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#31
Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by M.10rda - February 04, 2026, 01:49:39 PMHere's a great article analyzing ALL this weekend's box office reports - including though not limited to MELANIA:
https://tombrueggemann.substack.com/p/five-box-office-results-this-weekend
This author is also skeptical about MELANIA's, err, "legs".
Also, Chris Pratt in MERCY (also from Amazon/MGM) looks like another big ol' bomb. So this has been a fine two weeks for MovieBezos. And good!
On the other hand... the Charli XCX mockumentary is... on the kind of fire that I would've been THRILLED to shout in my usually-undercrowded movie theaters!
Grossed $425,000 on FOUR (4) SCREENS. Wow, cinema managers... better order a lot more raw corn!!!!!!! 
UPDATE: I slept on the biggest news re: this thread, because I had no idea what IRON LUNG even was...
Yeah, the #1 movie of the weekend is Sam Raimi & Disney's flick, but the #2 movie is a $3 million indie that opened w/ an $18 million gross... more than 200% MELANIA's weekend gross on probably 1/30th MELANIA's budget. Maybe Bezos should hire Markiplier!
https://tombrueggemann.substack.com/p/five-box-office-results-this-weekend
This author is also skeptical about MELANIA's, err, "legs".
Also, Chris Pratt in MERCY (also from Amazon/MGM) looks like another big ol' bomb. So this has been a fine two weeks for MovieBezos. And good!
On the other hand... the Charli XCX mockumentary is... on the kind of fire that I would've been THRILLED to shout in my usually-undercrowded movie theaters!
Grossed $425,000 on FOUR (4) SCREENS. Wow, cinema managers... better order a lot more raw corn!!!!!!! UPDATE: I slept on the biggest news re: this thread, because I had no idea what IRON LUNG even was...
Yeah, the #1 movie of the weekend is Sam Raimi & Disney's flick, but the #2 movie is a $3 million indie that opened w/ an $18 million gross... more than 200% MELANIA's weekend gross on probably 1/30th MELANIA's budget. Maybe Bezos should hire Markiplier!
#32
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by Trevor - February 04, 2026, 01:40:35 PMQuote from: LilCerberus on January 30, 2026, 09:26:50 PM
I don't see anything odd there 🤔
#33
Bad Movies / Re: Some sort of noteworthy Ev...
Last post by M.10rda - February 04, 2026, 01:13:49 PMThe plot thickens... block ticket purchases/giveaways for MELANIA are no longer speculative. Here's proof of one:
https://meidasnews.com/news/gop-candidate-hoping-for-trumps-endorsement-gave-away-free-melania-tickets?cdmc=39D6wCOpDAz4ny0J4Sf3EZLXaWq&refcode2=39D6wCOpDAz4ny0J4Sf3EZLXaWq&refcodecdmc=39D6wCOpDAz4ny0J4Sf3EZLXaWq
Less of a smoking gun, yet related:
https://meidasnews.com/news/exclusive-white-house-advisor-pushed-bulk-sales-for-melania-movie
One more time: $7 million opening weekend for a documentary is nothing to cast shade upon.
EXCEPT - docs rarely get released as widely as MELANIA.
Some outlets report MELANIA played on 1800 this weekend - but I'm unclear on whether that's just North America or international.
I tried to recall another documentary with such a wide opening. I remember FAHRENHEIT 9/11 opening pretty wide in 2004 (it played at the suburban multiplex that I managed, owned by a staunch Republican, anyway). I couldn't easily ascertain how many screens FAHRENHEIT 9/11 played on, but it grossed $24 million its opening weekend. Of course, that was in the pre-streaming age........
But anyway. If MELANIA grossed $7million on 1800 screens - that's an average of $3,888 per screen. That would be very good at my small art house triplex from '99-'03 (MEMENTO would often gross $4-$6k a screen per weekend... in its first 2-3 months... then $1-2k per weekend thereafter). $4k per screen @ the multiplex in '03-'08 would be less impressive. Also remember tickets were $4-$6 per ticket in '99, maybe up to $8 or so in '08. So that was more bodies per showtime per weekend.
MELANIA is a 108 minute movie, so it would've probably gotten 4 Friday showtimes and 5 Saturdays and Sundays. Let's say therefore it played 14 times per screen on many of its screens this weekend.
That means it grossed $277.71 per showtime on each of those screens. $277.71 for one show would be okay-to-slow for a movie back in 2003. $1K+ in tickets to one show was cookin'! Again - roughly $5 per ticket = 200 people in my theater, and that was pretty good!
Today tickets probably cost... on average... $12?
$277.71 divided by $12 = about 23 people per show of MELANIA this weekend. Average multiplex theater seats 200-300. Some are much smaller, some may be much larger. My screens were mostly in the 250 range, w/ one 500-seater @ the triplex. I forget how big the biggest ones were at the multiplex, but probably only 350-400. So 23 people in a single show... wasn't nothin', but also wasn't anything to get excited about. You wouldn't send in extra ushers after the show or anything.
Some showings of MELANIA this weekend were certainly full. Some were certainly empty. If only 23 people ON AVERAGE saw each show... clearly "sold-out" screenings with standing-room only capacity (as was claimed this week on Fox News) were an outlier. Mathematically, half of all shows were attended by 23 or fewer patrons.
Again, working w/ uncertain numbers here for the US, but in the UK...
It played on 155 screens. (I dunno if that's on top of the 1800 or included in the 1800.)
It grossed $42,000 US.
It was #29 on the UK charts for the weekend.
It averaged $277.97 (US) per screen. That would be a HUGE FLOP at my arthouse in 2003... that movie wouldn't be back for a second week.
https://meidasnews.com/news/gop-candidate-hoping-for-trumps-endorsement-gave-away-free-melania-tickets?cdmc=39D6wCOpDAz4ny0J4Sf3EZLXaWq&refcode2=39D6wCOpDAz4ny0J4Sf3EZLXaWq&refcodecdmc=39D6wCOpDAz4ny0J4Sf3EZLXaWq
Less of a smoking gun, yet related:
https://meidasnews.com/news/exclusive-white-house-advisor-pushed-bulk-sales-for-melania-movie
One more time: $7 million opening weekend for a documentary is nothing to cast shade upon.
EXCEPT - docs rarely get released as widely as MELANIA.
Some outlets report MELANIA played on 1800 this weekend - but I'm unclear on whether that's just North America or international.
I tried to recall another documentary with such a wide opening. I remember FAHRENHEIT 9/11 opening pretty wide in 2004 (it played at the suburban multiplex that I managed, owned by a staunch Republican, anyway). I couldn't easily ascertain how many screens FAHRENHEIT 9/11 played on, but it grossed $24 million its opening weekend. Of course, that was in the pre-streaming age........
But anyway. If MELANIA grossed $7million on 1800 screens - that's an average of $3,888 per screen. That would be very good at my small art house triplex from '99-'03 (MEMENTO would often gross $4-$6k a screen per weekend... in its first 2-3 months... then $1-2k per weekend thereafter). $4k per screen @ the multiplex in '03-'08 would be less impressive. Also remember tickets were $4-$6 per ticket in '99, maybe up to $8 or so in '08. So that was more bodies per showtime per weekend.
MELANIA is a 108 minute movie, so it would've probably gotten 4 Friday showtimes and 5 Saturdays and Sundays. Let's say therefore it played 14 times per screen on many of its screens this weekend.
That means it grossed $277.71 per showtime on each of those screens. $277.71 for one show would be okay-to-slow for a movie back in 2003. $1K+ in tickets to one show was cookin'! Again - roughly $5 per ticket = 200 people in my theater, and that was pretty good!
Today tickets probably cost... on average... $12?
$277.71 divided by $12 = about 23 people per show of MELANIA this weekend. Average multiplex theater seats 200-300. Some are much smaller, some may be much larger. My screens were mostly in the 250 range, w/ one 500-seater @ the triplex. I forget how big the biggest ones were at the multiplex, but probably only 350-400. So 23 people in a single show... wasn't nothin', but also wasn't anything to get excited about. You wouldn't send in extra ushers after the show or anything.
Some showings of MELANIA this weekend were certainly full. Some were certainly empty. If only 23 people ON AVERAGE saw each show... clearly "sold-out" screenings with standing-room only capacity (as was claimed this week on Fox News) were an outlier. Mathematically, half of all shows were attended by 23 or fewer patrons.
Again, working w/ uncertain numbers here for the US, but in the UK...
It played on 155 screens. (I dunno if that's on top of the 1800 or included in the 1800.)
It grossed $42,000 US.
It was #29 on the UK charts for the weekend.
It averaged $277.97 (US) per screen. That would be a HUGE FLOP at my arthouse in 2003... that movie wouldn't be back for a second week.
#34
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by Rev. Powell - February 04, 2026, 12:49:12 PM
#35
Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you doing right n...
Last post by Trevor - February 04, 2026, 11:53:42 AMStill no Netflix passcode ☹️☹️
#36
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - February 04, 2026, 10:18:17 AM
What state do you live in?
#37
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - February 04, 2026, 10:13:40 AMAmerican Burger
#38
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
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#39
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by Rev. Powell - February 04, 2026, 10:00:29 AM
You know what they say about monsters with big hands.
#40
Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you doing right n...
Last post by Trevor - February 04, 2026, 09:45:33 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on February 04, 2026, 09:22:20 AM'what am I doing wrong now?' would probably be more apt
