"At CMX Cinemas in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, near Melania Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, tickets were selling pretty briskly this week for Friday's cinematic release of Melania, the first lady's big-budget documentary about her return to the White House last year. About half the seats for the screenings in the small, 126-seat theater at CMX Cinemas were already sold as of Tuesday."
"But elsewhere around the country, Americans were not rushing to movie theater websites to buy advanced seats, which was leading to the first lady's vanity project being roasted online, according to the Daily Beast. The film is opening in around 1,500 to 2,000 theaters nationwide Friday, according to the Daily Beast. That's a wide release, which is unusual for a documentary, a genre that usually plays in arthouse theaters or on streaming platforms."
"On X Monday, President Trump advised Americans to get your tickets today for his wife's MUST WATCH movie. And, he claimed without evidence, that tickets were selling out, FAST! He and his wife were planning to walk the red carpet at a gala premiere Thursday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., weeks after Trump added his own name to the historic performing arts building."
Melania, a big-budget documentary about Melania Trump's return to the White House, opens Friday in an unusually wide release of roughly 1,500 to 2,000 theaters. Advance ticket sales showed localized interest near Mar-a-Lago, where a 126-seat CMX theater had about half its seats sold. Many other markets experienced weak advance sales, including a major Jacksonville multiplex with no tickets sold for a key opening-night showing. President Trump promoted ticket purchases on X, claiming tickets were selling out without offering evidence. Social media users posted showtime screenshots highlighting large blocks of unsold seats and criticized the film as a vanity project.
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