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Fiendish Thingy

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1. Tickets were sold, but were seats filled?

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 12:56 AM

Yesterday

Some of that $40 million Melania got paid certainly could have been used to buy tickets to boost sales figures.

Republicans do that with books all the time, which is why the NYT has separate stats for bulk sales,

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Tickets were sold, but were seats filled? Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #1

Exactly. Some entity (like Heritage or somebody) no doubt bought tons of tickets. Liberal In Texas 16 hrs ago #11

it's bullshit Skittles Yesterday #2

It's revenue. Laffy Kat Yesterday #3

If this is even real, and I'm not convinced, but let's just say it is AZJonnie Yesterday #4

Saw Craig's list ads...could believe UAE money bought a ton of tickets JT45242 23 hrs ago #5

Religious orgs & super rich people love boosting ticket sales of movies SunImp 22 hrs ago #6

See what it is NEXT week. Straw Man 21 hrs ago #7

CNBC online was pimping for Tramp this morning touting it as a big success. It's fake. 617Blue 17 hrs ago #8

Bulk buying. That's what they do with shitty books they want to get on the bestseller list. Vinca 17 hrs ago #9

$75 Million spent for a doc that brought in $7 Million at the Box Office....... ProudMNDemocrat 16 hrs ago #10

Meh. I'm not surprised. These are loyal Trump voters (cultists) who enjoy trolling the country... QueerDuck 16 hrs ago #12

Who gives a rat fart about this bullshit movie ornotna 16 hrs ago #13

Mildly curious... are you going to self-delete this OP like the other one you started on this topic? demmiblue 16 hrs ago #14

What do you conclude from all this...? Torchlight 16 hrs ago #15