A very freaking hilariously-written paragraph from a Variety article printed last week: “Industry watchers are mixed on how ‘Melania’ will perform on Prime Video. Some believe that everyone who had interest has already watched Amazon’s glossy look at the first lady in the lead up to the inauguration. Others suggest it could see a surge from morbidly curious liberals who wouldn’t ever pay for a ticket for a film endorsed by the Trumps and directed by director Brett Ratner, who has been exiled from Hollywood since he was accused in 2017 of sexual harassment.”
Emphasis added on the “Well some libs who already subscribe to Amazon Prime will hate-watch it, so that might help boost the widely anticipated-to-be-terrible streaming numbers” part.
Anyway that was last week and the scam documentary suffered another massive drop-off at the box office this past weekend, its third in theaters, per the Daily Beast who report that the $75 million quid pro quo is projected to pull in $15.4 million by the time it’s finally dumped on Prime.