewhy
Our Own Survival Train Is Rolling Into Station With Hunted Within: The Metro

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Our Own Survival Train Is Rolling Into Station With Hunted Within: The Metro

Head deep into a new Metro station with the announcement that we have for the upcoming Hunted Within: The Metro

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Our Own Survival Train Is Rolling Into Station With Hunted Within: The Metro

Head deep into a new Metro station with the announcement that we have for the upcoming Hunted Within: The Metro

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Our Own Survival Train Is Rolling Into Station With Hunted Within: The Metro

Head deep into a new Metro station with the announcement that we have for the upcoming Hunted Within: The Metro

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Our Own Survival Train Is Rolling Into Station With Hunted Within: The Metro

Head deep into a new Metro station with the announcement that we have for the upcoming Hunted Within: The Metro

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Happy anniversary to Berlin’s debut album, ‘Pleasure Victim’. Originally released this month in 1982 on M.A.O./Enigma Records (and later re-released in January 1983 on Geffen Records). It was also recently re-released remastered and expanded by Rubellan Remasters. #berlinband #terrinunn #johncrawford #davediamond #pleasurevictim #themetro #masquerade #tellmewhy