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2026-02-04 19:41:47

cstross@wandering.shop

Melania makes just £33,000 at UK box office after near-empty screenings: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/melania-trump-movie-documentary-film-b2913744.html

2026-02-04 19:44:31

Christian von Schack 🇳🇴

cschack@social.vivaldi.net

@cstross That’s rather more than I expected, to be honest

2026-02-04 19:47:09

Zachary J. Adam

zadammac@wandering.shop

@cstross I'm surprised box offices bother counting that low.

2026-02-04 19:48:23

John Maxwell

jmax@mastodon.social

@cstross Anybody know what the collective ticket budget for press reviewers etc is?

2026-02-04 19:53:36

Andrew Deacon

aadeacon@mastodon.social

@cstross Well that’s £33,000 more than I expected.

2026-02-04 20:01:46

JdeBP

JdeBP@mastodon.scot

@cstross

One of the FediVerse's own reviewers, @beer_mat_movies , was adding to the anecdotes of audiences that were wholly movie reviewers just the other day.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@beer_mat_movies/115999980450841401

The review itself is at the top of that thread.

#Melania #MelaniaTrump #USMovies #Amazon

2026-02-04 20:49:08

incroyable_BouBou

incroyable_BouBou@mastodon.social

@cstross this is tinly veil bribe by Amazon to the US Cheeto.

2026-02-04 21:00:00

Jernej Simončič �

jernej__s@infosec.exchange

@cstross That's a zero more than expected.

2026-02-04 21:10:48

Alaric Snell-Pym

kitten_tech@fosstodon.org

@cstross I'm trying to figure out how much this is "nobody wants to touch things tainted with Trump" or "it's laughable propaganda" versus "it's a poorly made film"?

2026-02-04 21:29:01

Ricardo B�nffy

rbanffy@mastodon.social

@cstross is it still the worst rated movie in IMDB's history?

2026-02-04 22:46:31

DanForinton

CliffyG@mas.to

@cstross Of which, a sizable chunk came just from reviewers who were paid to go watch it

2026-02-06 20:24:58

Alexander Goeres 𒀯

jabgoe2089@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Charlie Stross 33000 is still quite a lot. how much is a ticket?