Mockery abounds as 'Melania' documentary bombs: 'Every seat is still available!'

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Bezos is spending $72+ million for this bribe to trump

Mockery abounds as 'Melania' documentary bombs: 'Every seat is still available!'

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-01-26T20:59:38.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-melania-movie-low-ticket-sales/

The internet mocked President Donald Trump Monday as he attempted to promote his wife's documentary "Melania" — with plenty of people pointing out that ticket sales didn't appear to be looking good.

The documentary was set to release on Friday and was co-produced and directed by Brett Ratner, who has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct. In December the Department of Justice released thousands of files connected to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including a photo of Ratner embracing a shirtless Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout and owner of the international modeling agency MC2 Model Management, a modeling agency with considerable financial support from Epstein. Brunel died in 2022 of apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, and in a manner not dissimilar to how Epstein died in 2019.

On social media, users were quick to point out that theater seats appeared to be very open.

"This is the theater near me for opening night this Friday at 9:40 pm. Every seat is still available," online commentator Hal for NY wrote on X.

"Yeah man, packed house for sure," John Bourscheid wrote on X.

"Selling Out Fast...Only 2 tickets sold on opening day," user Neetu Khandelwal wrote on X.

[Beaverhausen]

1. It's not opening until Friday the 30th. I see some seats "booked" at theaters nearby- and I'm in Los Angeles

I'm sure the MAGA cult will buy out seats just because.

I wouldn't rush to say it's a bomb yet...

[chowder66]

3. Hopefully the bookings are for critics and reporters only.

[Johonny]

5. They didnt prescreen it for critics

For obvious reasons.

It's a stinker

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2. These "reviews" made me smile

I do NOT care if these "reviews" are real or not. They still make me smile

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4. This made me smile

Only two more days until you can go to an empty theater to see this cinematic masterpiece.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T15:26:32.520Z

[Torchlight]

6. I'm guessing this film will sit alongside the likes of Battlefield Earth,

Manos, and the Last Airbender... the joyless bad ones, regarded as the most actively miserable films to sit through.

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7. These "quotes" from Lincoln made me smile

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8. Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct

The director of this film is an asshole and was a good friend of Epstein

Link to tweet

https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-brett-ratner-allegations-20171101-htmlstory.html

Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner’s couch when she fell asleep. She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s. They had been hanging out in front of the TV with friends at his New York apartment.

But when Henstridge woke up, the others had left. She was alone with Ratner. She got up to leave, Henstridge said, but he blocked the doorway with his body and wouldn’t budge. He began touching himself, she said, then forced her to perform oral sex.

“He strong-armed me in a real way. He physically forced himself on me,” she said. “At some point, I gave in and he did his thing.”

Ratner, through his attorney Martin Singer, disputed her account.

Since that incident in the early 1990s, Henstridge has found success as an actress — starring in the films “Species” and “The Whole Nine Yards.” But she said she has carried the memory of the run-in with her, and watched from afar as Ratner became one of Hollywood’s most powerful players — directing, producing or financing dozens of today’s biggest box-office hits, including “Rush Hour,” “X-Men: The Last Stand,” “The Revenant” and “Horrible Bosses.”