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struggle4progress

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Wed Feb 4, 2026, 08:24 PM Wednesday

The unbearable lightness of. being Melania [View all]

Takes just £33k at UK box office
... Melania, which follows the US first lady the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration, only just cracked the top 30 as it played out to near-empty screens across the UK. From 155 cinemas, the Brett Ratner-directed film took just £32,974 at the box office, an average of £212.80 per screen, the Independent reports. Last week, Vue’s chief executive Tim Richards described ticket sales as “soft,” and the film has been panned by critics, becoming one of the lowest-ranked films of all time ...




Pulled from cinema over joke made on marquee
Film studio Amazon MGM has pulled the documentary Melania from being screened at a cinema in the US after it was wryly mocked on the marquee ... "Does Melania wear Prada? Find out Friday!" the marquee read. Another sign read: "To defeat your enemy, you must know them" ...
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