Hoyts has sold just one pre-sale ticket for Melania Trump film

A documentary about Melania Trump will be released in Australian cinemas this Friday, and so far, just one single ticket has been sold across all Hoyts screenings.

Melania is directed by Rush Hour director Brett Ratner and documents the first lady of the US in the twenty days leading up to her husband Donald Trump’s January 2025 inauguration.

Amazon MGM Studios paid US$40m (A$57.2m) to licence the film — outbidding both Disney and Paramount for the rights — and reportedly splashed out a further US$35m (A$50m) to market the film. This level of investment has prompted criticism that Amazon is using the film’s release as a way to curry favour with the Trump family.

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