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That's because it's a bribe, and not a documentary that's supposed to make money, lol.
"I’d be amazed if box office gets reported on this title," one industry insider told The Mirror, adding that the film’s distributors might be paying a fee to cinemas to screen the movie, an established practice known as “four-walling.”
Documentary filmmaker Stefano Da Frè, who was not involved in the film, told CNN that "data-driven" Amazon would not have invested that much expecting to lose money.
“With all their tools, all their AI, Amazon Web Services — they didn’t just come up with that number randomly,” Da Frè said. “They believe, through their metrics, that it’s worth that amount.”
40M is nothing to Bezos, and it's a good investment if it wins him a few favors from Trump.
Really depends whether Trump can handle the humiliation.
Personally, I was eager to see it and super pumped to finally learn more about this fascinating and enigmatically beautiful woman. But while I was waiting in line with hundreds of other culture lovers, George Soros came strolling along and paid each of us a thousand quid to go and watch something better instead. So I went and saw The Smurfs and got pie and chips. I hear he's going to all the cinemas with these bundles of cash. Him and Obama, who was doing the cinema on the next street.
I bet if you posted this on truth.social, orange monkey would re-tweet you.
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With narcissism, I think their goal is always both. They deserve the bribe and the adoration, in their minds
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I dunno how you get a whole movie out of her story. What is there to tell?
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Eastern European model
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Sleeps her way into the family of a rich asshole
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Has baby to secure long term seat at the dinner table
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The end
That's a story everyone has seen play out 1000 times already.
Illegally worked in the USA too.
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What the fuck is possibly the content of this movie?
How to pretend to have a headache so you don't have to sit on the mushroom again?
Melania's early career as a queer-baiting wannabe porn star?
The story of the first mail order bride to become first lady?
The story of the last occupant of the East Wing?
Where to find Dick Tracey's haberdasher?
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This movie was just a trump bribe.
Amazon didn't care if it lost money. They gave 25 million for the rights to melanias story right to trump. A legal payout. So they spent a few more million on a failed movie.bribe was payed
Why would someone be humiliated that their money laundering scheme is laundering money?
You people don't honestly believe she gives a shit, right? And you certainly must recognize this movie as just being a grift, and that it wasn't made with the intention or expectation of being successful, right?
Please tell me you all aren't that fucking blind.
Yep, it's just like all of the "bestselling" books the right "writes". Real people don't actually buy them; the PACs buy them to funnel money into the pockets of the subject of the book.
It's not money laundering, it's a corrupt bribe.
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Some people are so poor all they have is money.
Surely the only people buying tickets are teenagers who want to have sex in an empty theater?
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Just another grift... She got 28 million dollars from Amazon for this. I'm willing to bet she doesn't give a fuck about ticket sales.
Who would have thought?!?!
Why wouldn't anyone want to know the story of a vapid, valueless, and brainless model who married a mentally deranged piece of shit who wants people like her (Not "born RIGHT-WISE") violently removed from "his" country? MADNESS
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Rotten tomatoes reviews... totally not bots.
Jeez, I sure hope they are bots. She has been a complete non participant when it comes to doing the tasks a First Lady does. Outside of her "I don't care..." bullshit, she's just done nothing. Well, except consistently try to weasel out of all attempts by her husband to touch her, anyway.
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Why would anyone in the UK want to see that film. Even the biggest right wing flagshaggers don't seem to care.
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I don't think someone can humiliate you, you can only let yourself feel humiliation.
And I don't think I've ever seen Melania feel anything except disgust with her husband and general malaise.
The world would rather watch paint dry than watch a documentary about a pedophile protector like melania. Glad it failed miserably.
She got her bribe. I doubt it the rest of it matters to her.
Single? As in <10??
Yeah, its reported to be a whole 3 people in Londons "flagship" theater venue
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UK cinema chain Vue's will premier "Melania" at 3:10 p.m. at its flagship Islington theater in London, but so far only one person has bought a ticket and just two tickets have sold for a 6 p.m. showing – undercutting President Donald Trump's hype claims
"MELANIA, the Movie, is a MUST WATCH," Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social. "Get your tickets today — Selling out, FAST!"
Lmao, one person… probably a critic who has to watch it too.
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I hope it makes no money, but becomes a sort of Rocky Horror Picture Show esc group viewing phenomenon with audience interaction out of pure mockery.
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Lazy of amazon to bribe trump with a dumb movie and then fail to ensure some tickets were bought to pretend anyone showed. Its one thing for the right to be corrupt, but they go on to always try to be corrupt and do a bad job in executing the grift. They even suck at sucking.
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And next a documentary about the non-release of the Epstein files…
Let's be honest. The only people who are seeing it are people who want to make a video about how awful it was.
I almost feel bad for her, then I remind myself she's a terrible person
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