Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about Melania at Vue's flagship London branch...

[PunkinPi]

UK ticket sales for Melania are so far “soft”, according to Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, one of the country’s biggest cinema operators. Just one ticket has been sold for the first 3.10pm screening on Friday at its flagship Islington branch in London, while two have been booked for 6pm.

At the time of publication, all seats remained available for the 28 screenings of Melania at the Blackburn, Castleford and Hamilton branches.

The picture was slightly rosier at the Cineworld in Wandsworth, which had sold four tickets, while five backrow seats were also booked at the Cineworld in Broughton.

Source/more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/melania-trump-documentary-uk-cinemas-vue-soft-sales

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File this under HA! HA! Going to call her "one ticket Melania" from now on.

[SheltieLover]

1. Soft? Try nonexistent

[Pinback]

5. Flaccid?

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. You got that right

I go to the movies 2-4 times a month. I decided not to waste a ticket on her. I can hate watch it at home.

[SheltieLover]

13. I'd rather scrub my toilet, do the dishes, etc.

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. What can I say?

Sometimes I get enjoyment out bad movies.

[SheltieLover]

18. Lol

You could just watch Rocky & Bullwinkle...

[bucolic_frolic]

2. "one ticket sold" is usually reserved for Powerball winners

[Polly Hennessey]

3. Exactly! 👍 One ticket sold to someone who thinks

it is a docudrama on the history of malaria. 🙃

[tanyev]

4. Are there any classic movie channels partcipating in "Melania Week"?

Programming suggestions:

How To Marry A Millionaire
Gold Diggers of 1933
Vanity Fair
Red Sparrow

[underpants]

8. Don't forget basically the prequel

[underpants]

7. Nashville

More info from around the US here

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-melania-trump-documentary-movie-tickets-sales-11424847

At the AMC Bellevue in Nashville, there are three listings over the day on Friday at 4:30 pm, 7:15 pm, and 10:00 pm. A total of five tickets have been sold for those three listings as of reporting, with the best-selling showing having sold three tickets.

[Initech]

20. At my theater the only show that sold any tickets were Friday at 7:30.

And I would assume that it's mostly going to be the reich-wing school board and city council that's going to be in attendance.

[mopinko]

9. colbert said zero tickets at the amc times square.

[The Madcap]

10. They should bring back MST3K for this one.

It would be funnier than "Manos, Hands of Fate."

[Ray Bruns]

11. Interesting note: Manos is Spanish for "hands".

So the movie’s title is literally “Hands, the hands of fate”.

[mwmisses4289]

23. Or Elvira, Mistress of the Night (or Dark)

[FakeNoose]

12. They'll be giving tickets away just to fill the seats

There are ticket services in New York that do this, and I'm sure it's done in London also. Whenever a theater performance isn't "sold out" they offer free or cut-price tickets to a certain list of buyers at the last minute. Usually it's the day before or sometimes the same day as the performance.

[SheltieLover]

14. I wouldn't go if they paid me

[SheltieLover]

15. Natasha should make a film about the trump epstein pedo business & her role in it

[RANDYWILDMAN]

16. they could give away tickets for FREE

and nobody would go

[Initech]

19. The movie bombed and it might be one of the worst flops in history!

Fuck you Donny and fuck you Jeff Bezos! K thx!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. The reviews are in

[FakeNoose]

22. On the bright side - Melania has a lock on this year's Razzie Award

That's the Golden Raspberry for the Worst Actor of the Year.

[mwmisses4289]

24. Wonder if will throw a tantrum about it not

getting nominated for an Oscar this year, not being aware the noms are for movies that came out last year?
And the noms have already been announced?