"Melania" Suffers Devastating Weekend at the Box Office

[generalbetrayus]

Moviegoers are running out of love for Melania.

The first lady’s eponymous documentary continued to plummet on only its third weekend, suffering a 62.3-percent drop in attendance, according to data from IMDbPro.

This puts the project on pace to gross $15.4 million in total, nowhere near the $40 million that Jeff Bezos’ Amazon spent to acquire it and an additional $35 million to promote it. The documentary was directed by Brett Ratner, who has faced heat for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of sexual misconduct.

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During her black carpet premiere at the Kennedy Center last month, the 55-year-old first lady teased that a docuseries would soon build on her vanity project.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-suffers-woeful-weekend-at-the-box-office/

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. I thought the movie was pulled from the three or four theaters it

was in.

[ultralite001]

2. Oh, please...

Spare us...

[CincyDem]

3. I suspect that even for the cultists, there's not a lot of repeat viewing interest. n/t

[Norrrm]

4. It's no big deal to her. She and Donald got their cash up front.

It is just a business expense to Bezos.

A write-off.

[Cha]

9. Sure, but bet they didn't appreciative the poor

viewing attendance.. showing she's not all that.. and the doc stank.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. A series? OMG!

I wonder if Bezos is going to keep funding this turkey.
Probably mean more layoffs at WP and Amazon.

[generalbetrayus]

6. That item about a proposed series is why I posted this crap story.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. It opened in 2000 theaters. Still playing in 1200

[eShirl]

8. MAGA has failed Trump! disloyal!

[Cha]

10. I was just wondering whatever happened

the Bad Witch from Slovenia's doc.

TY