@arrrg

I too was concerned for their wellbeing afterwards.

And they don't have the option of doing what that lady who left after 20 minutes did.

https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115983497912180622

The Daily Record reported a total of 16 tickets sold in Edinburgh and Glasgow as of this morning. ABC reported 50 pre-booked tickets across the whole of Australia for opening day.

https://dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/melania-trump-documentary-sells-just-36641836

https://abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/melania-trump-movie-and-why-we-might-need-to-follow-the-money/106285248

@cstross
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies

@arrrg

I too was concerned for their wellbeing afterwards.

And they don't have the option of doing what that lady who left after 20 minutes did.

https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115983497912180622

The Daily Record reported a total of 16 tickets sold in Edinburgh and Glasgow as of this morning. ABC reported 50 pre-booked tickets across the whole of Australia for opening day.

https://dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/melania-trump-documentary-sells-just-36641836

https://abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/melania-trump-movie-and-why-we-might-need-to-follow-the-money/106285248

@cstross
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies

@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: Kimberly Bond also writes features for Cosmo.

@GetCarter
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon #TheMetro

@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: Kimberly Bond also writes features for Cosmo.

@GetCarter
#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon #TheMetro

“….with a face like a fist and a voice of sheet metal….”
A totally damning review. #Melania #Trump

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest | Melania | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/melania-review-trump-film-is-a-gilded-trash-remake-of-the-zone-of-interest

“….with a face like a fist and a voice of sheet metal….”
A totally damning review. #Melania #Trump

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest | Melania | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/melania-review-trump-film-is-a-gilded-trash-remake-of-the-zone-of-interest

@cstross

The review in @GetCarter 's thread is one of those recycled quotes that actually comes from elsewhere according to Snopes; but lower in the thread people have suggested that the ticket sales for these places can be accounted for *entirely* by the news/magazine movie reviewers who did not have advance screenings.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@GetCarter/115982369126621417

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #VueCinema #Islington #Amazon

@cstross

The review in @GetCarter 's thread is one of those recycled quotes that actually comes from elsewhere according to Snopes; but lower in the thread people have suggested that the ticket sales for these places can be accounted for *entirely* by the news/magazine movie reviewers who did not have advance screenings.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@GetCarter/115982369126621417

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #VueCinema #Islington #Amazon

How I plan to spent the weekend, on the Rottentomatoes page for #Melania. #USpol

Lulz

#TurdReich #FourSeasons #Melania #FirstStripper #USPol

The only film ever made where every member of the crew, other than Brett Ratner, is credited as “Alan Smithee”. #Melania #USpol

lol. #Melania #USpol

I don’t know who the CEO of RottenTomatoes is, but I hope they’re safely hidden away in a secret bunker somewhere. #Melania #USpol

It begins. #Melania #USpol

How I plan to spent the weekend, on the Rottentomatoes page for #Melania. #USpol

Lulz

#TurdReich #FourSeasons #Melania #FirstStripper #USPol

@GetCarter

Who on Earth were those three people in Islington? And are they alright afterwards?

https://mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/melania-trump-suffers-humiliating-blow-36629616

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #VueCinema #Islington

In Boston, they are paying people to watch the Melania documentary. $50 and a free ticket if you stay in your seat for the whole movie.
#trump #melania #melaniamovie #flop #uspol

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

What in god’s name is going on here Minneapolis? 🤮

#Melania #Minneapolis

ProTip: When a studio refuses to let reviewers see a film before its public release, you can be fairly sure it won't be winning any major Academy Awards. Yeah. #Melania