"Color us shocked! Despite Amazon MGM spending nearly $75 million on the film and reports from the Cheeto-in-Charge that the flick is a "MUST WATCH" and tickets are "selling out, FAST," it's expected to gross a measly $1 million to $5 million over its opening weekend. (The numbers were even confirmed by Elon's Twitter X AI chatbot, Grok, who rated it an "8/10 flop" for "significant underperformance for its budget and hype.")"
"According to TMZ, bus stop posters for Melania, which feature a black and white photo of the supermodel-turned-political-statue, have been defaced en masse across Los Angeles. In addition to scribbled expletives and Sharpied-on Hitler mustaches, trolls have written things like "Eva Braun" and "In the Epstein Files." And in the case of one massive billboard, vandals even altered the picture to make it look like Melania is taking a sh*t on the American flag. LOL."
"The vandalism has gotten so bad that Los Angeles Metro officials are "proactively [reassigning] some of the buses containing that advertising to other geographic areas to minimize potential [incidents.]" Oop! Meanwhile, on social media, the film's nearly nonexistent ticket sales have been a running joke for days. In cities like Washington, D.C., and New York City, screenshots of sold seats for opening night are hilariously bare. And as one user noted, there was "not a single ticket sold for the opening night of"
Amazon MGM spent nearly $75 million on the Melania film, with roughly $35 million reportedly on marketing, yet opening-weekend projections sit at only $1 million to $5 million. Elon's X AI chatbot Grok rated the release an "8/10 flop" for significant underperformance relative to its budget and hype. Outdoor advertising in Los Angeles has been widely defaced with expletives, Hitler mustaches, references like "Eva Braun" and "In the Epstein Files," and at least one billboard altered to depict an obscene image. Los Angeles Metro is reassigning some ad buses, while social media shows nearly empty opening-night seat maps in major cities.
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