"Trump Says The 'Melania' Movie Is 'Selling Out, Fast'—But Is It?"

"Box office projections for the film are middling and screenings in major cities over opening weekend are hardly sold out."

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/01/27/trump-says-the-melania-movie-is-selling-out-fast-but-is-it/

Trump Says The 'Melania' Movie Is 'Selling Out, Fast'—But Is It?

Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for the rights to “Melania,” a documentary about the first lady, which opens in theaters Friday.

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@z_everson He's a habitual liar so of course it's not selling out.
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Seating chart for the 7:45pm opening night showing of Melania at my favorite theater, showing 45 out of 49 seats still available.
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@z_everson
I have a mind to see an earlier (different) movie and then hang out to see what kind of weirdos hobble in.

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Just checked out here, in a sea of red where we're the blue dots, two people purchased tickets.

Sundowning early birds ain't buying jack for the 9pm.

@EricBono
To be fair, the majority of patrons will spend 20 minutes futzing at the kiosk so they can have a real old-fashioned paper ticket because you just can't trust those damn phones.

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I say this as a bona fide boomer.

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@z_everson @Forbes It should be doing great, given its double billing with JD Vance's new biopic, "Sofa's Choice".